The 2012 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama from May 22 through 27, 2012.
Seeding The top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament. Team W L Pct GB Seed Eastern Division South Carolina 18 11 .621 – 2 Florida 18 12 .600 .5 3 Kentucky 18 12 .600 .5 4 16 14 .533 2.5 5 14 15 .483 4 8 8 22 .267 10.5 – Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division LSU 19 11 .633 – 1 Arkansas 16 14 .533 3 6 Mississippi State 16 14 .533 3 7 14 16 .467 5 9 13 17 .433 6 10 Alabama 9 21 .300 10 –
Format The 2012 tournament increased the number of teams from eight to ten. The event ran from Tuesday through Sunday. Regular season division champions received byes on Tuesday. Games played from Tuesday to Friday were double elimination. Saturday's games featured semifinal match-ups with no "if necessary" games, like in years past. Winners of the two semi-final games faced each other during Sunday's championship game.
Tournament
* Game went to extra innings ^ Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule
All-Tournament Team Position Player School1B Matt Snyder Ole Miss2B Casey Turgeon Florida3B Thomas McCarthy KentuckySS Adam Frazier Mississippi StateC Spencer Navin VanderbiltOF Connor Harrell VanderbiltOF Mike Yastrzemski VanderbiltOF Mason Katz LSUOF Justin Shafer FloridaOF Demarcus Henderson Mississippi StateDH Brian Johnson FloridaP Brian Johnson FloridaP Jonathan Holder Mississippi State MVP Adam Frazier Mississippi State
See also 2012 College World Series 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
External links SECSports.com 2012 Baseball Tournament