2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming eleven championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the nineteenth consecutive year and twenty-first overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

Format and seeding The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams play a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverts to single elimination through the championship game. This is the fourth year of this format.

Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed Eastern Division South Carolina 20–9 2 Florida 19–10 4 Vanderbilt 18–12 6 15–15 8 11–19 10 Missouri 9–21 11 Tennessee 9–21 12 Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed Western Division Mississippi State 21–9 – 1 Texas A&M 20–10 3 19–11 5 Ole Miss 18–12 7 Alabama 15–15 9 8–22 – Arkansas 7–23 –

Bracket

Schedule Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance Tuesday, May 2419:30 a.m.#6 Vanderbilt vs. #11 Missouri SEC Network 4,6122#7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Georgia34:30 p.m.#8 Kentucky vs. #9 Alabama 7,287Session 2 Attendance4#5 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee Wednesday, May 2559:30 a.m.#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Vanderbilt SEC Network 5,6376#2 South Carolina vs. #7 Ole Miss74:30 p.m.#1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Alabama 13,448Session 4 Attendance8#4 Florida vs. #5 LSU Thursday, May 2699:30 a.m.#3 Texas A&M vs. #2 South Carolina SEC Network 5,232Session 5 Attendance10#9 Alabama vs. #4 Florida114:30 p.m.#6 Vanderbilt vs. #7 Ole Miss 11,390Session 6 Attendance12#1 Mississippi State vs. #5 LSU Friday, May 27133 p.m.#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Vanderbilt SEC Network 9,429Session 7 Attendance14#4 Florida vs. #1 Mississippi State Semifinals – Saturday, May 2815Noon#3 Texas A&M vs. #7 Ole Miss SEC Network 13,821Session 8 Attendance16#4 Florida vs. #5 LSU Championship – Sunday, May 29172:00 p.m.#3 Texas A&M vs. #4 FloridaESPN28,352Session 9 Attendance *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos. Player School P Scott Moss Florida P Brigham Hill Texas A&M P Zac Houston Mississippi State C Henri Lartigue Ole Miss DH Jonathan Moroney Texas A&M 1B J. J. Schwarz Florida 2B Ryne Birk Texas A&M 3B Colby Bortles Ole Miss SS Austin Homan Texas A&M OF Nick Banks Texas A&M OF J. B. Woodman Ole Miss OF Bryan Reynolds Vanderbilt Bold is MVP.

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