2015 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2015 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
 
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida (7th title)
Winning coachKevin O'Sullivan (2nd title)
MVPJ. J. Schwarz[1] (Florida)
Attendance132,178
TelevisionESPN2 (championship game)
2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Vanderbilt  x‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 51 – 21   .708
No. 3 Florida  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 11   .633 52 – 18   .743
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 30 – 28   .517
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15   .483 30 – 25   .545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 32 – 25   .561
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18   .379 24 – 26   .480
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19   .345 26 – 28   .481
Western
No. 5 LSU  x‍†‍‍y 21 – 8   .724 54 – 12   .818
No. 11 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 18 – 10   .643 50 – 14   .781
No. 7 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 17 – 12   .586 40 – 25   .615
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 15 – 14   .517 30 – 28   .517
Auburn ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 36 – 26   .581
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 32 – 28   .533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 24 – 30   .444
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2015 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 19 through 24 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. Florida, the tournament champion, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

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 eighteenth consecutive year and twentieth overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

Format and seeding

The regular season division winners, LSU and Vanderbilt, claimed the top two seeds respectively and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will claim the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This was the third year of this format. Auburn was seeded ninth ahead of South Carolina due to the tiebreaker they obtained by winning a regular season series against the Gamecocks in Columbia.[3][4]

Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed
Eastern Division
Vanderbilt 20–10 .667 1.5 2
Florida 19–11 .633 2.5 4
Missouri 15–15 .500 6.5 7
Kentucky 14–15 .483 7 8
South Carolina 13–17 .433 8.5 10
Tennessee 11–18 .379 10 12
Georgia 10–19 .345 11 –
Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed
Western Division
LSU 21–8 .724 – 1
Texas A&M 18–10 .643 2.5 3
Arkansas 17–12 .586 4 5
Ole Miss 15–14 .517 6 6
Auburn 13–17 .433 8.5 9
Alabama 12–18 .400 9.5 11
Mississippi State 8–22 .267 13.5 –

Bracket

First round
SECN 		Second round
SECN 		Third round
SECN 		Semifinals
SECN 		Final
ESPN2
3 Texas A&M 4
6 Ole Miss 1 11 Alabama 3
11 Alabama 6 3 Texas A&M 6
2 Vanderbilt 1
2 Vanderbilt 7
7 Missouri 5 7 Missouri 610
10 South Carolina 1 3 Texas A&M 3
2 Vanderbilt 12
11 Alabama 4
7 Missouri 3
11 Alabama 1
2 Vanderbilt 167
2 Vanderbilt 3
4 Florida 7
1 LSU 9
8 Kentucky 3 9 Auburn 8
9 Auburn 6 1 LSU 10
5 Arkansas 5
4 Florida 6
5 Arkansas 2 5 Arkansas 7
12 Tennessee 1 1 LSU 1
4 Florida 2
9 Auburn 2
4 Florida 11
4 Florida 10
5 Arkansas 07

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Tuesday, May 19
1 9:30 a.m. #6 Ole Miss vs. #11 Alabama SEC Network 4,817[5]
2 1 p.m. #7 Missouri vs. #10 South Carolina
3 4:30 p.m. #8 Kentucky vs. #9 Auburn 5,761[6]
4 8 p.m. #5 Arkansas vs. #12 Tennessee
Wednesday, May 20
5 9:30 a.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #11 Alabama SEC Network 5,205[7]
6 1 p.m. #2 Vanderbilt vs. #7 Missouri
7 4:30 p.m. #1 LSU vs. #9 Auburn 10,142[8]
8 8 p.m. #4 Florida vs. #5 Arkansas
Thursday, May 21
9 9:30 a.m. #11 Alabama vs. #7 Missouri SEC Network 6,526[9]
10 1 p.m. #9 Auburn vs. #4 Florida
11 4:30 p.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #2 Vanderbilt 8,361[10]
12 8 p.m. #1 LSU vs. #5 Arkansas
Friday, May 22
13 3 p.m. #11 Alabama vs. #2 Vanderbilt SEC Network 10,329[11]
14 6:30 p.m. #4 Florida vs. #5 Arkansas
Semifinals – Saturday, May 23
15 Noon #2 Vanderbilt vs. #3 Texas A&M SEC Network 10,949[12]
16 3:30 p.m. #4 Florida vs. #1 LSU
Championship – Sunday, May 24
17 3:30 p.m. #2 Vanderbilt vs. #4 Florida ESPN2 10,590[13]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Pos. Player School
SP A. J. Puk Florida
SP Matt Kent Texas A&M
RP Taylor Lewis Florida
C/DH J. J. Schwarz Florida
1B Zander Wiel Vanderbilt
1B Pete Alonso Florida
2B Jared Foster LSU
3B Will Toffey Vanderbilt
SS Dansby Swanson Vanderbilt
OF Jeren Kendall Vanderbilt
OF Bryan Reynolds Vanderbilt
OF Trey Harris Missouri
OF Buddy Reed Florida

Bold is MVP.

References

  1. ^ "Florida wins SEC Tourney". secsports.com. May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Alabama Baseball Announces Schedule for 2015". Alabama Crimson Tide. November 13, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  5. ^ Session 1 Attendance[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Session 2 Attendance
  7. ^ Session 3 Attendance[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Session 4 Attendance". Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  9. ^ "Session 5 Attendance". Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  10. ^ Session 6 Attendance
  11. ^ "Session 7 Attendance". Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  12. ^ "Session 8 Attendance". Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  13. ^ "Session 9 Attendance". Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.