2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2011. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 12th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 3rd at Mississippi State.

2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
2011 record38–25 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachLane Burroughs (3rd season)
Pitching coachButch Thompson (3rd season)
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  x‍†‍‍y 22–8 .733  55–14 .797
No. 2 Florida x‍†‍‡‍y 22–8 .733  53–19 .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt x‍†‍‍y 22–8 .733  54–12 .818
Georgia ‍‍‍y 16–14 .533  33–32 .508
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 8–22 .267  25–30 .455
Tennessee ‍‍‍ 7–23 .233  25–29 .463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas x‍‍‍y 15–15 .500  40–22 .645
No. 17 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 14–16 .467  38–25 .603
Alabama ‍‍‍y 14–16 .467  35–28 .556
Auburn ‍‍‍ 14–16 .467  29–29 .500
LSU ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  36–20 .643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  30–25 .545
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 28, 2011; Rankings from Baseball America

Mississippi State returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007 and after three consecutive losing seasons.[1] They were the number 3 seed in the Atlanta Regional hosted by number 1 seed Georgia Tech. They won the Regional, winning three games straight, beating Southern Miss, 3–0, Austin Peay, 8–3, and Georgia Tech, 7–3. They advanced to the Super Regional against host Florida, where they won one game but were eliminated by losing the other two games.[2]

They started the season unranked in the four major polls, and finished in the final polls with their highest rankings of the season.

Daryl Norris prepares to bat
Catcher Wes Thigpen
Ryan Collins tries to take second base

MLB Draft
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Devin Jones RHP 9 275 Baltimore Orioles
Nick Vickerson OF 20 624 Texas Rangers
Jarrod Parks 2B 24 735 Anaheim Angels
Jaron Shepherd OF 33 1008 Colorado Rockies

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Ranking movements
Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches' * * * * 15 
Baseball America * * 17 
Collegiate Baseball^ 24 16 15 15 
NCBWA† * 19 19 
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Coaches
Name Title First Season at MSU Alma Mater
John Cohen Head Coach 2009 Mississippi State University (1990)
Butch Thompson Associate Head Coach 2009 Birmingham Southern (1992)
Lane Burroughs Assistant Coach 2009 Mississippi College (1995)

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Schedule and results

For schedule and results, see the reference.[5]

References
  1. "State Blanks USM 3-0 To Open NCAA Play..." Mississippi State University Athletics. June 3, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. "Mississippi State Bulldogs Advance to Super Regionals..." Vox Media, Inc. Jun 6, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  3. "2011 Mississippi State - Southeastern Conference". The Baseball Cube. 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. "12-MSbbNOTES-RELEASE" (PDF). Mississippi State University Athletics. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. "The Automated ScoreBook". Mississippi State Athletics. May 25, 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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