2015 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2015 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 19 through May 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]

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
TeamW 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 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 of the tiebreaker they obtained by winning a regular season series against the Gamecocks in Columbia. [3][4]

TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
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
–
TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
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  
    11 Alabama 3  
6 Ole Miss 1
11 Alabama 6  
  3 Texas A&M 6  
  2 Vanderbilt 1  
  2 Vanderbilt 7
    7 Missouri 610  
7 Missouri 5
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  
    9 Auburn 8  
8 Kentucky 3
9 Auburn 6  
  1 LSU 10  
  5 Arkansas 5  
  4 Florida 6
    5 Arkansas 7  
5 Arkansas 2
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.PlayerSchool
SPA. J. PukFlorida
SPMatt KentTexas A&M
RPTaylor LewisFlorida
C/DHJ. J. SchwarzFlorida
1BZander WielVanderbilt
1BPeter AlonsoFlorida
2BJared FosterLSU
3BWill ToffeyVanderbilt
SSDansby SwansonVanderbilt
OFJeren KendallVanderbilt
OFBryan ReynoldsVanderbilt
OFTrey HarrisMissouri
OFBuddy ReedFlorida

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. 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.
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  6. Session 2 Attendance
  7. Session 3 Attendance
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