2007 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2007 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 23 through 27. After being ranked #1 nationally for most of the season and taking the regular-season SEC crown, Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2007 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsVanderbilt (2nd title)
Winning coachTim Corbin (1st title)
MVPPedro Alvarez (Vanderbilt)
Attendance87,893
2007 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt x‍†‍‡‍y 22–8 .73354–13 .806
No. 10 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 17–13 .56746–20 .697
Florida ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50029–30 .492
Tennessee ‍‍‍ 13–15 .46434–25 .576
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 13–16 .44834–19 .642
Georgia ‍‍‍ 11–19 .36723–33 .411
Western
No. 21 Arkansas x‍‍‍y 18–12 .60043–21 .672
No. 8 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 15–13 .53638–22 .633
No. 17 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53340–25 .615
Alabama ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50031–26 .544
LSU ‍‍‍ 12–17 .41429–26 .527
Auburn ‍‍‍ 10–20 .33331–25 .554
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

This year marked the first time since 1984 LSU did not qualify for the tournament. The Bayou Bengals struggled to a 12-17-1 SEC record under first-year coach Paul Mainieri and finished 29-26-1 overall, LSU's lowest win total since 1983, the year before Skip Bertman came to Baton Rouge.

Regular Season Results
Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Vanderbilt 22 8 .733 -- 1
South Carolina 17 13 .567 5 3
Florida 15 15 .500 7 6
Tennessee 13 15 .464 8 8
Kentucky 13 16 1 .450 8.5 --
Georgia 11 19 .367 11 --
Western Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Arkansas 18 12 .600 -- 2
Mississippi State 15 13 .536 2 4
Ole Miss 16 14 .533 2 5
Alabama 15 15 .500 3 7
LSU 12 17 1 .417 5.5 --
Auburn 10 20 .333 8 --

Tournament
First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals
7Alabama0
2Arkansas6
2Arkansas6
3South Carolina0
6Florida3*
3South Carolina4*
2Arkansas3-
3South Carolina2-
7Alabama2
6Florida36Florida3
3South Carolina5
2Arkansas4
8Tennessee6
1Vanderbilt7
1Vanderbilt4
8Tennessee3
5Ole Miss6
5Ole Miss3
4Mississippi State1
5Ole Miss1~6*
1Vanderbilt13~7*
1Vanderbilt3
4Mississippi State21Vanderbilt15
8Tennessee2
  • ~ Game was shortened by 10-run rule.
  • * Game went into extra innings.
  • LSU, Kentucky, Auburn and Georgia did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team
Position Player School
1B Danny Hamblin Arkansas
2B Tony Delmonico Tennessee
3B Pedro Alvarez Vanderbilt
SS Ryan Flaherty Vanderbilt
C Shea Robin Vanderbilt
OF Dominic de la Osa Vanderbilt
OF Casey Coon Arkansas
OF Justin Henry Ole Miss
DH Jeff Lockwood Tennessee
P Jess Todd Arkansas
P Nick Schmidt Arkansas
MVP Pedro Alvarez Vanderbilt

See also

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2007". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
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