2003 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2003 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama
Champions	Alabama (7th title)
Winning coach	Jim Wells (6th title)
MVP	Beau Hearod (Alabama)
Attendance	122,393

2003 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 6 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			42	–	20		.677
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			27	–	28		.491
Florida  ‍‍‍y	13	–	16		.448			37	–	21		.638
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			31	–	24		.564
Georgia  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			29	–	26		.527
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	9	–	20		.310			24	–	32		.429
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍†‍‍y	20	–	9		.690			45	–	22		.672
No. 20 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			42	–	21		.667
No. 24 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	12		.586			42	–	20		.677
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			35	–	27		.565
Alabama  ‍‍‡‍y	14	–	16		.467			38	–	24		.613
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			35	–	22		.614
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2003 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2003 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 21 through 25. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament.

Regular season Results

Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed South Carolina 19 11 .633 -- 2 Vanderbilt 14 16 .467 5 6 Florida 13 16 .448 5.5 -- Tennessee 13 17 .433 6 -- Georgia 10 20 .333 9 -- Kentucky 9 20 .310 9.5 --

Western Division Team W L Pct GB Seed LSU 20 9 .690 -- 1 Auburn 18 12 .600 2.5 3 Mississippi State 17 12 .586 3 4 Ole Miss 17 13 .567 3.5 5 Alabama 14 16 .467 6.5 7 Arkansas 14 16 .467 6 8

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Vanderbilt	1
	3	Auburn	3
						3	Auburn	5
						7	Alabama	7
	7	Alabama	9
	2	South Carolina	7
											7	Alabama	13	-
											3	Auburn	3	-
	6	Vanderbilt	2
	2	South Carolina	3			2	South Carolina	1
						3	Auburn	5
																	7	Alabama	10
	5	Ole Miss	4*
																	1	LSU	3
	4	Mississippi State	5*
						4	Mississippi State	2
						1	LSU	7
	8	Arkansas	4
	1	LSU	5
											1	LSU	17~	-
											4	Mississippi State	5~	-
	5	Ole Miss	8*
	8	Arkansas	7*			5	Ole Miss	1
						4	Mississippi State	4

• * indicates extra innings.
• ~ Game was shortened by 10-run rule.
• Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky did not make the tournament.
• The first day of the tournament was postponed by rain after the completion of the Vanderbilt-Auburn first-round game.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Zac Welch	Alabama
2B	Thomas Berkery	Mississippi State
3B	Steve Gendron	Mississippi State
SS	Aaron Hill	LSU
C	Bobby Huddleston	Auburn
OF	Javon Moran	Auburn
OF	Nick Pitts	Arkansas
OF	Beau Hearod	Alabama
DH	Adam Pavkovich	Alabama
P	Arnold Hughey	Aurburn
P	Jamie Gant	Mississippi State
MVP	Beau Hearod	Alabama

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

References

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• Boydsworld 2003 Standings
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists