2011 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2011 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double Elimination with flipped bracket
Finals site	Regions Park Hoover, Alabama
Champions	Florida Gators (6th title)
Winning coach	Kevin O'Sullivan (1st title)
MVP	Daniel Pigott (Florida)
Attendance	97,675

The 2011 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 25 through 29, 2011.

Regular Season results

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

Eastern Division Team W L T Pct GB Seed South Carolina 22 8 .733 - 1 Florida 22 8 .733 - 3 Vanderbilt 22 8 .733 - 4 Georgia 16 14 .533 6 5 Kentucky 8 22 .267 14 - Tennessee 7 23 .233 15 -

Western Division Team W L T Pct GB Seed Arkansas 15 15 .500 - 2 Mississippi State 14 16 .467 1 6 Alabama 14 16 .467 1 7 Auburn 14 16 .467 1 8 LSU 13 17 .433 2 - Ole Miss 13 17 .433 2 -

- Eliminated from SEC Tournament Contention

Format

The 2011 tournament featured a "flipped bracket". This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket moved into the other bracket. This reduced the number of rematches teams had to play in order to win the tournament. Additionally, the tournament utilized a "pitch clock," limiting the amount of time that pitchers had to throw the ball to 20 seconds. This rule was not in effect when runners were on base.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	7	Alabama	7
	2	Arkansas	4
						7	Alabama	0
						3	Florida	6
	6	Mississippi State	5
	3	Florida	7
											4	Vanderbilt	3	-
											2	Arkansas	2	-
	2	Arkansas	7
	6	Mississippi State	2			7	Alabama	1
						2	Arkansas	4
																	4	Vanderbilt	0
	8	Auburn	3
																	3	Florida	5
	1	South Carolina	7
						1	South Carolina	2
						4	Vanderbilt	7
	5	Georgia	0^
	4	Vanderbilt	10^
											3	Florida	3	3
											5	Georgia	4	2
	8	Auburn	2
	5	Georgia	3			1	South Carolina	2
						5	Georgia	4

• After two days of play, the undefeated team from each bracket moved to the other bracket.
• * Game went to extra innings
• ^ Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Aaron Westlake	Vanderbilt
2B	Riley Reynolds	Vanderbilt
3B	Jason Esposito	Vanderbilt
SS	Nolan Fontana	Florida
C	James McCann	Arkansas
OF	Kyle Robinson	Arkansas
OF	Daniel Pigott	Florida
DH	Conrad Gregor	Vanderbilt
P	Hudson Randall	Florida
P	Sonny Gray	Vanderbilt
P	Michael Roth	S. Carolina
P	Michael Palazzone	Georgia
MVP	Daniel Pigott	Florida

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
• 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
• 2011 Florida Gators baseball team
• 2011 LSU Tigers baseball team
• 2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

External links

• SECSports.com