1996 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
The 1996 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was the 1996 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference, held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 15 through 19. Alabama defeated Florida in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Play-in round followed by six-team double elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Alabama (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Jim Wells (2nd title) |
| MVP | Joe Caruso (Alabama) |
| Attendance | 57,231[1] |
Format
Eight teams qualified for the league tournament. The teams seeded fifth through eighth played a single-elimination play-in round. The two winners of the play-in games advanced to the main bracket, which was a six-team, double-elimination format, the same as the NCAA regional format used through 1998.
Regular season results
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Tournament
Play-in games
| Play-in game | ||||
| 6 | Kentucky | 7 | ||
| 7 | Arkansas | 5 | ||
| Play-in game | ||||
| 5 | Mississippi State | 8 | ||
| 8 | Vanderbilt | 5 | ||
All-tournament team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1B | Chuck Hazzard | Alabama |
| 2B | Joe Caruso | Alabama |
| 3B | Travis Hayes | Kentucky |
| SS | Brad Freeman | Mississippi State |
| C | Eric Castaldo | Florida |
| OF | Chad Green | Kentucky |
| OF | Doug Hall | Alabama |
| OF | Dustan Mohr | Alabama |
| DH | Chris Moller | Alabama |
| P | R. A. Dickey | Tennessee |
| P | Eddie Yarnall | LSU |
| MVP | Joe Caruso | Alabama |
See also
References
- "SEC Tournament History". SECDigitalNetwork.com. The Southeastern Conference. pp. 25–31. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- "Hoover Wants to Keep SEC Baseball Tourney". The Times Daily. May 6, 1999. p. 4C.
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- Nation, Boyd. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1996". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
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