1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

1997 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Play-in round followed by six-team double elimination
Finals site	Golden Park; Columbus, Georgia;
Champions	Alabama (4th title)
Winning coach	Jim Wells (3rd title)
MVP	David Tidwell (Alabama)
Attendance	42,000[1]

The 1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference, held at Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia, from May 14 through 18. Alabama defeated LSU in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]

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

Eastern Division
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Florida	17	13	.567	--	3
Tennessee	17	13	.567	--	4
Vanderbilt	14	16	.467	3	--†
South Carolina	13	17	.433	4	8
Kentucky	10	20	.333	7	--
Georgia	8	22	.267	9	--

Western Division
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
LSU	22	7	.759	--	1
Alabama	20	9	.690	2	2
Mississippi State	19	11	.633	3.5	5
Auburn	17	12	.586	5	6
Arkansas	15	14	.517	7	7
Ole Miss	6	24	.200	16.5	--

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†- Vanderbilt forfeited its conference games and tournament berth for using an ineligible player.[4]

Tournament

Play-in games

Play-in game

6	Auburn	7

7	Arkansas	3

Play-in game

5	Mississippi State	12

8	South Carolina	9

Main bracket


Round 1			Round 2			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final



1	LSU	5

6	Auburn	2	1	LSU	12

			4	Tennessee	5

2	Alabama	16				1	LSU	12

5	Mississippi State	3				2	Alabama	7

			2	Alabama	13							1	LSU	2	--

			3	Florida	6							2	Alabama	12	--

3	Florida	7							2	Alabama	6

4	Tennessee	6				3	Florida	17	3	Florida	3

			6	Auburn	5	6	Auburn	5

			5	Mississippi State	4

[1]

All-tournament team

Position	Player	School
1B	Robbie Tucker	Alabama
2B	Blair Barbier	LSU
3B	Andy Phillips	Alabama
SS	Brandon Larson	LSU
C	Matt Frick	Alabama
OF	David Tidwell	Alabama
OF	Dustan Mohr	Alabama
OF	Danny Higgins	LSU
DH	Brad Wilkerson	Florida
P	Jared Kingrey	Alabama
P	Kevin Knorst	Alabama
MVP	David Tidwell	Alabama

[1]

References

"SEC Tournament History". SECDigitalNetwork.com. The Southeastern Conference. pp. 25–31. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
"SEC Awards Columbus '97 Baseball Tourney". nl.newsbank.com. The Ledger Enquirer. July 1, 1995. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
Nation, Boyd. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
"Vanderbilt Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). grfx.CSTV.com. Vanderbilt University Sports Information Department. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

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[records-1] "SEC Tournament History". SECDigitalNetwork.com. The Southeastern Conference. pp. 25–31. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

[2] "SEC Awards Columbus '97 Baseball Tourney". nl.newsbank.com. The Ledger Enquirer. July 1, 1995. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

[1997secstandings-3] Nation, Boyd. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

[vandyineligible-4] "Vanderbilt Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). grfx.CSTV.com. Vanderbilt University Sports Information Department. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.