2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

2016 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
 
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st title)
Winning coachRob Childress (1st title)
MVPNick Banks[1] (Texas A&M)
Attendance150,064 (record)[2]
TelevisionESPN2 (championship game)
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y 20–9–0 .69046–18–0 .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 19–10–0 .65552–16–0 .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60043–19–0 .694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50032–25–0 .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36727–30–0 .474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .30029–28–0 .509
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .30026–30–0 .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .70044–18–1 .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 20–10–0 .66749–16–0 .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .63345–21–0 .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60043–19–0 .694
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50032–26–0 .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8–22–0 .26723–33–0 .411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 7–23–0 .23326–29–0 .473
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming eleven championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the nineteenth consecutive year and twenty-first overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

Format and seeding

The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams play a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverts to single elimination through the championship game. This is the fourth year of this format.[4][5]

TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
Eastern Division
South Carolina20–9.6900.52
Florida19–10.6551.54
Vanderbilt18–12.60036
Kentucky15–15.50068
Georgia11–19.3671010
Missouri9–21.3001211
Tennessee9–21.3001212
TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
Western Division
Mississippi State21–9.700–1
Texas A&M20–10.66713
LSU19–11.63325
Ole Miss18–12.60037
Alabama15–15.50069
Auburn8–22.26713–
Arkansas7–23.23314–

Bracket
First round
SECN 		Second round
SECN 		Third round
SECN 		Semifinals
SECN 		Final
ESPN2
3 Texas A&M 5
6 Vanderbilt 7 6 Vanderbilt 6
11 Missouri 0 6 Vanderbilt 9
7 Ole Miss 12
2 South Carolina 4
7 Ole Miss 5 7 Ole Miss 10
10 Georgia 1 7 Ole Miss 8
3 Texas A&M 12
3 Texas A&M 4
2 South Carolina 1
3 Texas A&M 13
6 Vanderbilt 37
3 Texas A&M 12
4 Florida 5
1 Mississippi State 4
8 Kentucky 2 9 Alabama 1
9 Alabama 5 1 Mississippi State 2
5 LSU 6
4 Florida 3
5 LSU 5 5 LSU 5
12 Tennessee 4 5 LSU 0
4 Florida 1
9 Alabama 4
4 Florida 5
4 Florida 12
1 Mississippi State 27

Schedule
Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Tuesday, May 24
1 9:30 a.m. #6 Vanderbilt vs. #11 Missouri SEC Network 4,612[6]
2 TBD #7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Georgia
3 4:30 p.m. #8 Kentucky vs. #9 Alabama 7,287[7]
4 TBD #5 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee
Wednesday, May 25
5 9:30 a.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Vanderbilt SEC Network 5,637[8]
6 TBD #2 South Carolina vs. #7 Ole Miss
7 4:30 p.m. #1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Alabama 13,448[9]
8 TBD #4 Florida vs. #5 LSU
Thursday, May 26
9 9:30 a.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #2 South Carolina SEC Network 5,232[10]
10 TBD #9 Alabama vs. #4 Florida
11 4:30 p.m. #6 Vanderbilt vs. #7 Ole Miss 11,390[11]
12 TBD #1 Mississippi State vs. #5 LSU
Friday, May 27
13 3 p.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Vanderbilt SEC Network 9,429[12]
14 TBD #4 Florida vs. #1 Mississippi State
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
15 Noon #3 Texas A&M vs. #7 Ole Miss SEC Network 13,821[13]
16 TBD #4 Florida vs. #5 LSU
Championship – Sunday, May 29
17 2:00 p.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #4 Florida ESPN2 8,352[14]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Pos.PlayerSchool
PScott MossFlorida
PBrigham HillTexas A&M
PZac HoustonMississippi State
CHenri LartigueOle Miss
DHJonathan MoroneyTexas A&M
1BJ. J. SchwarzFlorida
2BRyne BirkTexas A&M
3BColby BortlesOle Miss
SSAustin HomanTexas A&M
OFNick BanksTexas A&M
OFJ. B. WoodmanOle Miss
OFBryan ReynoldsVanderbilt

Bold is MVP.

References
  1. "Texas A&M wins SEC Tourney". secsports.com. May 29, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  2. "Texas A&M wins SEC Baseball Tournament". secsports.com. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  3. "SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  4. "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  5. "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  6. "Session 1 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  7. Session 2 Attendance
  8. "Session 3 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  9. Session 4 Attendance
  10. Session 5 Attendance
  11. Session 6 Attendance
  12. Session 7 Attendance
  13. Session 8 Attendance
  14. Session 9 Attendance
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