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]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Play-in round followed by six-team double elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Alabama (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Jim Wells (3rd title) |
| MVP | David Tidwell (Alabama) |
| Attendance | 42,000[1] |
Format
editEight 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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†- Vanderbilt forfeited its conference games and tournament berth for using an ineligible player.[4]
Tournament
editPlay-in games
edit| Play-in game | ||||
| 6 | Auburn | 7 | ||
| 7 | Arkansas | 3 | ||
| Play-in game | ||||
| 5 | Mississippi State | 12 | ||
| 8 | South Carolina | 9 | ||
Main bracket
editAll-tournament team
edit| 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 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "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 June 15, 2022. 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.