2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2016 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium; Hoover, AL;
Champions	Texas A&M (1st title)
Winning coach	Rob Childress (1st title)
MVP	Nick Banks (Texas A&M)
Attendance	150,064 (record)
Television	ESPN2 (championship game)
	← 2015; SEC baseball tournament; 2017 →;

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 standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	9	–	0	.690	46	–	18	–	0	.719
No. 7 Florida ‍‍‍^y	19	–	10	–	0	.655	52	–	16	–	0	.765
No. 23 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	43	–	19	–	0	.694
Kentucky ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	32	–	25	–	0	.561
Georgia ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	27	–	30	–	0	.474
Tennessee ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	29	–	28	–	0	.509
Missouri ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	26	–	30	–	0	.464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	44	–	18	–	1	.706
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	49	–	16	–	0	.754
No. 13 LSU ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	45	–	21	–	0	.682
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	43	–	19	–	0	.694
Alabama ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	32	–	26	–	0	.552
Auburn ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	23	–	33	–	0	.411
Arkansas ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0	.233	26	–	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]

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Eastern Division
South Carolina	20–9	.690	0.5	2
Florida	19–10	.655	1.5	4
Vanderbilt	18–12	.600	3	6
Kentucky	15–15	.500	6	8
Georgia	11–19	.367	10	10
Missouri	9–21	.300	12	11
Tennessee	9–21	.300	12	12

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Western Division
Mississippi State	21–9	.700	–	1
Texas A&M	20–10	.667	1	3
LSU	19–11	.633	2	5
Ole Miss	18–12	.600	3	7
Alabama	15–15	.500	6	9
Auburn	8–22	.267	13	–
Arkansas	7–23	.233	14	–

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		4,612^[6]
3	4:30 p.m.	#8 Kentucky vs. #9 Alabama		7,287^[7]
4	TBD	#5 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee		7,287^[7]
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		5,637^[8]
7	4:30 p.m.	#1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Alabama		13,448^[9]
8	TBD	#4 Florida vs. #5 LSU		13,448^[9]
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		5,232^[10]
11	4:30 p.m.	#6 Vanderbilt vs. #7 Ole Miss		11,390^[11]
12	TBD	#1 Mississippi State vs. #5 LSU		11,390^[11]
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	SEC Network	9,429^[12]
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	SEC Network	13,821^[13]
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.	Player	School
P	Scott Moss	Florida
P	Brigham Hill	Texas A&M
P	Zac Houston	Mississippi State
C	Henri Lartigue	Ole Miss
DH	Jonathan Moroney	Texas A&M
1B	J. J. Schwarz	Florida
2B	Ryne Birk	Texas A&M
3B	Colby Bortles	Ole Miss
SS	Austin Homan	Texas A&M
OF	Nick Banks	Texas A&M
OF	J. B. Woodman	Ole Miss
OF	Bryan Reynolds	Vanderbilt

Bold is MVP.

References

^ "Texas A&M wins SEC Tourney". secsports.com. May 29, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
^ "Texas A&M wins SEC Baseball Tournament". secsports.com. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
^ "SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
^ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Session 1 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
^ Session 2 Attendance
^ "Session 3 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
^ Session 4 Attendance
^ Session 5 Attendance
^ Session 6 Attendance
^ Session 7 Attendance
^ Session 8 Attendance
^ Session 9 Attendance

[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.

[Session_1_Attendance-6] "Session 1 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[Session_2_Attendance-7] Session 2 Attendance

[Session_3_Attendance-8] "Session 3 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[Session_4_Attendance-9] Session 4 Attendance

[Session_5_Attendance-10] Session 5 Attendance

[Session_6_Attendance-11] Session 6 Attendance

[Session_7_Attendance-12] Session 7 Attendance

[Session_8_Attendance-13] Session 8 Attendance

[Session_9_Attendance-14] Session 9 Attendance

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Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL
Champions	Texas A&M (1st title)
Winning coach	Rob Childress (1st title)
MVP	Nick Banks^[1] (Texas A&M)
Attendance	150,064 (record)^[2]
Television	ESPN2 (championship game)
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