1998_Southeastern_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament


The 1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 13 through 17. Auburn defeated Arkansas in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

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Regular Season Results

The top four teams (based on conference results) from both the Eastern and Western Divisions earned invites to the tournament. The 12 teams played a 30-game conference schedule, playing 10 three-game series. Each team did not play one team from the opposite division.

For the first time, the SEC tournament used the Omaha format, which was first adopted at the College World Series in 1988. The eight teams were seeded and divided into two four-team brackets; seeds 2, 3, 6 and 7 made up bracket one and seeds 1, 4, 5 and 8 made up bracket two. Bracket play was double elimination. The two bracket winners met in a single championship game.

Tournament

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
6Mississippi State9
3South Carolina8
6Mississippi State3
7Arkansas10
7Arkansas8
2LSU4
7Arkansas7-
6Mississippi State3-
3South Carolina0
2LSU66Mississippi State7
2LSU5
7Arkansas5
5Auburn11
5Auburn7
4Alabama8
5Auburn
1Florida4
8Kentucky4
1Florida6
5Auburn39
4Alabama41
5Alabama8
8Kentucky31Florida2
4Alabama3
  • Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player Rodney Nye, Arkansas

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See also


References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

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