2013_Southeastern_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2013 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2013 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

The 2013 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 26 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, LSU, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[5]

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The tournament has been held every year since 1977. Entering the 2013 event, LSU had claimed nine championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This was the sixteenth consecutive year and eighteenth overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, formerly known as Regions Park.

In 2013, the tournament set a new all-sessions attendance record of 134,496. The average per session was 8,115.[6]

Seeding and format

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 played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a two-bracket double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game.[7][8]

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Bracket

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Finals
3 Arkansas 2*
6 Ole Miss 4 6 Ole Miss 1
11 Kentucky 1 3 Arkansas 4
2 LSU 1
2 LSU 3
7 Alabama 6 7 Alabama 0
10 Auburn 3 3 Arkansas 1
2 LSU 3
6 Ole Miss 5*
7 Alabama 7
2 LSU 3
7 Alabama 2
2 LSU 5*
1 Vanderbilt 4
1 Vanderbilt 0
8 Florida 3 9 Texas A&M 5
9 Texas A&M 6 9 Texas A&M 4
5 Mississippi State 6
4 South Carolina 3
5 Mississippi State 2* 5 Mississippi State 5
12 Missouri 1 5 Mississippi State 8
1 Vanderbilt 16
1 Vanderbilt 4*
4 South Carolina 3
9 Texas A&M 0
1 Vanderbilt 3
  • * - Indicates game required extra innings.

Notes

The Mississippi State vs Missouri first-round game lasted 17 innings. This tied the record for the longest game in SEC Tournament history, which was originally set by Arkansas and Auburn in 1994.[9]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

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Most Valuable Player

Chris Cotton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Cotton was a pitcher for LSU, serving as closer. In the championship game, he pitched the final 2.2 innings and did not allow any of the eight batters he faced to reach base.[6]

References

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    "Rivals Alabama, Auburn will be Day 1 highlight at SEC Tournament (with bracket)". Alabama Media Group. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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    "2013 Baseball Schedule - University of Tennessee". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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    "2013 Baseball Schedule - University of Georgia". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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    "NCAA Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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    "2013 SEC baseball schedule released". tigerrag.com. March 22, 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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    Sean Cartell (May 26, 2013). "LSU Wins 10th SEC Baseball Tournament Title". SEC Digital Network. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
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    "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". utsports.com. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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    "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
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    "Quick hits: Mississippi State tops Missouri in 17 innings, ties SEC Tournament record". al.com. May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
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