2003 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2003 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 21 through May 25. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament.

2003 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAlabama (7th title)
Winning coachJim Wells (6th title)
MVPBeau Hearod, Alabama
Attendance122,393
2003 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 6 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y 19–11 .633  42–20 .677
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .467  27–28 .491
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13–16 .448  37–21 .638
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  31–24 .564
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .333  29–26 .527
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 9–20 .310  24–32 .429
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍†‍‍y 20–9 .690  45–22 .672
No. 20 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 18–12 .600  42–21 .667
No. 24 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 17–12 .586  42–20 .677
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 17–13 .567  35–27 .565
Alabama  ‍‍‡‍y 14–16 .467  38–24 .613
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 14–16 .467  35–22 .614
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2003[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular Season Results
Eastern Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
South Carolina 19 11 .633 -- 2
Vanderbilt 14 16 .467 5 6
Florida 13 16 .448 5.5 --
Tennessee 13 17 .433 6 --
Georgia 10 20 .333 9 --
Kentucky 9 20 .310 9.5 --
Western Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
LSU 20 9 .690 -- 1
Auburn 18 12 .600 2.5 3
Mississippi State 17 12 .586 3 4
Ole Miss 17 13 .567 3.5 5
Alabama 14 16 .467 6.5 7
Arkansas 14 16 .467 6 8

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
6 Vanderbilt 1  
3 Auburn 3  
  3 Auburn 5  
  7 Alabama 7  
7 Alabama 9
2 South Carolina 7  
  7 Alabama 13 -  
  3 Auburn 3 -  
6 Vanderbilt 2  
2 South Carolina 3  
  2 South Carolina 1
  3 Auburn 5  
  7 Alabama 10
  1 LSU 3
5 Ole Miss 4*  
4 Mississippi State 5*  
  4 Mississippi State 2
  1 LSU 7  
8 Arkansas 4
1 LSU 5  
  1 LSU 17~ -
  4 Mississippi State 5~ -  
5 Ole Miss 8*  
8 Arkansas 7*  
  5 Ole Miss 1
  4 Mississippi State 4  
  • * indicates extra innings.
  • ~ Game was shortened by 10-run rule.
  • Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky did not make the tournament.
  • The first day of the tournament was postponed by rain after the completion of the Vanderbilt-Auburn first-round game.

All-Tournament Team
Position Player School
1B Zac Welch Alabama
2B Thomas Berkery Mississippi State
3B Steve Gendron Mississippi State
SS Aaron Hill LSU
C Bobby Huddleston Auburn
OF Javon Moran Auburn
OF Nick Pitts Arkansas
OF Beau Hearod Alabama
DH Adam Pavkovich Alabama
P Arnold Hughey Aurburn
P Jamie Gant Mississippi State
MVP Beau Hearod Alabama

See also

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2003". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.