SEC Tournament Record Book SEC TOURNAMENT FORMAT HISTORY 2012 Years: 44th tournament in 2021 With the addition of Texas A&M and Missouri for 2013, the SEC expanded the tournament from 8 to 10 teams. Total Games Played: 551 2013–present 1977–1986 The 2013 format saw another expansion by two teams, bringing the total number From 1977–1986, the tournament consisted of four teams competing in a double of participants to 12. Seeds five through 12 play a single-elimination opening elimination bracket. The winner was considered the conference’s overall cham- round, followed by the traditional double-elimination format until the semifinals, pion. when the format reverts to single-elimination. No tournament held in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. 1987–1991 In 1987, the tournament expanded to 6 teams, while remaining a double-elimi- Host locations nation tournament. Beginning with the 1988 season, the winner was no longer Hoover, Ala. 23 (1990, 1996, 1998-Present) considered the conference’s overall champion, although the winner continued Gainesville, Fla. 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989) to receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In 1990, Starkville, Miss. 5 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1995 Western) however, the conference did not accept an automatic bid after lightning and Baton Rouge, La. 4 (1985-86, 1991, 1993 Western) rainfall disrupted the tournament’s championship game and co-champions were Oxford, Miss. 2 (1977, 1994 Western) declared. Athens, Ga. 1 (1987) Columbia, S.C. 1 (1993 Eastern) 1992 Knoxville, Tenn. 1 (1995 Eastern) With the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina to the conference, the SEC held Lexington, Ky. 1 (1994 Eastern) an eight team double elimination tournament. The tournament followed a format Columbus, Ga. 1 (1997) that included reseeding the teams once only four were still active in the tourna- New Orleans, La. 1 (1992) ment. Host stadiums 1993–1995 • Hoover Metropolitan Stadium/Regions Park (1990, 1996, 1998-present) The SEC held separate tournaments for the Eastern and Western divisions in • Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, Gainesville, Fla. (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989) 1993, 1994 and 1995. The tournament games counted in the league standings, • Dudy Noble Field, Starkville, Miss. (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1995 Western) and the team with the best winning percentage at the end of each tournament, • Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, La. (1985-86, 1991, 1993 Western) covering 24 regular season SEC games plus tournament games, was crowned • Swayze Field, Oxford, Miss. (1977, 1994 Western) league champion. Each division tournament consisted of all six teams in that divi- • Foley Field, Athens, Ga. (1987) sion. The SEC devised the plan in the hopes of garnering two automatic berths to • Sarge Frye Field, Columbia, S.C. (1993 Eastern) the NCAA tournament for each of the tournament champions; however, the NCAA • Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville, Tenn. (1995 Eastern) rejected the SEC plan, instead awarding one automatic bid to the division tourna- • Cliff Hagan Stadium, Lexington, Ky. (1994 Eastern) ment champion with the highest overall winning percentage. • Golden Park, Columbus, Ga. (1997) • Superdome, New Orleans, La. (1992) 1996–1997 For two years, eight teams qualified for the league tournament; however, the SEC Tournament All-Time Standings teams seeded fifth through eighth were forced into a single-elimination play-in Team Apps Finals Titles W-L Pct round. The two winners of the play-in games advanced to the main bracket, Alabama 28 8 7 48-44 .522 which was a six-team, double-elimination format, exactly the same as the NCAA Arkansas 24 4 0 34-42 .447 regional format used through 1998. Auburn 27 5 3 35-50 .412 Florida 39 14 7 68-65 .511 1998–2007 Georgia 25 3 0 30-46 .395 Starting in 1998, the SEC adopted the “Omaha” bracket, splitting the eight Kentucky 21 3 0 22-36 .379 qualifying teams into two four-team double elimination brackets. The division LSU 34 19 12 88-44 .667 winners are seeded 1 and 2, while the remaining six teams are seeded 3 through Ole Miss 24 6 3 41-41 .500 8. Seeds 2, 3, 6 and 7 form bracket one, while seeds 1, 4, 5 and 8 are in bracket Miss. State 34 11 7 66-55 .545 two. The two bracket winners meet in a winner-take-all championship game. This Missouri 6 0 0 2-8 .200 was the format used in the College World Series from 1988 through 2002, prior to S. Carolina 27 2 1 29-49 .372 the NCAA instituting a best-of-3 championship series in 2003. Tennessee 16 5 3 25-25 .500 Texas A&M 7 1 1 12-9 .571 In 1998, the top three teams in each division plus the next two teams with the Vanderbilt 24 11 3 51-37 .580 best winning percentage qualified for the tournament. In 1999, the qualification standards were changed to the top two teams in each division plus the next four • A Western Division team has won 19 of the last 24 tournaments. Only UF 2011, teams based upon overall conference winning percentage, which remains in 2015, VU 2007, 2019 and SC 2004 from the East have won. place through 2008. Since 1996, SEC teams have played 30 conference games • The champion has advanced to the College World Series 12 times in last 24 (10 3-game series), with each team playing all of its division opponents and four years. of seven opponents from the opposite division. • LSU 7, Alabama 5, Miss. State 3 have combined to win 15 of the last 24 tourna- ments. 2008–2011 In 2008, the SEC adopted a “flipped bracket” on a trial basis. The tournament still Please submit any updates or corrections to Ben Beaty ([email protected]) or Jeff consisted of 8 teams in a double elimination bracket. However, after two days of Muir ([email protected]). play the undefeated team from each bracket would move into the other bracket. This reduced the amount of rematches teams would have to play in order to win Research done by Jeff Muir (865-323-6522) with assistance from the SEC Media the tournament. Relations Office. SEC Tournament Record Book TABLE OF CONTENTS 21 Yearly Seed Records 46-50 Florida Results IFC Tournament History 22 Yearly Batting Totals 51-53 Georgia Results 1 Table of Contents 23 Yearly Pitching Totals 54-56 Kentucky Results 2 Tournament Champions 24-25 Tournament Attendance 57-61 LSU Results 3 Tournament Superlatives 26 Tourney Trends / Game Times 62-64 Ole Miss Results 4-7 Team Single Game Records 27 Last Time a Team was . 65-68 Mississippi State Results 8-10 Individual Single Game Records 28 Extra-Inning / Run-Rule / Walk-Offs 69 Missouri Results 11 Championship Game Records / 1-0 Games 29 Slams, PH, Walk-Off HRs / Low-hitters 70-72 South Carolina Results 12 Team Tournament Records 30-31 Yearly & Team Shutouts 73-74 Tennessee Results 13 Individual Tournament Records 32-33 Complete Games 75-76 Texas A&M Results 14 Most Valuable Players 34 Coaches who Played / Two-Sport Athletes 77-79 Vanderbilt Results 15 Coaching Records 35 Umpires 80-84 Players in MLB Draft 16-17 Yearly Standings 36-39 Alabama Results 85-92 Tournament Brackets 18-19 Yearly W-L Records 40-42 Arkansas Results 93-113 Tournament Linescores 20 Yearly Seeds 43-45 Auburn Results 114-115 All-Tournament Teams How SEC Tournament Champions Fared in NCAAs SEC’S NCAA Tournament Bids by Year Year Winner NCAA Tournament Year No. Teams that went farthest in NCAAs 2019 Vanderbilt 5-0 College World Series Champion 2019 10 CWS: Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt 2018 Ole Miss 2-2 Regional 2018 10 CWS: Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State 2017 LSU 4-3 College World Series runner-up (lost to UF) 2017 8 CWS: Florida, LSU, Texas A&M 2016 Texas A&M 1-2 Super Regional 2016 7 CWS: Florida 2015 Florida 3-2 College World Series 2015 7 CWS: Vanderbilt, Florida, LSU, Arkansas 2014 LSU 2-2 Regional 2014 10 CWS: Vanderbilt, Ole Miss 2013 LSU 0-2 College World Series 2013 9 CWS: Mississippi State, LSU 2012 Mississippi State 1-2 Regional 2012 8 CWS: Arkansas, South Carolina, Florida 2011 Florida 3-2 College World Series runner-up (lost to SC) 2011 7 CWS: Vanderbilt, Florida, S. Carolina 2010 LSU 1-2 Regional (Auburn made SEC Tourney but not NCAA by finishing 29-29) 2009 LSU 5-1 College World Series Champion 2010 8 CWS: Florida, South Carolina 2008 LSU 1-2 College World Series 2009 8 CWS: Arkansas, LSU 2007 Vanderbilt 3-2 Regional 2008 9 CWS: Georgia, LSU (Arkansas no SEC Tournament) 2006 Ole Miss 1-2 Super Regional 2007 5 CWS: Mississippi State 2005 Mississippi State 2-2 Regional 2006 8 CWS: Georgia 2004 South Carolina 3-2 College World Series 2005 9 CWS: Tennessee, Florida (Auburn no SEC Tournament) 2003 Alabama 1-2 Regional 2004 9 CWS: Georgia, Arkansas, South Carolina, LSU 2002 Alabama 3-2 Regional (Miss. State no SEC Tournament) 2001 Mississippi State 0-2 Super Regional 2003 8 CWS: South Carolina, LSU 2000 LSU 4-0 College World Series Champion (Florida no SEC Tournament) 1999 Alabama 2-2 College World Series (Vandy made SEC Tourney but not NCAA by finishing 27-28) 1998 Auburn 3-2 Regional 2002 7 CWS: South Carolina, 1997 Alabama 4-2 CWS lost to LSU National Champ game 2001 8 CWS: Tennessee, Georgia 1996 Alabama 1-2 College World Series 2000 6 CWS: LSU 1995 East: Tennessee 2-2 College World Series 1999 6 CWS: Alabama West: Alabama 3-2 Regional 1998 7 CWS: LSU, Mississippi State, Florida 1994 East: Tennessee 3-2 Regional 1997 6 CWS: LSU, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State West: LSU 0-2 College World Series 1996 6 CWS: Alabama, LSU, Florida 1993 East: Tennessee 1-2 Regional 1995 6 CWS: Tennessee West: LSU 4-1 College World Series Champion 1994 4 CWS: LSU, Auburn 1992 LSU 2-2 Regional 1993 6 CWS: LSU 1991 Florida 2-2 College World Series 1992 5 Regional Semifinal: LSU, Mississippi State 1990 LSU/Miss.