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CAROLINA GAMECOCKS 2011 SEC SCHEDULE Eastern Division Western Division Florida Alabama Georgia Arkansas CAROLINA GAMECOCKS Kentucky Auburn SOUTH CAROLINA Louisiana State Tennessee Ole Miss Vanderbilt Mississippi State STAFF STAFF 2011 Eastern Division Schedule Team/Dates March 18-20 March 25-27 April 1-3 April 8-10 April 15-17 April 22-24 April 29-May 1 May 6-8 May 13-15 May 19-21 FLORIDA LSU South Carolina Tennessee Mississippi State Georgia Alabama Ole Miss Arkansas Vanderbilt Kentucky PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER AWAY HOME HOME AWAY AWAY HOME HOME AWAY AWAY HOME GEORGIA South Carolina LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss Florida Tennessee Arkansas Auburn Kentucky Vanderbilt AWAY HOME HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY AWAY HOME KENTUCKY Tennessee Alabama South Carolina Auburn Ole Miss Arkansas LSU Vanderbilt Georgia Florida PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER HOME AWAY AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME HOME AWAY SOUTH Georgia Florida Kentucky Tennessee Vanderbilt Mississippi State Auburn Ole Miss Arkansas Alabama CAROLINA HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY TENNESSEE Kentucky Florida Alabama Vanderbilt LSU Ole Miss South Carolina Georgia Mississippi State Auburn OPPONENTS AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME VANDERBILT Mississippi State Arkansas Auburn Alabama South Carolina LSU Tennessee Kentucky Florida Georgia OPPONENTS HOME AWAY AWAY HOME AWAY HOME HOME AWAY HOME AWAY 2011 Western Division Schedule Team/Dates March 18-20 March 25-27 April 1-3 April 8-10 April 15-17 April 22-24 April 29-May 1 May 6-8 May 13-15 May 19-21 SEASON IN REVIEW ALABAMA Ole Miss Kentucky Arkansas Vanderbilt Tennessee Florida Mississippi State LSU Auburn South Carolina AWAY HOME HOME AWAY HOME AWAY AWAY HOME AWAY HOME ARKANSAS Auburn Vanderbilt Alabama LSU Mississippi State Kentucky Georgia Florida South Carolina Ole Miss SEASON IN REVIEW AWAY HOME AWAY HOME HOME AWAY AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AUBURN Arkansas Mississippi State Vanderbilt Kentucky LSU Ole Miss South Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee HOME AWAY HOME AWAY AWAY HOME AWAY HOME HOME AWAY & RECORDS HISTORY LSU Florida Georgia Ole Miss Arkansas Auburn Vanderbilt Kentucky Alabama Tennessee Mississippi State HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY OLE MISS Alabama Tennessee LSU Georgia Kentucky Auburn Florida South Carolina Mississippi State Arkansas HOME AWAY AWAY HOME HOME AWAY Away HOME HOME AWAY MISS. STATE Vanderbilt Georgia Arkansas Tennessee Ole Miss HISTORY & RECORDS HISTORY Auburn Florida South Carolina Alabama LSU AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME HOME AWAY AWAY HOME 60 61 26 NCAA APPEARANCES - 1974-77, 1980-86, 1988, 1992-93, 1998, 2000-10 9 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES - 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010 CAROLINA GAMECOCKS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE NOTES The SEC has sent 40 teams to the College World Series since 1990. That was accomplished despite no SEC teams making the field in 1992. LSU has been to Omaha CAROLINA GAMECOCKS 12 times, Georgia and Florida five times, South Caro- lina and Mississippi State four times, while Alabama, and Tennessee have been three times each. Auburn has been twice, while Arkansas advanced in 2004 and 2009. Michael Slive Chuck Dunlap SEC teams have won eight of the last 21 national champi- SEC Commissioner SEC Media Contact onships, with LSU winning six (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, STAFF 2000, 2009), South Carolina winning one (2010) and Georgia claiming the 1990 title. The SEC has finished STAFF runner-up four times in that time, 1997, 2002, 2005 and The Southeastern Conference, with its storied 77-year history of athletic 2008. South Carolina was runner-up in 2002. achievements and academic excellence, has built perhaps the greatest tradition of SEC teams are 79-69 since 1990 in Omaha, a 53.4 win- intercollegiate competition in baseball of any league in the country since its ning percentage. Not counting games against each oth- er, the SEC has a 62-53 record in the CWS since 1990, a inception in 1933. 56.5 winning percentage. PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER The SEC posted another tremendous season in 2010 as the conference had The SEC has played 35 games in the “Final Four” of the eight teams earn selection to NCAA postseason play with South Carolina and College World Series since 1990, an average of over 1.5 per year. Only five times, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2006 and Florida advancing to the College World Series. A SEC squad has now appeared in 2007 has the SEC failed to get a team to the “Final Four” the College World Series 25 of the last 26 years. South Carolina advanced to and of the CWS. PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER won the National Championship Series, marking the sixth time since 2000 an SEC The SEC has averaged nearly eight games played per year in the College World Series since 1990. In 2004, team played for the national championship in Omaha and third in a row. LSU won 12 of the 15 games played in Omaha involved a SEC the SEC tournament title over Alabama. Florida won the SEC regular-season title team. In 1997, the SEC had a team in 13 of the 14 games played in the CWS. Since 1990, an SEC team played with a 22-8 conference record, while Auburn won the Western Division with a 20-10 in 131 of the 301 games played in the College World record. Series, an amazing 43.5 percent of games. OPPONENTS The Southeastern Conference boasts 11 former National Players of the Year The SEC has sent nine of its 12 schools to the College World Series since 1990 - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, (Vanderbilt’s David Price won in 2007), 10 Baseball America Coach of the Year and Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, South Caro- OPPONENTS nine Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year honors. Also, 143 student-athletes have lina and Tennessee. been named first-team All-American, four of which came in 2010. Three SEC players Since 1990, 138 SEC squads have been invited to the NCAA Tournament, an average of nearly seven per sea- were taken in the first round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, held son. The SEC set yet another NCAA record in 2004, Tuesday in New York City, including the fifth pick overall. Ole Miss’ Drew Pomeranz 2005 and 2008 with nine teams earning postseason berths. The SEC also had a NCAA-record five teams SEASON IN REVIEW was picked fifth by the Cleveland Indians. Zack Cox of Arkansas was selected 25th earn regional host sites in 2004 and 2006. by the St. Louis Cardinals, while LSU’s Anthony Ranaudo was 39th by the Boston The SEC has had an NCAA-high 10 different teams com- Red Sox. With those three selections this year, the SEC has now had a first round pete in the 57-year history of the College World Series. In those appearances, the conference has registered a selection in each year since 1991 and 83 total in the first round during that time. 101-108 record, a 48.3 winning percentage. SEASON IN REVIEW The SEC drew a record of nearly two million fans to its on-campus ballparks in Since 1990, 25 SEC squads have posted 50-plus win 2010, the fifth year in a row to draw over 1.6 million. Eight SEC teams drew in excess seasons, while 103 have won 40-plus games in a sea- of 100,000 fans to their parks in 2010. The SEC averaged a record 4,867 fans per son, including seven teams in 2010. game in 2010, the fourth straight year to exceed the 4,000 mark. South Carolina The SEC posted a 260-92 record against non-confer- & RECORDS HISTORY ence foes in 2010, a 73.9 winning percentage. Since and LSU (the last two national champions) both opened new parks in 2009, while 1990, the SEC has accumulated a 5,058-1,916-4 record against non-conference teams, a 72.5 winning percent- Ole Miss’ recent expansion took capacity over 10,000. Four teams, all in the SEC age. West, can now house crowds of over 10,000. The SEC Baseball Tournament drew a SEC teams have also been strong in the polls. Since new record-high 126,071 fans in 2010, despite lengthy rain and lightning delays on 1990, 99 conference teams have appeared in the final Baseball America poll, 110 in the final Collegiate Baeball HISTORY & RECORDS HISTORY three of the five days of the event. A new average per game attendance of 9,698 was 60 poll and, since 1992, 100 in the final ESPN coaches poll. also established at this year’s tournament. The SEC Championship Game, broadcast Eight SEC squads appeared in the Top 25 of at least one nationally on EPSN2 for the first time, drew 13,327 fans. of the final polls in 2010. 61 26 NCAA APPEARANCES - 1974-77, 1980-86, 1988, 1992-93, 1998, 2000-10 9 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES - 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010 CAROLINA GAMECOCKS SEC OPPONENTS Alabama Crimson Tide Auburn Tigers Georgia Bulldogs SERIES HISTORY SERIES HISTORY SERIES HISTORY Series Record: .........................................Series tied 24-24 Series Record: .........................South Carolina leads 34-19 Series Record: .........................South Carolina leads 55-46 Series Began/Last Meeting: ............................ 1973/2010 Series Began/Last Meeting: ........................... 1927/2010 Series Began/Last Meeting: .............................1896/2010 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION UNIVERSITY INFORMATION UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location:..................................................... Tuscaloosa, Ala. Location:............................................................ Auburn, Ala. Location:..............................................................Athens, Ga. CAROLINA GAMECOCKS Founded (Enrollment): ............................... 1831 (30,232) Founded (Enrollment): ............................... 1856 (24,602) Founded (Enrollment): ............................... 1785 (34,180) Colors: ........................................................Crimson & White Colors: ..........................................Burnt Orange & Navy Blue Colors: ................................................................Red & Black Nickname: .......................................................Crimson Tide Nickname: .................................................................. Tigers Nickname: ..............................................................Bulldogs Conference: .................................................... 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