1998 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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

1998 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAuburn (3rd title)
Winning coachHal Baird (2nd title)
MVPRodney Nye, Arkansas
Attendance87,295
1998 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida  x‍†‍‍y 21–8 .724  46–18 .719
No. 19 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 19–10 .655  42–16 .724
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  26–31 .456
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .393  36–20 .643
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8–21 .276  24–30 .444
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .200  25–28 .472
Western Division
No. 3 LSU  x‍‍‍y 21–9 .700  48–19 .716
No. 16 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 19–10 .655  43–16 .729
No. 12 Auburn  ‍‍‡‍y 16–12 .571  46–18 .719
No. 6 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 14–15 .483  37–20 .649
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 13–14 .481  37–19 .661
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 13–15 .464  30–23 .566
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
6 Mississippi State 9  
3 South Carolina 8  
  6 Mississippi State 3  
  7 Arkansas 10  
7 Arkansas 8
2 LSU 4  
  7 Arkansas 7 -  
  6 Mississippi State 3 -  
3 South Carolina 0  
2 LSU 6  
  6 Mississippi State 7
  2 LSU 5  
  7 Arkansas 5
  5 Auburn 7
5 Auburn 11  
4 Alabama 8  
  5 Auburn
  1 Florida 4  
8 Kentucky 4
1 Florida 6  
  5 Auburn 3 9
  4 Alabama 4 1  
5 Alabama 8  
8 Kentucky 3  
  1 Florida 2
  4 Alabama 3  
  • Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player Rodney Nye, Arkansas

Position Player School
1B Rodney Nye Arkansas
2B Heath Kelly Auburn
3B Chad Wandall Auburn
SS Joe Jester Arkansas
C Brent Caldwell Arkansas
OF Hayden Gliemmo Auburn
OF Drew Bounds Alabama
OF Jack Welsh Arkansas
DH Jayson Cox Alabama
P Randy Keisler Louisiana State
P Jarrod Kingrey Alabama
MVP Rodney Nye Arkansas

See also

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