1999 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1999 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 19-23. Alabama defeated Arkansas in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

1999 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAlabama (5th title)
Winning coachJim Wells (4th title)
MVPG.W. Keller, Alabama
Attendance98,873
1999 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern Division
South Carolina  x‍‍‍ 15–15 .500  35–23 .603
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  25–32 .439
Florida  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  31–25 .554
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .333  28–28 .500
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8–20 .286  25–30 .455
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 8–22 .267  22–33 .400
Western Division
No. 17 Arkansas  x‍†‍‍y 22–8 .733  42–23 .646
No. 4 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍y 21–9 .700  53–16 .768
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 18–11 .621  41–24 .631
No. 15 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 18–12 .600  46–19 .708
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 17–13 .567  34–28 .548
No. 30 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 15–14 .517  42–21 .667
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1999[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.

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
7 Ole Miss 6  
2 Alabama 7  
  2 Alabama 4  
  6 Mississippi State 3  
6 Mississippi State 7
3 South Carolina 5  
  2 Alabama 12 -  
  6 Mississippi State 11 -  
7 Ole Miss 2  
3 South Carolina 0  
  6 Mississippi State 2
  7 Ole Miss 0  
  2 Alabama 9
  4 Arkansas 3
8 Auburn 6  
1 LSU 2  
  8 Auburn 3
  4 Arkansas 2  
5 Kentucky 4
4 Arkansas 6  
  8 Auburn 5 6
  4 Arkansas 9 9  
1 LSU 10  
5 Kentucky 0  
  4 Arkansas 9
  1 LSU 8  
  • Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player G.W. Keller, Alabama

Position Player School
1B Jeremy Brown Alabama
2B Mark Burnett Arkansas
3B Rodney Nye Arkansas
SS Joe Jester Arkansas
C Kelley Gulledge Alabama
OF Mailon Kent Auburn
OF G.W. Keller Alabama
OF Jamie Rock Mississippi State
DH Travis Chapman Mississippi State
P Tanner Brock Mississippi State
P Dan McShea Ole Miss
MVP G.W. Keller Alabama

See also

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1999". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
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