2007 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2007 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 23 through May 27. After being ranked #1 nationally for most of the season and taking the regular-season SEC crown, Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

2007 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsVanderbilt (2nd title)
Winning coachTim Corbin (1st title)
MVPPedro Alvarez, Vanderbilt
Attendance87,893
2007 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt x‍†‍‡‍y 22–8 .733  54–13 .806
No. 10 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 17–13 .567  46–20 .697
Florida ‍‍‍ 15–15 .500  29–30 .492
Tennessee ‍‍‍ 13–15 .464  34–25 .576
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 13–16 .448  34–19 .642
Georgia ‍‍‍ 11–19 .367  23–33 .411
Western
No. 21 Arkansas x‍‍‍y 18–12 .600  43–21 .672
No. 8 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 15–13 .536  38–22 .633
No. 17 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 16–14 .533  40–25 .615
Alabama ‍‍‍ 15–15 .500  31–26 .544
LSU ‍‍‍ 12–17 .414  29–26 .527
Auburn ‍‍‍ 10–20 .333  31–25 .554
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

This year marked the first time since 1984 LSU did not qualify for the tournament. The Bayou Bengals struggled to a 12-17-1 SEC record under first-year coach Paul Mainieri and finished 29-26-1 overall, LSU's lowest win total since 1983, the year before Skip Bertman came to Baton Rouge.

Regular Season Results
Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Vanderbilt 22 8 .733 -- 1
South Carolina 17 13 .567 5 3
Florida 15 15 .500 7 6
Tennessee 13 15 .464 8 8
Kentucky 13 16 1 .450 8.5 --
Georgia 11 19 .367 11 --
Western Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Arkansas 18 12 .600 -- 2
Mississippi State 15 13 .536 2 4
Ole Miss 16 14 .533 2 5
Alabama 15 15 .500 3 7
LSU 12 17 1 .417 5.5 --
Auburn 10 20 .333 8 --

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
7 Alabama 0  
2 Arkansas 6  
  2 Arkansas 6  
  3 South Carolina 0  
6 Florida 3*
3 South Carolina 4*  
  2 Arkansas 3 -  
  3 South Carolina 2 -  
7 Alabama 2  
6 Florida 3  
  6 Florida 3
  3 South Carolina 5  
  2 Arkansas 4
  1 Vanderbilt 7
8 Tennessee 6  
1 Vanderbilt 4  
  8 Tennessee 3
  5 Ole Miss 6  
5 Ole Miss 3
4 Mississippi State 1  
  5 Ole Miss 1~ 6*
  1 Vanderbilt 13~ 7*  
1 Vanderbilt 3  
4 Mississippi State 2  
  1 Vanderbilt 15
  8 Tennessee 2  
  • ~ Game was shortened by 10-run rule.
  • * Game went into extra innings.
  • LSU, Kentucky, Auburn and Georgia did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team
Position Player School
1B Danny Hamblin Arkansas
2B Tony Delmonico Tennessee
3B Pedro Alvarez Vanderbilt
SS Ryan Flaherty Vanderbilt
C Shea Robin Vanderbilt
OF Dominic de la Osa Vanderbilt
OF Casey Coon Arkansas
OF Justin Henry Ole Miss
DH Jeff Lockwood Tennessee
P Jess Todd Arkansas
P Nick Schmidt Arkansas
MVP Pedro Alvarez Vanderbilt

See also

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2007". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
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