2009 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2009 Southeastern Conference SEC I 2009_SEC_baseball.JPG 200px 8 Double elimination with flipped brackets Regions Park Hoover, Alabama LSU 8th Paul Mainieri 2nd Mikie Mahtook LSU 86,048 The 2009 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 20 through 24. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. LSU won the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Regular season results The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament. + Eastern Division Team W L T Pct GB Seed Florida 19 11 .633 2 South Carolina 17 13 .567 2 5 Georgia 15 15 .500 4 6 Vanderbilt 12 17 .414 6.5 8 Kentucky 12 18 .400 7 Tennessee 11 19 .367 8 + Western Division Team W L T Pct GB Seed LSU 20 10 .667 1 Ole Miss 20 10 .667 3 Alabama 18 11 .621 1.5 4 Arkansas 14 15 .483 5.5 7 Auburn 11 19 .367 9 Miss St. 9 20 .310 10.5 Format The 2009 tournament will once again feature a "flipped bracket". This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the number of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament. Tournament y 2 7 Arkansas 8 2 Florida 5 6 Georgia 6 3 Ole Miss 3 2 Florida 12^ 3 Ole Miss 2 8 Vanderbilt 4 1 LSU 1 5 South Carolina 9* 4 Alabama 5 1 LSU 9 4 Alabama 6 7 Arkansas 1 6 Georgia 2* 7 Arkansas 10 2 Florida 7 8 Vanderbilt 5 5 South Carolina 4 5 South Carolina 1 1 LSU 4 8 Vanderbilt 11 - 7 Arkansas 1 - 6 Georgia 0 2 1 LSU 16 3 1 LSU 6 8 Vanderbilt 2 * Game went into extra innings. ^ Game ended after 8 innings due to Mercy Rule. Auburn, Mississippi St., Kentucky and Tennessee did not make the tournament. All-Tournament Team Position Player School1BPreston TuckerFlorida2BBo BighamArkansas3BZack CoxArkansasSSAustin NolaLSUSSBen TschepikowArkansasCAndrew GiobbiVanderbiltOFMikie MahtookLSUOFJonathan PigottFloridaOFSteven LiddleVanderbiltDHBlake DeanLSUPMike MinorVanderbiltPDaniel BradshawLSU MVPMikie MahtookLSU See also College World Series NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Southeastern Conference baseball tournament External links 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament @ SECSports.com 2015 SEC Baseball Tournament Attendance @ SECSports.com autocollapse Tournament Category:Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in Alabama Category:Baseball competitions in Hoover, Alabama