1978 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1978 Southeastern Conference SEC I 4 Four-team double elimination tournament Perry Field Gainesville, Florida 1978 Auburn Tigers Auburn 1st Paul Nix 1st The 1978 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 12 through 15. 1978 Auburn Tigers Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA tournament. Regular-season results Team W L Pct GB Seed Eastern Division 1978 Florida Gators Florida 18 4 .818—1 1978 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 11 12 .4787.54 1978 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee 11 12 .4787.5— 1978 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt 10 13 .4358.5— 1978 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky 6 15 .28611.5— Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division 1978 Auburn Tigers Auburn 15 8 .652—2 1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State 13 8 .61913 1978 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss 12 11 .5223— 1978 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama 10 11 .4764— 1978 LSU Tigers LSU 6 18 .2509.5— Tournament First round Semi-finals Finals 4 1978 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 7 2 1978 Auburn Tigers Auburn 8 3 1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State 8 1 1978 Florida Gators Florida 3 4 Georgia 7 1 Florida 2 2 Auburn 10 3 Mississippi State 7 4 Georgia 3 3 Mississippi State 9 2 Auburn 2 8 3 Mississippi State 3 5 All-Tournament Team Position Player School 1B Dom Fucci Auburn 2B J.B. Brown Auburn 3B John McDonald Mississippi State SS Bubba Kizer Georgia C Russ Aldrich Mississippi State OF Del Bender Mississippi State OF Jim Watkins Florida OF Bubba Chrismer Georgia DH Bo Fucci Auburn P Jack Lazorko Mississippi State P Perry Cliburn Mississippi State No MVP was named. See also College World Series NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Southeastern Conference baseball tournament References SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists Tournament Category:Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in Florida Category:Baseball competitions in Gainesville, Florida