1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 1998 Southeastern Conference SEC I 8 Two pools of four-team double elimination Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama 1998 Auburn Tigers Auburn 3rd Hal Baird 2nd Rodney Nye Arkansas 87,295 The 1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 13 through 17. 1998 Auburn Tigers Auburn defeated 1998 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. 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 y 2 6 1998 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State 9 3 1998 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina 8 7 1998 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas 8 2 LSU 4 3 South Carolina 0 2 LSU 6 5 1998 Auburn Tigers Auburn 11 4 1998 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama 8 8 1998 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky 4 1 Florida 6 5 Alabama 8 8 Kentucky 3 6 Mississippi State 3 7 Arkansas 10 6 Mississippi State 7 2 LSU 5 5 Auburn 1 Florida 4 1 Florida 2 4 Alabama 3 7 Arkansas 7 - 6 Mississippi State 3 - 5 Auburn 3 9 4 Alabama 4 1 7 Arkansas 5 5 Auburn 7 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 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 Alabama Category:Baseball competitions in Hoover, Alabama