1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 1997 Southeastern Conference SEC I 8 Play-in round followed by six-team double elimination Golden Park Columbus, Georgia Alabama 4th Jim Wells 3rd David Tidwell Alabama 42,000 The 1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference, held at Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia, from May 14 through 18. Alabama defeated LSU in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.SEC Tournament History http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=dEj50OytQR4=&tabid=472&mid=2563 SECDigitalNetwork.com The Southeastern Conference 29 May 2012 25–31SEC Awards Columbus '97 Baseball Tourney http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CL&s_site=ledgerenquirer&p_multi=CL&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB594A21866BFA2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM nl.newsbank.com The Ledger Enquirer 29 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615114002/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CL&s_site=ledgerenquirer&p_multi=CL&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB594A21866BFA2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date%3AD&s_trackval= 15 June 2022 1 July 1995 dead Format Eight teams qualified for the league tournament. The teams seeded fifth through eighth played a single-elimination play-in round. The two winners of the play-in games advanced to the main bracket, which was a six-team, double-elimination format, the same as the NCAA regional format used through 1998. Regular season results + Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Florida 17 13 .567 -- 3 Tennessee 17 13 .567 -- 4 Vanderbilt 14 16 .467 3 --† South Carolina 13 17 .433 4 8 Kentucky 10 20 .333 7 -- Georgia 8 22 .267 9 --+ Western Division Team W L Pct GB Seed LSU 22 7 .759 -- 1 Alabama 20 9 .690 2 2 Mississippi State 19 11 .633 3.5 5 Auburn 17 12 .586 5 6 Arkansas 15 14 .517 7 7 Ole Miss 6 24 .200 16.5 --Nation Boyd College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997 http://www.boydsworld.com/data/standings/standings1997.html BoydsWorld.com 29 May 2012 †- Vanderbilt forfeited its conference games and tournament berth for using an ineligible player.Vanderbilt Baseball Fact Book http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/vand/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012_bsb_fact_book_history.pdf grfx.CSTV.com Vanderbilt University Sports Information Department 29 May 2012 79 27 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527225320/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/vand/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012_bsb_fact_book_history.pdf dead Tournament Play-in games Play-in game 6 Auburn 7 7 Arkansas 3 Play-in game 5 Mississippi State 12 8 South Carolina 9 Main bracket 1 LSU 5 6 Auburn 2 2 Alabama 16 5 Mississippi State 3 3 Florida 7 4 Tennessee 6 1 LSU 12 4 Tennessee 5 2 Alabama 13 3 Florida 6 6 Auburn 5 5 Mississippi State 4 1 LSU 12 2 Alabama 7 3 Florida 17 6 Auburn 5 2 Alabama 6 3 Florida 3 1 LSU 2 -- 2 Alabama 12 -- All-tournament team Position Player School 1B Robbie Tucker Alabama 2B Blair Barbier LSU 3B Andy Phillips Alabama SS Brandon Larson LSU C Matt Frick Alabama OF David Tidwell Alabama OF Dustan Mohr Alabama OF Danny Higgins LSU DH Brad Wilkerson Florida P Jared Kingrey Alabama P Kevin Knorst Alabama MVP David Tidwell Alabama See also College World Series NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Southeastern Conference baseball tournament References Tournament Category:Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Sports in Columbus, Georgia