The 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 21st through May 25th. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 30 through June 25, 2008 and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 26, 2008...

.

Regular Season Results

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Eastern Division Georgia 20 9 1 .683 -- 1 Florida 17 13 0 .567 3.5 3 Kentucky 16 14 0 .533 4.5 4 Vanderbilt 15 14 0 .517 5.0 6 South Carolina 15 15 0 .500 5.5 7 Tennessee 12 18 0 .400 8.5 --

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Western Division LSU 18 11 1 .617 -- 2 Alabama 16 14 0 .533 2.5 5 Ole Miss 15 15 0 .500 3.5 8 Arkansas 14 15 0 .483 4.0 -- Auburn 11 19 0 .367 7.5 -- Mississippi State 9 21 0 .300 9.5 --

Format

The 2008 tournament will feature a "flipped bracket" for the first time. This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the amount of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament.

Tournament

• * Game went into extra innings.
• Tennessee
  Tennessee Volunteers baseball
  The Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represents the University of Tennessee in NCAA Division I college baseball.Along with most other Tennessee athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference. The Volunteers play all on-campus home games at...
  
  , Arkansas
  Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
  The University of Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, sometimes referred to as the Diamond Hogs, is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southeastern Conference , and is currently coached by Dave van Horn. The program started in 1923, and will enter its 89th season of...
  
  , Mississippi State
  Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
  The Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents Mississippi State University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference. They are currently coached by head coach John Cohen. They play home games in Dudy Noble Field,...
  
  , and Auburn
  Auburn Tigers baseball
  The Auburn Tigers baseball team represents Auburn University in NCAA Division I college baseball.Along with most other Auburn athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Western division of the Southeastern Conference...
  
   did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Matt Clark	LSU
1B	Andrew Giobbi	Vanderbilt
2B	Ryan Schimpf	LSU
3B	Chris McClendon	Kentucky
SS	Ryan Flaherty Ryan Flaherty Ryan Flaherty is an American professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs’ minor league system.Flaherty was born in Portland, Maine, and was named Maine Gatorade High School Player of the Year as a senior at Deering High School....	Vanderbilt
C	Alex Avila Alex Avila Alexander Thomas Avila is an American professional baseball catcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He is 5' 11" tall and weighs 210 pounds. Avila was born in Hialeah, Florida.-Early Baseball Career:...	Alabama
OF	Michael Guerrero	Ole Miss
OF	Jordan Henry	Ole Miss
OF	Kent Matthes	Alabama
OF	Sawyer Carroll	Kentucky
DH	Blake Dean Blake Dean (baseball) - External links :* at LSUSports.net...	LSU
P	Lance Lynn Lance Lynn Michael Lance Lynn is an American professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals.-Early and personal life:...	Ole Miss
P	Blake Martin	LSU
P	Austin Hyatt	Alabama
MVP	Blake Dean Blake Dean (baseball) - External links :* at LSUSports.net...	LSU

See also

• College World Series
  College World Series
  The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
  
  
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
  The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....
  
  
• SEC Baseball Tournament
  SEC Baseball Tournament
  The SEC Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southeastern Conference . It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament...
  
  

External links

• 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament @ SECSports.com