2005 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
Teams 8
Format Two pools of four-team double elimination Champions Mississippi State (6th title)Winning coach Ron Polk (5th title)MVP Jeff Butts (Mississippi State)
Attendance 119,580
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2005 Southeastern Conference baseball standings vte Conf. Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Eastern No. 2 Florida x†y 20 – 10 .667 48 – 23 .676 No. 8 Tennessee y 18 – 11 .621 46 – 21 .687 No. 26 South Carolina y 16 – 14 .533 41 – 23 .641 Vanderbilt 13 – 17 .433 34 – 21 .618 Georgia 12 – 17 .414 30 – 25 .545 Kentucky 7 – 22 .241 29 – 27 .518 Western No. 11 Ole Miss xy 18 – 12 .600 40 – 22 .645 No. 19 LSU xy 18 – 12 .600 40 – 22 .645 No. 20 Alabama y 17 – 13 .567 40 – 23 .635 Mississippi State ‡y13 – 16 .448 42 – 22 .656 Arkansas y13 – 17 .433 39 – 22 .639 Auburn y13 – 17 .433 34 – 26 .567 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2005 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
The 2005 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 25 through 29. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference 's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament .
Regular season Results Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Florida 20 10 .667 -- 1 Tennessee 18 11 .621 1.5 3 South Carolina 16 14 .533 4 6 Vanderbilt 13 17 .433 7 -- Georgia 12 17 .414 7.5 -- Kentucky 7 22 .241 12.5 -- Western Division Team W L Pct GB Seed LSU 18 12 .600 -- 2 Ole Miss 18 12 .600 -- 4 Alabama 17 13 .567 1 5 Mississippi State 13 16 .448 4.5 7 Arkansas 13 17 .433 5 8 Auburn 13 17 .433 5 -- Florida 20 10 .667 -- 1 Tennessee 18 11 .621 1.5 3 South Carolina 16 14 .533 4 6 Vanderbilt 13 17 .433 7 -- Georgia 12 17 .414 7.5 -- Kentucky 7 22 .241 12.5 -- Team W L Pct GB Seed LSU 18 12 .600 -- 2 Ole Miss 18 12 .600 -- 4 Alabama 17 13 .567 1 5 Mississippi State 13 16 .448 4.5 7 Arkansas 13 17 .433 5 8 Auburn 13 17 .433 5 --
Tournament First round Second round Semifinals Finals 1 Florida 9 8 Arkansas 8 1 Florida 10 4 Ole Miss 7 5 Alabama 1 4 Ole Miss 3 1 Florida 1 2 4 Ole Miss 14 4 8 Arkansas 4 5 Alabama 5 5 Alabama 3 4 Ole Miss 5 4 Ole Miss 1 3 Tennessee 2 7 Mississippi State 4 6 South Carolina 12 6 South Carolina 2 7 Mississippi State 6 7 Mississippi State 9 2 LSU 2 7 Mississippi State 3 - 3 Tennessee 2 - 3 Tennessee 5 2 LSU 1 3 Tennessee 4 6 South Carolina 1
Vanderbilt , Auburn , Georgia and Kentucky did not make the tournament.All-Tournament Team Position Player School 1B Matt LaPorta Florida 2B Jeffrey Rea Mississippi State 3B Neil Giesler South Carolina SS Zack Cozart Ole Miss C J. P. Arencibia Tennessee OF Jeff Butts Mississippi State OF Walter Cochrane South Carolina OF Jeff Corsaletti Florida DH Justin Henry Ole Miss P Mark Holliman Ole Miss P Todd Doolittle Mississippi State MVP Jeff Butts Mississippi State
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