2021 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2021 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama
Champions	Arkansas (1st title)
Winning coach	Dave Van Horn (1st title)
MVP	Jalen Battles (Arkansas)
Television	SEC Network, ESPN2 (Championship game)

2021 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 6 Tennessee  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10		.667			50	–	18		.735
No. 2 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	10		.655			49	–	18		.731
Florida  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13		.567			38	–	22		.633
South Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			34	–	23		.596
Georgia  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			31	–	25		.554
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			29	–	23		.558
Missouri  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			15	–	36		.294
Western
No. 5 Arkansas  ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	8		.733			50	–	13		.794
No. 1 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10		.667			50	–	18		.735
No. 13 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			45	–	22		.672
No. 18 LSU  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17		.433			38	–	25		.603
Alabama  ‍‍‍^y	12	–	17		.414			32	–	26		.552
Auburn  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			25	–	27		.481
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			29	–	27		.518
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2021[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The Arkansas Razorbacks emerged for the first time as tournament champions,^[2] earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

The tournament has been held every year since 1977 (with the exception of 2020), with LSU claiming twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas and 2013 addition Missouri had previously never won the tournament. This is the twenty-second consecutive year and twenty-fourth overall that the event has scheduled to be held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

Format and seeding

The regular season division winners claim the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claim the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams play a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverts to single elimination through the championship game. This is the eighth year of this format.^[4][5]

Team	W–L	Pct	GB No. 1	Seed
Eastern Division
Tennessee	20–10	.667	2	2
Vanderbilt	19–10	.655	2.5	4
Florida	17–13	.567	5	6
South Carolina	16–14	.533	6	7
Georgia	13–17	.433	9	8
Kentucky	12–18	.400	10	11
Missouri	8–22	.267	14	–

Team	W–L	Pct	GB No. 1	Seed
Western Division
Arkansas	22–8	.733	–	1
Mississippi State	20–10	.667	2	3
Ole Miss	18–12	.600	4	5
LSU	13–17	.433	9	9
Alabama	12–17	.414	9.5	10
Auburn	10–20	.333	12	12
Texas A&M	9–21	.300	13	–

Tiebreakers
Teams	Record	Tiebreaker
(8) Georgia (9) LSU	13–17	UGA vs. ARK, 1–2 LSU vs. ARK, 1–2 UGA vs. TENN, 1–2 LSU vs. TENN, 0–3

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, May 25					Second round Wednesday, May 26 Thursday, May 27					Third round Thursday, May 27 Friday, May 28					Semifinals Saturday, May 29					Final Sunday, May 30
						3	Mississippi State	1
	6	Florida	4			6	Florida	13^7
	11	Kentucky	1								6	Florida	7
											10	Alabama	2
						2	Tennessee	2
	7	South Carolina	3			10	Alabama	3^11
	10	Alabama	9													6	Florida	0
																2	Tennessee	4
						3	Mississippi State	2
						2	Tennessee	12^8
											2	Tennessee	11
											10	Alabama	0^7
																					2	Tennessee	2
																					1	Arkansas	7
						1	Arkansas	11
	8	Georgia	4			8	Georgia	2
	9	LSU	1								1	Arkansas	6
											4	Vanderbilt	4
						4	Vanderbilt	5
	5	Ole Miss	7			5	Ole Miss	4
	12	Auburn	4													1	Arkansas	3
																5	Ole Miss	2
						8	Georgia	0
						5	Ole Miss	4
											5	Ole Miss	4
											4	Vanderbilt	1

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Tuesday, May 25
1	9:30 a.m.	No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 Kentucky	SEC Network	3,499[6]
2	1:00 p.m.	No. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Alabama
3	4:30 p.m.	No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 9 LSU		7,750[7]
4	8:00 p.m.	No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 12 Auburn
Wednesday, May 26
5	9:30 a.m.	No. 3 Mississippi State vs. No. 6 Florida	SEC Network	5,235[8]
6	1:00 p.m.	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Alabama
7	4:30 p.m.	No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 8 Georgia		7,200[9]
8	8:00 p.m.	No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Ole Miss
Thursday, May 27
9	9:30 a.m.	No. 3 Mississippi State vs. No. 2 Tennessee	SEC Network	4,737[10]
10	1:00 p.m.	No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 5 Ole Miss
11	4:30 p.m.	No. 6 Florida vs. No. 10 Alabama		8,625[11]
12	8:00 p.m.	No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt
Friday, May 28
13	10:00 a.m.	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Alabama	SEC Network	5,901[12]
14	1:30 p.m.	No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt
Semifinals – Saturday, May 29
15	Noon	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Florida	SEC Network	8,735[13]
16	3:30 p.m.	No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 1 Arkansas
Championship – Sunday, May 30
17	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Arkansas	ESPN2	10,176[14]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Umpires

• Tony Walsh
• Jeff Head
• Scott Cline
• Scott Kennedy
• Kevin Sweeney
• Ray Gregson
• Eddie Newsom
• Eric Goshay
• Damien Beal
• Mo Hodges
• Brandon Cooper
• Brian deBrauwere

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References

1. "2021 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
2. "Arkansas Razorbacks top Tennessee Volunteers 7–2 to capture first SEC Tournament title". ESPN. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
3. "Championship – Baseball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
4. "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
5. "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
6. Game 2 boxscore
7. Game 4 boxscore
8. Game 6 boxscore
9. Game 8 boxscore
10. Game 10 boxscore
11. Game 12 boxscore
12. Game 14 boxscore
13. Game 16 boxscore
14. Game 17 boxscore
15. Game 2 boxscore
16. Game 4 boxscore
17. Game 6 boxscore
18. Game 8 boxscore
19. Game 10 boxscore
20. Game 12 boxscore
21. Game 14 boxscore
22. Game 16 boxscore
23. Game 17 boxscore