2013 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

{{Infobox NCAA Baseball Conference Tournament

| Year=2013

| Conference=Southeastern Conference

| ShortConference=SEC

| Division=

| Image=2013 SEC Baseball Tournament Official Logo.jpg

| ImageSize=200px

| Caption=

| Teams=12

| Format=See below

| Ballpark=Hoover Metropolitan Stadium

| City=Hoover, AL

| Champions=LSU

| TitleCount=10th

| Coach=Paul Mainieri

| CoachCount=4th

| MVP=Chris Cotton

| MVPTeam=LSU

| Attendance=134,496 (record)

| Television=ESPN2 (championship game)

}}

The 2013 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 26 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion, LSU, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.tigerrag.com/?p=184982|title=2013 SEC baseball schedule released|date=March 22, 2012|publisher=tigerrag.com|accessdate=December 15, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204083350/http://www.tigerrag.com/?p=184982|archive-date=February 4, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

The tournament has been held every year since 1977. Entering the 2013 event, LSU had claimed nine championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This was the sixteenth consecutive year and eighteenth overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, formerly known as Regions Park.

In 2013, the tournament set a new all-sessions attendance record of 134,496. The average per session was 8,115.{{cite web|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/245452/lsu-wins-10th-sec-baseball-tournament-title.aspx|title=LSU Wins 10th SEC Baseball Tournament Title|date=May 26, 2013|author=Sean Cartell|publisher=SEC Digital Network|accessdate=January 8, 2014}}

Seeding and format

The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament.

The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a two-bracket double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game.{{cite web|url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/121911aac.html|publisher=utsports.com|title=SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament|date=December 19, 2011|accessdate=December 15, 2012|archive-date=November 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118074227/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/121911aac.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-12-22/sec-adds-two-teams-changes-format-postseason-conference-tournament|title=SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament|date=December 22, 2012|accessdate=January 16, 2013|publisher=NCAA.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118221950/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-12-22/sec-adds-two-teams-changes-format-postseason-conference-tournament|archive-date=November 18, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em; text-align:center;" ! Team !! W !! L !! Pct !! GB #1 !! Seed
colspan="7" align="center"\| Eastern Division
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Vanderbilt	26	3	.897	-	1
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| South Carolina	17	12	.586	9	4
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Florida	14	16	.467	12.5	8
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Kentucky	11	19	.367	15.5	11
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Missouri	10	20	.333	16.5	12
{{cbsb link\|year=2013\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}}	9	19	.321	16.5	-
{{cbsb link\|year=2013\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}}	7	20	.259	18	-

class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em; text-align:center;" ! Team !! W !! L !! Pct !! GB #1 !! Seed
colspan="7" align="center"\| Western Division
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| LSU	23	7	.767	3.5	2
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Arkansas	18	11	.621	8	3
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Mississippi State	16	14	.533	10.5	5
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{cbsb link\|year=2013\|team=Ole Miss Rebels\|title=Ole Miss}}	15	15	.500	11.5	6
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Alabama	14	15	.483	12	7
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{cbsb link\|year=2013\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}}	13	16	.448	13	9
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{cbsb link\|year=2013\|team=Auburn Tigers\|title=Auburn}}	13	17	.433	13.5	10

Bracket

{{5RoundBracket|byes=2|compact=y|seeds=y

| team-width=150

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Semifinals

| RD5=Finals

| RD1-seed03=6

| RD1-team03={{cbsb link|year=2013|team=Ole Miss Rebels|title=Ole Miss}}

| RD1-score03=4

| RD1-seed04=11

| RD1-team04=Kentucky

| RD1-score04=1

| RD1-seed07=7

| RD1-team07=Alabama

| RD1-score07=6

| RD1-seed08=10

| RD1-team08={{cbsb link|year=2013|team=Auburn Tigers|title=Auburn}}

| RD1-score08=3

| RD1-seed19=8

| RD1-team19=Florida

| RD1-score19=3

| RD1-seed20=9

| RD1-team20={{cbsb link|year=2013|team=Texas A&M Aggies|title=Texas A&M}}

| RD1-score20=6

| RD1-seed23=5

| RD1-team23=Mississippi State

| RD1-score23=2*

| RD1-seed24=12

| RD1-team24=Missouri

| RD1-score24=1

| RD2-seed01=3

| RD2-team01=Arkansas

| RD2-score01=2*

| RD2-seed02=6

| RD2-team02=Ole Miss

| RD2-score02=1

| RD2-seed03=2

| RD2-team03=LSU

| RD2-score03=3

| RD2-seed04=7

| RD2-team04=Alabama

| RD2-score04=0

| RD2-seed05=6

| RD2-team05=Ole Miss

| RD2-score05=5*

| RD2-seed06=7

| RD2-team06=Alabama

| RD2-score06=7

| RD2-seed09=1

| RD2-team09=Vanderbilt

| RD2-score09=0

| RD2-seed10=9

| RD2-team10=Texas A&M

| RD2-score10=5

| RD2-seed11=4

| RD2-team11=South Carolina

| RD2-score11=3

| RD2-seed12=5

| RD2-team12=Mississippi State

| RD2-score12=5

| RD2-seed13=1

| RD2-team13=Vanderbilt

| RD2-score13=4*

| RD2-seed14=4

| RD2-team14=South Carolina

| RD2-score14=3

| RD3-seed01=3

| RD3-team01=Arkansas

| RD3-score01=4

| RD3-seed02=2

| RD3-team02=LSU

| RD3-score02=1

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=LSU

| RD3-score03=3

| RD3-seed04=7

| RD3-team04=Alabama

| RD3-score04=2

| RD3-seed05=9

| RD3-team05=Texas A&M

| RD3-score05=4

| RD3-seed06=5

| RD3-team06=Mississippi State

| RD3-score06=6

| RD3-seed07=9

| RD3-team07=Texas A&M

| RD3-score07=0

| RD3-seed08=1

| RD3-team08=Vanderbilt

| RD3-score08=3

| RD4-seed01=3

| RD4-team01=Arkansas

| RD4-score01=1

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02=LSU

| RD4-score02=3

| RD4-seed03=5

| RD4-team03=Mississippi State

| RD4-score03=8

| RD4-seed04=1

| RD4-team04=Vanderbilt

| RD4-score04=16

| RD5-seed01=2

| RD5-team01=LSU

| RD5-score01=5*

| RD5-seed02=1

| RD5-team02=Vanderbilt

| RD5-score02=4

}}

* - Indicates game required extra innings.

Notes

The Mississippi State vs Missouri first-round game lasted 17 innings. This tied the record for the longest game in SEC Tournament history, which was originally set by Arkansas and Auburn in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/05/quick_hits_mississippi_state_a.html|title=Quick hits: Mississippi State tops Missouri in 17 innings, ties SEC Tournament record|date=May 22, 2013|accessdate=May 22, 2013|publisher=al.com}}

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

class=wikitable ! Pos. !! Player !! School
P	Tyler Beede	Vanderbilt
P	Daniel Mengden	Texas A&M
P	Ryne Stanek	Arkansas
P	Chris Cotton	LSU
C	Stuart Turner	Ole Miss
1B	Conrad Gregor	Vanderbilt
2B	Tony Kemp	Vanderbilt
3B	Christian Ibarra	LSU
SS	Adam Frazier	Mississippi State
OF	Connor Harrell	Vanderbilt
OF	Hunter Renfroe	Mississippi State
OF	Tyler Spoon	Arkansas
OF	Jared Foster	LSU
OF	Matt Vinson	Arkansas
DH	Sean McMullen	LSU
DH	Zander Wiel	Vanderbilt

=Most Valuable Player=

Chris Cotton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Cotton was a pitcher for LSU, serving as closer. In the championship game, he pitched the final 2.2 innings and did not allow any of the eight batters he faced to reach base.

References

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