1997 Southeastern Conference Teams 8 Format Play-in round followed by six-team double elimination Finals site Champions Alabama (4th title)Winning coach Jim Wells (3rd title)MVP (Alabama) Attendance 42,000[1]
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 14-18. Alabama defeated LSU in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament .[1] [2]
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 [ ] [3]
†- Vanderbilt forfeited its conference games and tournament berth for using an ineligible player.[4]
Tournament [ ] Play-in games [ ] Main bracket [ ]
1
LSU 5
6
Auburn
2
1
LSU
12
4
Tennessee
5
2
Alabama 16
1
LSU
12
5
Mississippi State
3
2
Alabama
7
2
Alabama
13
1
LSU
2
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3
Florida
6
2
Alabama
12
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3
Florida 7
2
Alabama
6
4
Tennessee
6
3
Florida
17
3
Florida
3
6
Auburn
5
6
Auburn
5
5
Mississippi State
4
[1]
All-tournament team [ ] [1]
See also [ ] References [ ]