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1998 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Format Two pools of four-team double elimination
Site
Champions Auburn (3rd title)
Winning coach Hal Baird (2nd title)
MVP Rodney Nye (Arkansas)
Attendance 87,295
1998 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#7 Florida xy 21 8   .724     46 18   .719
#19 South Carolina y 19 10   .655     42 16   .724
Kentucky 12 18   .400     26 31   .456
Tennessee 11 17   .393     36 20   .643
Georgia 8 21   .276     24 30   .444
Vanderbilt 6 24   .200     25 28   .472
Western Division
#3 LSU xy 21 9   .700     48 19   .716
#16 Alabama y 19 10   .655     43 16   .729
#12 Auburn y 16 12   .571     46 18   .719
#6 Mississippi State y 14 15   .483     37 20   .649
Arkansas y 13 14   .481     37 19   .661
Ole Miss 13 15   .464     30 23   .566
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 13th through May 17th. Auburn defeated Arkansas in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The top four teams (based on conference results) from both the Eastern and Western Divisions earned invites to the tournament. The 12 teams played a 30-game conference schedule, playing 10 three-game series. Each team did not play one team from the opposite division.

For the first time, the SEC tournament used the Omaha format, which was first adopted at the College World Series in 1988. The eight teams were seeded and divided into two four-team brackets; seeds 2, 3, 6 and 7 made up bracket one and seeds 1, 4, 5 and 8 made up bracket two. Bracket play was double elimination. The two bracket winners met in a single championship game.

Most Valuable Player Rodney Nye, Arkansas


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