Английская Википедия:1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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The 1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 13 through 17. Шаблон:CBSB link defeated Шаблон:CBSB link in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Regular Season Results

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.

Tournament

• Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player Rodney Nye, Arkansas

Position	Player	School
1B	Rodney Nye	Arkansas
2B	Heath Kelly	Auburn
3B	Chad Wandall	Auburn
SS	Joe Jester	Arkansas
C	Brent Caldwell	Arkansas
OF	Hayden Gliemmo	Auburn
OF	Drew Bounds	Alabama
OF	Jack Welsh	Arkansas
DH	Jayson Cox	Alabama
P	Randy Keisler	Louisiana State
P	Jarrod Kingrey	Alabama
MVP	Rodney Nye	Arkansas

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

References

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists