2006 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2006 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama
Champions	Ole Miss (2nd title)
Winning coach	Mike Bianco (1st title)
MVP	Mark Wright (Ole Miss)
Attendance	108,173

2006 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 18 Kentucky  x‍†‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	17		.721
No. 7 Georgia  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			47	–	23		.671
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			38	–	27		.585
No. 12 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			41	–	25		.621
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	11	–	18		.379			31	–	24		.564
Florida  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			28	–	28		.500
Western
No. 9 Alabama  x‍†‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	21		.677
No. 25 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			39	–	21		.650
No. 11 Ole Miss  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	13		.567			44	–	22		.667
LSU  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			35	–	24		.593
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	12	–	17		.414			37	–	23		.617
Auburn  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			22	–	34		.393
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2006 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 24 through 28. Ole Miss won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.

Regular season Results

Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Kentucky 20 10 .667 -- 2 Georgia 18 12 .600 2 3 Vanderbilt 16 14 .533 4 6 South Carolina 15 15 .500 5 7 Tennessee 11 18 .379 8.5 -- Florida 10 20 .333 12.5 --

Western Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Alabama 20 10 .667 -- 1 Arkansas 18 12 .600 2 4 Ole Miss 17 13 .567 3 5 LSU 13 17 .433 7 8 Mississippi State 12 17 .414 7.5 -- Auburn 9 21 .300 11 --

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	5	Ole Miss	9
	4	Arkansas	4
						5	Ole Miss	12
						8	LSU	1
	8	LSU	4
	1	Alabama	3
											5	Ole Miss	9	-
											1	Alabama	2	-
	4	Arkansas	3
	1	Alabama	4			1	Alabama	8
						8	LSU	3
																	5	Ole Miss	9
	6	Vanderbilt	9
																	6	Vanderbilt	3
	3	Georgia	4
						6	Vanderbilt	11
						7	South Carolina	1
	7	South Carolina	4
	2	Kentucky	2
											6	Vanderbilt	4	11
											3	Georgia	5	1
	3	Georgia	16
	2	Kentucky	10			3	Georgia	16
						7	South Carolina	10

• Mississippi State, Tennessee, Florida and Auburn did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	C.J. Ketchum	Ole Miss
2B	Justin Henry	Ole Miss
3B	Pedro Alvarez	Vanderbilt
SS	Ryan Flaherty	Vanderbilt
C	Jason Jacobs	Georgia
OF	Dominic de la Osa	Vanderbilt
OF	Mark Wright	Ole Miss
OF	Alex Presley	Ole Miss
DH	Shea Robin	Vanderbilt
P	Wade LeBlanc	Alabama
P	Mike Cisco	South Carolina
MVP	Mark Wright	Ole Miss

See also

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

References

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• SECSports.com 2006 Baseball Standings
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists