2005 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2005 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 25 through 29. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament.

2005 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama
Champions	Mississippi State (6th title)
Winning coach	Ron Polk (5th title)
MVP	Jeff Butts (Mississippi State)
Attendance	119,580

2005 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Florida  x‍†‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			48	–	23		.676
No. 8 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			46	–	21		.687
No. 26 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			41	–	23		.641
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			34	–	21		.618
Georgia  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			30	–	25		.545
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	22		.241			29	–	27		.518
Western
No. 11 Ole Miss  x‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			40	–	22		.645
No. 19 LSU  x‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			40	–	22		.645
No. 20 Alabama  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	23		.635
Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	16		.448			42	–	22		.656
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			39	–	22		.639
Auburn  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			34	–	26		.567
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2005 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season Results

Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Florida 20 10 .667 -- 1 Tennessee 18 11 .621 1.5 3 South Carolina 16 14 .533 4 6 Vanderbilt 13 17 .433 7 -- Georgia 12 17 .414 7.5 -- Kentucky 7 22 .241 12.5 --

Western Division Team W L Pct GB Seed LSU 18 12 .600 -- 2 Ole Miss 18 12 .600 -- 4 Alabama 17 13 .567 1 5 Mississippi State 13 16 .448 4.5 7 Arkansas 13 17 .433 5 8 Auburn 13 17 .433 5 --

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Florida	9
	8	Arkansas	8
						1	Florida	10
						4	Ole Miss	7
	5	Alabama	1
	4	Ole Miss	3
											1	Florida	1	2
											4	Ole Miss	14	4
	8	Arkansas	4
	5	Alabama	5			5	Alabama	3
						4	Ole Miss	5
																	4	Ole Miss	1
	3	Tennessee	2
																	7	Mississippi State	4
	6	South Carolina	12
						6	South Carolina	2
						7	Mississippi State	6
	7	Mississippi State	9
	2	LSU	2
											7	Mississippi State	3	-
											3	Tennessee	2	-
	3	Tennessee	5
	2	LSU	1			3	Tennessee	4
						6	South Carolina	1

• Vanderbilt, Auburn, Georgia and Kentucky did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Matt LaPorta	Florida
2B	Jeffrey Rea	Mississippi State
3B	Neil Giesler	South Carolina
SS	Zack Cozart	Ole Miss
C	J. P. Arencibia	Tennessee
OF	Jeff Butts	Mississippi State
OF	Walter Cochrane	South Carolina
OF	Jeff Corsaletti	Florida
DH	Justin Henry	Ole Miss
P	Mark Holliman	Ole Miss
P	Todd Doolittle	Mississippi State
MVP	Jeff Butts	Mississippi State

See also

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

References

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• Boydsworld 2005 Standings
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists