1979 Southeastern Conference Tournament

The 1979 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS. Mississippi State University defeated University of Florida for the title. Mississippi State's Mike Kelley was named Tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
East 1	University of Florida	16-8	Jay Bergman
East 2	University of Kentucky	13-11	Keith Madison
West 1	Mississippi State University	17-2	Ron Polk
West 2	Louisiana State University	13-7	Jack Lamabe

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

E1

Florida

2

W2

LSU

5

W2

LSU

5

W1

Mississippi St.

12

W1

Mississippi St.

6

E2

Kentucky

5

W1

Mississippi St.

12

x

E1

Florida

11

x

W2

LSU

1

E1

Florida

7

E1

Florida

5

E2

Kentucky

1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 11
Game 1	Louisiana State University	5-2	University of Florida
Game 2	Mississippi State University	6-5	University of Kentucky
May 13
Game 3	University of Florida	7-1	University of Kentucky	Kentucky eliminated
Game 4	Mississippi State University	12-5	Louisiana State University
May 14
Game 5	University of Florida	5-1	Louisiana State University	LSU eliminated
Game 6	Mississippi State University	12-11	University of Florida	Mississippi State advances to NCAA tournament

All Tournament Team

• 1B Tim Weisheim, Mississippi St.
• 2B Chuck Long, Florida
• SS Larry Hall, Florida
• 3B Bobby Mariano, LSU
• C John McDonald, Mississippi St.
• OF Mike Kelley, Mississippi st.
• OF Bob Kocol, Mississippi St.
• OF Jim Watkins, Florida
• UT Steve Bollman, LSU
• P Kerry Kellogg, Florida
• P Ken Kurtz, Mississippi St.
• DH Tony Stevens, Florida