1988 Southeastern Conference Tournament

The 1988 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS. #1 University of Florida defeated #3 Mississippi State University for the title. Florida's Brian Reimsnyder was named Tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Florida	21-6	Joe Arnold
2	University of Kentucky	18-9	Keith Madison
3	Mississippi State University	17-10	Ron Polk
4	Auburn University	16-10	Hal Baird
5	Louisiana State University	16-11	Skip Bertman
6	University of Georgia	11-16	Steve Webber

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Florida	3
	6	Georgia	8			6	Georgia	3
						5	LSU	7
											5	LSU	2
											1	Florida	7
						1	Florida	4
						4	Auburn	3
	2	Kentucky	9													1	Florida	3	5
	5	LSU	7													3	Mississippi St.	1	3
						2	Kentucky	5
						3	Mississippi St.	6
	3	Mississippi St.	10								3	Mississippi St.	4
	4	Auburn	7								6	Georgia	2
						2	Kentucky	4
						6	Georgia	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 12
Game 1	University of Kentucky	9-7	Louisiana State University
Game 2	University of Georgia	8-3	University of Florida
Game 3	Mississippi State University	10-7	Auburn University
May 13
Game 4	University of Florida	4-3	Auburn University	Auburn eliminated
Game 5	Louisiana State University	7-3	University of Georgia
Game 6	Mississippi State University	6-5	University of Kentucky
May 14
Game 7	University of Georgia	5-4	University of Kentucky	Kentucky eliminated
Game 8	University of Florida	7-2	Louisiana State University	LSU eliminated
Game 9	Mississippi State University	4-2	University of Georgia	Georgia eliminated
May 15
Game 10	University of Florida	3-1	Mississippi State University
Game 11	University of Florida	5-3	Mississippi State University	Florida advances to NCAA tournament

All Tournament Team

• 1B Tommy Raffo, Mississippi St.
• 2B Vince Castaldo, Kentucky
• SS Brad Hildreth, Mississippi St.
• 3B Darin Rieman, Kentucky
• C Barry Winford, Mississippi St.
• OF Brian Reimsnyder, Florida
• OF Rich Vasquez, LSU
• OF Bruce Chick, Georgia
• DH Mario Linares, Florida
• P Jeff Gidcumb, Florida
• P Mark Lipson, Georgia