1996 Southeastern Conference Tournament

The 1996 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL. #2 University of Alabama defeated #1 University of Florida for the title. Alabama's Joe Caruso was named Tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Alabama	20-10	Jim Wells
2	University of Florida	20-10	Andy Lopez
3	Louisiana State University	20-10	Skip Bertman
4	University of Tennessee	18-12	Rod Delmonico
5	Mississippi State University	17-13	Ron Polk
6	University of Kentucky	15-14	Keith Madison
7	University of Arkansas	15-15	Norm DeBriyn
8	Vanderbilt University	14-16	Roy Mewbourne

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Alabama	3
	6	Kentucky	2			1	Alabama	3
						4	Tennessee	1
	2	Florida	6								1	Alabama	3
	5	Mississippi St.	5								2	Florida	7
						2	Florida	6													2	Florida	5	5
						3	LSU	2													1	Alabama	10	15
	3	LSU	3													1	Alabama	16
	4	Tennessee	1								3	LSU	11			6	Kentucky	8
						6	Kentucky	6			6	Kentucky	12
						5	Mississippi St.	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 15
Game 1	University of Kentucky	7-5	University of Arkansas	single elimination, Kentucky advances
Game 2	Mississippi State University	8-5	Vanderbilt University	single elimination, Mississipi State advances
May 16
Game 3	University of Alabama	3-2	University of Kentucky
Game 4	University of Florida	6-5	Mississippi State University
Game 5	Louisiana State University	3-1	University of Tennessee
May 17
Game 6	University of Kentucky	6-1	Mississippi State University	Mississippi State eliminated
Game 7	University of Alabama	3-1	University of Tennessee	Tennessee eliminated
Game 8	University of Florida	6-2	Louisiana State University
May 18
Game 9	University of Florida	7-3	University of Alabama
Game 10	University of Kentucky	12-11	Louisiana State University	LSU eliminated
Game 11	University of Alabama	16-8	University of Kentucky	Kentucky eliminated
May 19
Game 12	University of Alabama	10-5	University of Florida
Game 13	University of Alabama	15-5	University of Florida	Alabama advances to NCAA tournament

All Tournament Team

• 1B Chuck Hazzard, Florida
• 2B Joe Caruso, Alabama
• 3B Travis Hayes, Kentucky
• SS Brad Freeman, Mississippi St.
• C Eric Castaldo, Florida
• OF Chad Green, Kentucky
• OF Doug Hall, Alabama
• OF Dustan Mohr, Alabama
• DH Chris Moller
• P R.A. Dickey, Tennessee
• P Ed Yarnall, LSU