1998 Southeastern Conference Tournament

The 1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL. #5 Auburn University defeated #7 University of Arkansas for the title. Arkansas' Rodney Nye was named Tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Florida	21-8	Andy Lopez
2	Louisiana State University	21-9	Skip Bertman
3	University of South Carolina	19-10	Ray Tanner
4	University of Alabama	19-10	Jim Wells
5	Auburn University	16-12	Hal Baird
6	Mississippi State University	14-15	Pat McMahon
7	University of Arkansas	13-14	Norm DeBriyn
8	University of Kentucky	12-18	Keith Madison

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Florida	6
	8	Kentucky	4
						1	Florida	4
						5	Auburn	6
	4	Alabama	8
	5	Auburn	11
											5	Auburn	3	9
										4	Alabama	4	1
	8	Kentucky	3
	4	Alabama	8
						1	Florida	2
						4	Alabama	3
																5	Auburn	7	x	x
																7	Arkansas	5	x	x
	2	LSU	4
	7	Arkansas	8
						7	Arkansas	10
						6	Mississippi St.	3
	3	South Carolina	8
	6	Mississippi St.	9
											7	Arkansas	7	x
										6	Mississippi St.	3	x
	2	LSU	6
	3	South Carolina	0
						6	Mississippi St.	7
						2	LSU	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 13
Game 1	Mississippi State University	9-8	University of South Carolina
Game 2	University of Arkansas	8-4	Louisiana State University
Game 3	Auburn University	11-8	University of Alabama
Game 4	University of Florida	6-4	University of Kentucky
May 14
Game 5	Louisiana State University	6-0	University of South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
Game 6	University of Alabama	8-3	University of Kentucky	Kentucky eliminated
Game 7	University of Arkansas	10-3	Mississippi State University
Game 8	Auburn University	6-4	University of Florida
May 15
Game 9	Mississippi State University	7-5	Louisiana State University	LSU eliminated
Game 10	University of Alabama	3-2	University of Florida	Florida eliminated
May 16
Game 11	University of Arkansas	7-3	Mississippi State University	Mississippi State eliminated
Game 12	University of Alabama	4-3	Auburn University
Game 13	Auburn University	9-1	University of Alabama	Alabama eliminated
May 17
Game 14	Auburn University	7-5	University of Arkansas	Auburn advances to NCAA tournament

All Tournament Team

• 1B Rodney Nye, Arkansas
• 2B Heath Kelly, Auburn
• 3B Chad Wandall, Auburn
• SS Joe Jester, Arkansas
• C Brent Caldwell, Arkansas
• OF Jack Welsh, Arkansas
• OF Drew Bounds, Alabama
• OF Hayden Gliemmo, Auburn
• DH Jayson Cox, Alabama
• P Randy Keisler, LSU
• P Jarrod Kingrey, Alabama