2005 Southeastern Conference Tournament

The 2005 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL. #7 Mississippi State University defeated #4 University of Mississippi for the title. Mississippi State's Jeff Butts was named Tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Florida	20-10	Pat McMahon
2	Louisiana State University	18-12	Smoke Laval
3	University of Tennessee	18-11	Rod Delmonico
4	University of Mississippi	18-12	Mike Bianco
5	University of Alabama	17-13	Jim Wells
6	University of South Carolina	16-14	Ray Tanner
7	Mississippi State University	13-16	Ron Polk
8	University of Arkansas	13-17	Dave Van Horn

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Florida	9
	8	Arkansas	8
						1	Florida	10
						4	Mississippi	7
	4	Mississippi	3
	5	Alabama	1
											1	Florida	1	2
										4	Mississippi	14	4
	8	Arkansas	4
	5	Alabama	5
						4	Mississippi	5
						5	Alabama	3
																4	Mississippi	1	x	x
																7	Mississippi St.	4	x	x
	2	LSU	2
	7	Mississippi St.	9
						7	Mississippi St.	6
						6	South Carolina	2
	3	Tennessee	2
	6	South Carolina	12
											7	Mississippi St.	3	x
										3	Tennessee	2	x
	2	LSU	1
	3	Tennessee	5
						6	South Carolina	1
						3	Tennessee	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Mississippi State University	9-2	Louisiana State University
Game 2	University of South Carolina	12-2	University of Tennessee
Game 3	University of Florida	9-8	University of Arkansas
Game 4	University of Mississippi	3-1	University of Alabama
May 26
Game 5	University of Tennessee	5-1	Louisiana State University	LSU eliminated
Game 6	University of Alabama	5-4	University of Arkansas	Arkansas eliminated
Game 7	Mississippi State University	6-2	University of South Carolina
Game 8	University of Florida	10-7	University of Mississippi
May 27
Game 9	University of Tennessee	4-1	University of South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
Game 10	University of Mississippi	5-3	University of Alabama	Alabama eliminated
May 28
Game 11	Mississippi State University	3-2	University of Tennessee	Tennessee eliminated
Game 12	University of Mississippi	14-1	University of Florida
Game 13	University of Mississippi	4-2	University of Florida	Florida eliminated
May 29
Game 14	Mississippi State University	4-1	University of Mississippi	Mississippi State advances to NCAA tournament

All Tournament Team

• P Mark Holliman, Mississippi
• P Todd Doolittle, Mississippi St.
• C J.P. Arencibia, Tennessee
• 1B Matt LaPorta, Florida
• 2B Jeffrey Rea, Mississippi St.
• 3B Neil Giesler, South Carolina
• SS Zack Cozart, Mississippi
• OF Brian Pettway, Mississippi
• OF Jeff Butts, Mississippi St.
• OF Jeff Corsaletti, Florida
• DH Justin Henry, Mississippi