# 2017 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2017 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 28 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament After a search for potential new sites, the SEC named Hoover the host for the 2017 and future events, with a specific term to be negotiated.
The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming their twelfth championship against Arkansas, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the nineteenth consecutive year and twenty-first overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park. Texas A&M joined in 2013, and won its first title in 2016. Missouri, which also joined in 2013, has yet to win the event.

## Format and seeding

The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This is the fifth year of this format.
| Team | W–L–T | Pct | GB #1 | Seed |
| Eastern Division |||||
| Florida | 21–9 | .700 | – | 1 |
| Kentucky | 19–11 | .633 | 2 | 3 |
| Vanderbilt | 15–13–1 | .534 | 5 | 6 |
| Missouri | 14–16 | .467 | 7 | 10 |
| South Carolina | 13–17 | .433 | 8 | 11 |
| Georgia | 11–19 | .367 | 10 | 12 |
| Tennessee | 7–21 | .250 | 13 | – |
| Team | W–L–T | Pct | GB #1 | Seed |
| Western Division |||||
| LSU | 21–9 | .700 | – | 2 |
| Arkansas | 18–11 | .621 | 2.5 | 4 |
| Mississippi State | 17–13 | .567 | 4 | 5 |
| Texas A&M | 16–14 | .533 | 5 | 7 |
| Auburn | 16–14 | .533 | 5 | 8 |
| Ole Miss | 14–16 | .467 | 7 | 9 |
| Alabama | 5–24–1 | .183 | 15.5 | – |

## Bracket

| First round SECN | First round SECN | First round SECN | Second round SECN | Second round SECN | Second round SECN | Third round SECN | Third round SECN | Third round SECN | Semifinals SECN | Semifinals SECN | Semifinals SECN | Final ESPN2 | Final ESPN2 | Final ESPN2 |
| | | | 3 | Kentucky | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 11 | South Carolina | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | South Carolina | 7$^{11}$ | | | | 3 | Kentucky | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | LSU | 10$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | LSU | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 7 | 10 | Missouri | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Missouri | 12 | | | | | | | 2 | LSU | 11 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 11 | South Carolina | 0$^7$ | | | |
| | | | 11 | South Carolina | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Missouri | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 11 | South Carolina | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Kentucky | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | LSU | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Arkansas | 2 |
| | | | 1 | Florida | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Auburn | 5 | 8 | Auburn | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 4 | | | | 1 | Florida | 12 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Mississippi State | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Arkansas | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Mississippi State | 3 | 5 | Mississippi State | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Georgia | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | Florida | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Arkansas | 16$^7$ | | | |
| | | | 8 | Auburn | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Arkansas | 12$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Arkansas | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Mississippi State | 2 | | | | | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| Tuesday, May 23 |||||
| 1 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 South Carolina | SEC Network | |
| 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Missouri | SEC Network | |
| 3 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Ole Miss | SEC Network | 2,930 |
| Wednesday, May 24 |||||
| 4 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Georgia | SEC Network | 5,062 |
| 5 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 11 South Carolina | SEC Network | 5,062 |
| 6 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 2 LSU vs. No. 10 Missouri | SEC Network | 6,890 |
| 7 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 Auburn | SEC Network | 6,890 |
| Thursday, May 25 |||||
| 8 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Mississippi State | SEC Network | 7,279 |
| 9 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Missouri | SEC Network | 7,279 |
| 10 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 4 Arkansas | SEC Network | 9,823 |
| 11 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 2 LSU | SEC Network | 9,823 |
| Friday, May 26 |||||
| 12 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 1 Florida vs. No. 5 Mississippi State | SEC Network | 6,988 |
| 13 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 3 Kentucky | SEC Network | 8,552 |
| 14 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Mississippi State | SEC Network | 8,552 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, May 27 |||||
| 15 | Noon | No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 2 LSU | SEC Network | 10,793 |
| 16 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Florida | SEC Network | 10,793 |
| Championship – Sunday, May 28 |||||
| 17 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 LSU vs. No. 4 Arkansas | ESPN2 | 13,128 |
| *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. |||||