The 2007 SEC Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium

Hoover Metropolitan Stadium

Regions Park, formerly known as Hoover Metropolitan Stadium or The Hoover Met, is a minor league baseball park located in the Birmingham, Alabama, USA, suburb of Hoover. It has been the home of the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League since 1988, replacing historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham...

 in Birmingham, AL from May 23rd through May 27th. After being ranked #1 nationally for most of the season and taking the regular-season SEC crown, Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores

The Vanderbilt Commodores are the NCAA athletic teams of Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The university fields 16 varsity teams , 14 of which compete in the Southeastern Conference...

 won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from June 1-24, . Sixty four NCAA Division I college baseball teams advanced to the post season tournament after having played through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament....

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This year marked the first time since 1984 LSU did not qualify for the tournament. The Bayou Bengals struggled to a 12-17-1 SEC record under first-year coach Paul Mainieri

Paul Mainieri

Paul Mainieri is the current head coach of the LSU baseball team. Prior to that position he was the head coach of the Notre Dame baseball team from 1995–2006, the United States Air Force Academy baseball team from 1989–1994 and the St. Thomas University baseball team from 1983–1988...

 and finished 29-26-1 overall, LSU's lowest win total since 1983, the year before Skip Bertman came to Baton Rouge.

Regular Season Results

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Eastern Division Vanderbilt 22 8 .733 -- 1 South Carolina 17 13 .567 5 3 Florida 15 15 .500 7 6 Tennessee 13 15 .464 8 8 Kentucky 13 16 1 .450 8.5 -- Georgia 11 19 .367 11 --

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Western Division Arkansas 18 12 .600 -- 2 Mississippi State 15 13 .536 2 4 Mississippi 16 14 .533 2 5 Alabama 15 15 .500 3 7 LSU 12 17 1 .417 5.5 -- Auburn 10 20 .333 8 --

Tournament

• ~ Game was shortened by 10-run rule.
• * Game went into extra innings.
• LSU
  LSU Tigers baseball
  The LSU baseball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I college baseball.Along with the other LSU athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference...
  
  , Kentucky
  Kentucky Wildcats baseball
  The Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represents the University of Kentucky in NCAA Division I college baseball and competes in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference...
  
  , Auburn
  Auburn Tigers baseball
  The Auburn Tigers baseball team represents Auburn University in NCAA Division I college baseball.Along with most other Auburn athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Western division of the Southeastern Conference...
  
   and Georgia
  Georgia Bulldogs baseball
  The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represents the University of Georgia in NCAA Division I college baseball.Along with most other Georgia athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference...
  
   did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Danny Hamblin	Arkansas
2B	Tony Delmonico	Tennessee
3B	Pedro Alvarez	Vanderbilt
SS	Ryan Flaherty Ryan Flaherty Ryan Flaherty is an American professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs’ minor league system.Flaherty was born in Portland, Maine, and was named Maine Gatorade High School Player of the Year as a senior at Deering High School....	Vanderbilt
C	Shea Robin	Vanderbilt
OF	Dominic de la Osa	Vanderbilt
OF	Casey Coon	Arkansas
OF	Justin Henry	Ole Miss
DH	Jeff Lockwood	Tennessee
P	Jess Todd Jess Todd Jesse Ray Todd is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. From the University of Arkansas, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in second round of the 2007 amateur entry draft...	Arkansas
P	Nick Schmidt Nick Schmidt Nick Schmidt is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization. Schmidt was drafted by the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball with the 23rd overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. He played college baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. -Early...	Arkansas
MVP	Pedro Alvarez	Vanderbilt

See also

• College World Series
  College World Series
  The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
  
  
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
  The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....
  
  
• SEC Tournament