Official Site of the Southeastern Conference

Site: Regions Park (Hoover, AL)
Dates: May 21 (Wednesday) - 25 (Sunday)

The Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament returns for a 11th straight year to Regions Park in the south-Birmingham city of Hoover, Ala., May 21-25.

The SEC Tournament will follow an eight-team double elimination format that is modeled after the College World Series. The tournament field includes the top teams from the SEC's Eastern and Western Divisions plus six at-large bids based on conference winning percentage.

Located eight miles south of Birmingham, Regions Park is regarded by many sports experts as one of the best of its kind in the nation.

Located eight miles south of Birmingham, Regions Park is regarded by many sports experts as one of the best of its kind in the nation. It seats 10,800 for baseball, but can accommodate over 16,000 when the patio, banquet and side grassy areas are used. The stadium also houses 12 suites and state-of-the-art dressing and training rooms. Wireless internet access was added in 2004, concourse and signage renovation was done in 2005 and a second-level pressbox expansion, new stadium seating and an exterior facelift in 2007 completed a $4.5 million renovation project. A new video scoreboard is set to be added for 2008.

The 2007 SEC Baseball Tournament, held in Hoover, Ala. drew nearly 90,000 fans. Four times time in the last six years the tournament has surpassed the six-digit mark in total attendance. The 2002 SEC Baseball Tournament total attendance of 124,440 was the largest total in tourney history. The championship game pulled in 13,023 and was the second largest title game crowd in tournament history. It was also the third largest single game attendance in tourney history at the time. The 2003 SEC Baseball Tournament total attendance of 122,393 was the second largest total in tourney history, barely behind the 2002 event. New session and per game average records were also set in 2003.

Tickets for the 2008 tournament are $100 for reserved box seats, $17 for a single-game reserved seat, $60 for a Dr Pepper Six-Pack general admission book, and $12 for a single-game general admission.

The SEC athletic directors recently decided to extend, for five years, the SEC's contract to hold the baseball tournament at Regions Park. The Southeastern Conference will keep its baseball tournament in suburban Birmingham through 2011 with the newly signed deal.

TIE-BREAKERS

SEC Tournament Seeding: The two division champions shall be automatically seeded number one and number two based on winning percentage in conference competition. The rest shall be seeded numbers three through eight based on winning percentage without regard to division. Ties will be broken in the following manner:

1. Two-Team Tie: When two teams are tied for a finish, the following procedure will be used (in the following order until the tie is broken):
   1. Won-lost results of head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
   2. If they are divisional opponents:
      1. Won-lost percentage within their division (over the 15-game SEC division schedule).
      2. Won-lost percentage of the two teams versus the No. 1 team in their division (and proceeding through the No. 6 team, if necessary).
   3. If two teams are not divisional opponents:
      1. Won-lost record of the two teams versus the No. 1 seed using common opponents only (and proceeding through the No. 8 seed, if necessary).
      2. Coin flip by the Commissioner.
2. Three-Team Tie (or more): When three or more teams are tied for a finish, the following procedure will be used (in descending order until the tie is broken): Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreaker procedure as stated in No. 1 above will be used.
   1. If all three teams are common opponents: Total won-lost percentage of games played among the tied teams.
   2. Won-lost percentage of the tied teams versus the No. 1 seed and proceeding through the No. 8 seed, if necessary, using common opponents only.
   3. If three or more teams still are tied, the Commissioner will conduct a draw.

2008 Tournament Bracket

* - If both bracket winners are undefeated, there will be no 5 p.m. or 8 p.m. games on Saturday and the championship game Sunday would be Game 13.

All Times are Central

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The SEC Baseball Tournament returns for an 11th straight year to Regions Park in Hoover.

Field Dimensions
Foul Lines: 340
Power Alleys: 385
Center: 405
Playing Surface: Natural Grass
Year Built: 1988/Renovated 2006-07