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    Site: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Hoover, AL)
    Dates: May 25 (Wednesday) - 29 (Sunday)

    The Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament returns for a an eighth straight year to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Birmingham suburb of Hoover, Ala., May 25-29.

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

    The eight teams are seeded 1-8 with the two divisional champions guaranteed of the top two seeds. Last season, South Carolina defeated Vanderbilt 3-2, to claim their first ever SEC Tournament title.

    The Hoover Met serves as home of the Double-A Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox) of the Southern League. Located eight miles south of Birmingham, the stadium is regarded by many sports experts as one fo the best of its kind in the nation. It seats 10,800 for baseball, but can accomodate up to 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, and plans for second-level pressbox expansion are on the board for 2007.

    The 2004 SEC Baseball Tournament, held in Hoover, Ala. drew 75,259 fans, despite inclement weather. That total was the second highest conference tournament attendance in the country in 2004. Nearly 8,000 fans were in attendance to the see championship game. 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 set in 2003. The championship game pulled in 11,705 and was the third largest title game crowd in tournament history. It was also the sixth largest single game attendance in tourney history.

    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.

    Tickets for the 2005 tournament are $90 for reserved box seats, $15 for a single-game reserved seat, $48 for a Dr Pepper Six-Pack general admission book, and $10 for a single-game general admission.

    Two years ago, the SEC athletic directors decided to extend, for three years, the SEC's contract to hold the baseball tournament at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The Southeastern Conference will keep its baseball tournament in suburban Birmingham through 2006.

    TIE-BREAKERS

    • By virtue of beating Ole Miss 2 out of 3 times during the regular season, LSU is awarded the No. 2 Seed as Western Division Champions.
    • Since Auburn, Arkansas and Vanderbilt did not all play each other during the regular season, the three-way tie for the eighth and final spot in Hoover was broken by comparing their records versus tournament seeds 1-8, until finding a common opponent. All three teams played Florida, the tournament's No. 1 Seed. Arkansas beat Florida twice, while Auburn and Vanderbilt were both swept by the Gators, giving the Razorbacks the No. 8 Seed.
    • Seeding is based on winning percentage of each team.

    2005 Tournament Bracket

    Game Time (CT) Matchup [TV] Stats
    Wednesday, May 25
    Game 1 Final #7 Mississippi State 9, #2 LSU 2 Game Stats
    Game 2 Final #6 South Carolina 12, #3 Tennessee 2 Game Stats
    Game 3 Final #1 Florida 9, #8 Arkansas 8 Game Stats
    Game 4 Final #4 Ole Miss 3, #5 Alabama 1 Game Stats
    Thursday, May 26
    Game 5 Final #3 Tennessee 5, #2 LSU 1 Game Stats
    Game 6 Final #5 Alabama 5, #8 Arkansas 4 Game Stats
    Game 7 Final #7 Miss. State 6, #6 South Carolina 2 Game Stats
    Game 8 Final #1 Florida 10, #4 Ole Miss 7 Game Stats
    Friday, May 27
    Game 9 Final #3 Tennessee 4, #6 South Carolina 1 Game Stats
    Game 10 Final #4 Ole Miss 5, #5 Alabama 3 Game Stats
    Saturday, May 28
    Game 11 Final #7 Mississippi State 3, #3 Tennessee 2 Game Stats
    Game 12 Final #4 Ole Miss 14, #1 Florida 1 (7 inn.) Game Stats
    Game 13*
    		Not necessary
    Game 14* Final #4 Ole Miss 4, #1 Florida 2 Game Stats
    Sunday, May 29
    Game 15 Final #7 Mississippi State 4, #4 Ole Miss 1 Game Stats

    • Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins game 11.
    • Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12. If Game 13 is not necessary, Game 14 would start at 5 p.m.
    • If both bracket winners are undefeated, there will be no 5 or 8:30 p.m. games on Saturday and the championship game will be the 13th game, which will be played on Sunday.

    [FoxSN] - FOX Sports Net South, FOX Sports Net Southwest, Sunshine Network
    [CSS] - Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast

    The second and third games each day will begin 30 minutes following the previous game, but no earlier than the designated start time.

    The SEC Baseball Tournament returns for an eighth straight year to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Birmingham.
    2005 Stadium Information
    Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Capacity: 10,800)
    Birmingham, Ala.

    Seating Diagram
    Field Dimensions
    Foul Lines: 340
    Power Alleys: 385
    Center: 405
    Playing Surface: Natural Grass
    Year Built: 1988



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