2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference
2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference
2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference
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<strong>2012</strong> <strong>SEC</strong> Tournament<br />
he <strong>Southeastern</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> Baseb<strong>all</strong> Tournament returns for a<br />
15th straight year to Regions Park in the south-Birmingham city<br />
of Hoover, Ala., May 22-27.<br />
The <strong>SEC</strong> Tournament will begin in <strong>2012</strong> to follow a 10-team double<br />
elimination format that is modeled in a similar fashion to previous <strong>SEC</strong><br />
Tournament and College World Series brackets. The tournament field<br />
includes the top teams from the <strong>SEC</strong>’s Eastern and Western Divisions<br />
plus eight at-large bids based on conference winning percentage.<br />
The eight teams are seeded 1-10 with the two divisional champions<br />
guaranteed of the top two seeds and first-round byes. Games played from<br />
Tuesday to Friday are double elimination with single elimination starting<br />
on Saturday. Last season, Florida defeated Vanderbilt 5-0 in front of a<br />
national television audience on ESPN2 to claim <strong>SEC</strong> Tournament title.<br />
Regions Park currently serves as home of the Double-A Birmingham<br />
Barons (Chicago White Sox) of the Southern League. The stadium also<br />
serves as host of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Final Four, as well as the former<br />
home field to the nation<strong>all</strong>y renowned Hoover Buccaneer high school<br />
footb<strong>all</strong> program.<br />
Located eight miles south of Birmingham, Regions Park seats 10,800<br />
for baseb<strong>all</strong>, but can accommodate over 16,000 when the patio, banquet<br />
and side grassy areas are used. The stadium also houses 12 suites and<br />
state-of-the-art dressing and training rooms. Wireless internet access was<br />
added in 2004, concourse and signage renovation was done in 2005 and<br />
a second-level pressbox expansion, new stadium seating and an exterior<br />
facelift in 2007 completed a $6 million renovation project. A new HD<br />
video scoreboard was added in 2008, while the <strong>SEC</strong> introduced the nation<br />
to a ‘pitch clock’ in 2010.<br />
The 2011 <strong>SEC</strong> Baseb<strong>all</strong> Tournament, drew nearly 100,000 fans. Six<br />
times time in the last nine years the tournament has surpassed the sixdigit<br />
mark in total attendance. The 2010 event drew nearly 130,000 fans,<br />
an <strong>all</strong>-time record.<br />
The <strong>SEC</strong> is scheduled to keep its baseb<strong>all</strong> tournament in Hoover at<br />
Regions Park through 2016 under the current contract.<br />
All games of the tournament have been televised in high definition<br />
since 2008, with ESPN2 set to broadcast the championship game<br />
nation<strong>all</strong>y for the third straight year in <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
sec tournament Seeding: The two division champions sh<strong>all</strong><br />
be automatic<strong>all</strong>y seeded number one and number two based on winning<br />
percentage in conference competition. The rest sh<strong>all</strong> be seeded numbers<br />
three through eight based on winning percentage without regard to<br />
division. Ties will be broken in the following manner:<br />
1. Two-Team Tie: When two teams are tied for a finish, the following<br />
procedure will be used (in the following order until the tie is broken):<br />
A. Won-lost results of head-to-head competition between the two tied<br />
teams.<br />
B. If they are divisional opponents:<br />
1. Won-lost percentage within their division (over the 15-game<br />
<strong>SEC</strong> division schedule).<br />
2. Won-lost percentage of the two teams versus the No. 1 team<br />
in their division (and proceeding through the No. 7 team, if<br />
necessary).<br />
C. If two teams are not divisional opponents:<br />
1. Won-lost record of the two teams versus the No. 1 seed using<br />
common opponents only (and proceeding through the No. 10<br />
seed, if necessary).<br />
2. Coin flip by the Commissioner.<br />
2. Three-Team Tie (or more): When three or more teams are tied<br />
for a finish, the following procedure will be used (in descending order<br />
until the tie is broken). (Note: If the three tied teams have three<br />
different records against each other, they sh<strong>all</strong> be seeded in bestpercentage<br />
order. Otherwise, once the three-team tie is broken, the<br />
two-team tie-breaker will be used):<br />
A. If <strong>all</strong> three teams are common opponents: Total won-lost<br />
percentage of games played among the tied teams.<br />
B. Won-lost percentage of the tied teams versus the No. 1 seed and<br />
proceeding through the No. 10 seed, if necessary, using common<br />
opponents only.<br />
C. If three or more teams still are tied, the Commissioner will conduct<br />
a draw.<br />
<strong>2012</strong> <strong>SEC</strong> Tournament • Regions Park • Hoover, Ala.<br />
<strong>2012</strong> <strong>SEC</strong> Tournament Bracket<br />
Tuesday, May 22<br />
Game 1 9:30 a.m. #4 Seed vs. #9 Seed [SPSO]<br />
Game 2 TBD #6 Seed vs. #7 Seed [SPSO]<br />
Game 3 4:30 p.m. #3 Seed vs. #10 Seed [CSS]<br />
Game 4 TBD #5 Seed vs. #8 Seed [CSS]<br />
Wednesday, May 23<br />
Game 5 9:30 a.m. Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 [SPSO]<br />
Game 6 TBD #1 Seed vs. Game 1-2 Low Seed Winner [SPSO]<br />
Game 7 4:30 p.m. Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 [CSS]<br />
Game 8 TBD #2 Seed vs. Game 3-4 Low Seed Winner [CSS]<br />
Thursday, May 24<br />
Game 9 9:30 a.m. Loser Game 6 vs. Winner Game 5 [SPSO]<br />
Game 10 TBD Game 1-2 Top Seed Winner vs. Winner Game 6 [SPSO]<br />
Game 11 4:30 p.m. Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 7 [CSS]<br />
Game 12 TBD Game 3-4 Top Seed vs. Winner Game 8 [CSS]<br />
Friday, May 25<br />
Game 13 3:00 p.m. Loser Game 10 vs. Winner Game 9 [CSS]<br />
Game 14 TBD Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 11 [CSS]<br />
Saturday, May 26<br />
Game 15 Noon Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 13 [CSS]<br />
Game 16 TBD Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 14 [CSS]<br />
Sunday, May 27<br />
Game 17 2:30 p.m. Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16 [ESPN2]<br />
All Times are Central<br />
[ESPN2] – ESPN2<br />
[SPSO] – Includes SportSouth, Sun Sports, FOX Sports Southwest, FOX Sports<br />
Houston and FOX Sports South in Kentucky<br />
[CSS] – Includes Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast, CST (Louisiana, Arkansas,<br />
Florida), Brighthouse Sports Network (Florida), Time Warner Cable (Carolinas),<br />
Insight Cable (Kentucky)<br />
All games will be streamed live on ESPN3.com<br />
The second and fourth games each day will begin 30 minutes following the<br />
previous game.<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Stadium Information<br />
Regions Park — Hoover, Ala.<br />
Capacity: 10,800 (Grandstand Seating)<br />
Field Dimensions<br />
Foul Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340<br />
Power Alleys ..............................385<br />
Center ...................................405<br />
Playing Surface ..................Natural Grass<br />
Year Built ...............1988/Renovated 2006-07<br />
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