2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference

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2012 SEC Tournament
he Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament returns for a
15th straight year to Regions Park in the south-Birmingham city
of Hoover, Ala., May 22-27.
The SEC Tournament will begin in 2012 to follow a 10-team double
elimination format that is modeled in a similar fashion to previous SEC
Tournament and College World Series brackets. The tournament field
includes the top teams from the SEC’s Eastern and Western Divisions
plus eight at-large bids based on conference winning percentage.
The eight teams are seeded 1-10 with the two divisional champions
guaranteed of the top two seeds and first-round byes. Games played from
Tuesday to Friday are double elimination with single elimination starting
on Saturday. Last season, Florida defeated Vanderbilt 5-0 in front of a
national television audience on ESPN2 to claim SEC Tournament title.
Regions Park currently serves as home of the Double-A Birmingham
Barons (Chicago White Sox) of the Southern League. The stadium also
serves as host of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Final Four, as well as the former
home field to the nationally renowned Hoover Buccaneer high school
football program.
Located eight miles south of Birmingham, Regions Park 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 $6 million renovation project. A new HD
video scoreboard was added in 2008, while the SEC introduced the nation
to a ‘pitch clock’ in 2010.
The 2011 SEC Baseball Tournament, drew nearly 100,000 fans. Six
times time in the last nine years the tournament has surpassed the sixdigit
mark in total attendance. The 2010 event drew nearly 130,000 fans,
an all-time record.
The SEC is scheduled to keep its baseball tournament in Hoover at
Regions Park through 2016 under the current contract.
All games of the tournament have been televised in high definition
since 2008, with ESPN2 set to broadcast the championship game
nationally for the third straight year in 2012.
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):
A. Won-lost results of head-to-head competition between the two tied
teams.
B. 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. 7 team, if
necessary).
C. 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. 10
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). (Note: If the three tied teams have three
different records against each other, they shall be seeded in bestpercentage
order. Otherwise, once the three-team tie is broken, the
two-team tie-breaker will be used):
A. If all three teams are common opponents: Total won-lost
percentage of games played among the tied teams.
B. Won-lost percentage of the tied teams versus the No. 1 seed and
proceeding through the No. 10 seed, if necessary, using common
opponents only.
C. If three or more teams still are tied, the Commissioner will conduct
a draw.
2012 SEC Tournament • Regions Park • Hoover, Ala.
2012 SEC Tournament Bracket
Tuesday, May 22
Game 1 9:30 a.m. #4 Seed vs. #9 Seed [SPSO]
Game 2 TBD #6 Seed vs. #7 Seed [SPSO]
Game 3 4:30 p.m. #3 Seed vs. #10 Seed [CSS]
Game 4 TBD #5 Seed vs. #8 Seed [CSS]
Wednesday, May 23
Game 5 9:30 a.m. Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 [SPSO]
Game 6 TBD #1 Seed vs. Game 1-2 Low Seed Winner [SPSO]
Game 7 4:30 p.m. Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 [CSS]
Game 8 TBD #2 Seed vs. Game 3-4 Low Seed Winner [CSS]
Thursday, May 24
Game 9 9:30 a.m. Loser Game 6 vs. Winner Game 5 [SPSO]
Game 10 TBD Game 1-2 Top Seed Winner vs. Winner Game 6 [SPSO]
Game 11 4:30 p.m. Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 7 [CSS]
Game 12 TBD Game 3-4 Top Seed vs. Winner Game 8 [CSS]
Friday, May 25
Game 13 3:00 p.m. Loser Game 10 vs. Winner Game 9 [CSS]
Game 14 TBD Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 11 [CSS]
Saturday, May 26
Game 15 Noon Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 13 [CSS]
Game 16 TBD Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 14 [CSS]
Sunday, May 27
Game 17 2:30 p.m. Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16 [ESPN2]
All Times are Central
[ESPN2] – ESPN2
[SPSO] – Includes SportSouth, Sun Sports, FOX Sports Southwest, FOX Sports
Houston and FOX Sports South in Kentucky
[CSS] – Includes Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast, CST (Louisiana, Arkansas,
Florida), Brighthouse Sports Network (Florida), Time Warner Cable (Carolinas),
Insight Cable (Kentucky)
All games will be streamed live on ESPN3.com
The second and fourth games each day will begin 30 minutes following the
previous game.
2012 Stadium Information
Regions Park — Hoover, Ala.
Capacity: 10,800 (Grandstand Seating)
Field Dimensions
Foul Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Power Alleys ..............................385
Center ...................................405
Playing Surface ..................Natural Grass
Year Built ...............1988/Renovated 2006-07
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