Feb. 11, 2014
COLUMBIA, S.C. –
South Carolina has been predicted to win the SEC Championship in the 2014 SEC Preseason Baseball Coaches’ Poll that was released on Tuesday, Feb. 11. South Carolina received five first place votes to win the title as well as nine first place votes to win the Eastern Division. The Gamecocks have won three league championships (2000, 2002, 2011), six Eastern Division titles (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012) and one SEC Tournament crown (2004) in school history.
Carolina has finished in the top three places of the SEC Eastern Division 17 of 22 seasons since joining the league. The 2014 season begins on Friday, February 14 as the Gamecocks host a three-game series with Bucknell at Carolina Stadium. The Gamecocks are nationally ranked as high as No. 7 in the country by Baseball America.
In addition to picking a preseason champion, the head coaches voted a predicted order of finish in the SEC Eastern and Western Divisions. Points were compiled on a 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for each division. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team.
2014 SEC COACHES PRESEASON POLL RESULTS
Eastern Division
Team Pts.
1) South Carolina (9) 86
2) Vanderbilt (5) 82
3) Florida 69
4) Kentucky 47
5) Tennessee 39
6) Georgia 38
7) Missouri 24
Western Division
Team Pts.
1) LSU (6) 84
2) Miss. State (7) 83
3) Alabama 58
Texas A&M (1) 58
5) Arkansas
44
6) Ole Miss
35
7) Auburn
21
SEC Champion: South Carolina (5); LSU (4), Mississippi State (4); Vanderbilt (1)
SOUTH CAROLINA’S SEC HISTORY
YEAR RECORD DIV. FINISH 1992 13-11 2nd 1993 15-10-1 2nd 1994 11-15 4th 1995 12-14 3rd 1996 13-17 5th 1997 13-17 4th 1998 19-10 2nd 1999 15-15 1st 2000 25-5 1st 2001 17-13 3rd 2002 21-8 1st 2003 19-11 1st 2004 17-13 2nd 2005 16-14 2nd 2006 15-15 4th 2007 17-13 2nd 2008 15-15 5th 2009 17-13 2nd 2010 21-9 2nd 2011 22-8 T1st 2012 18-11 1st 2013 17-12 2nd Overall: 368-269-1 (.577)
SEC EAST TITLES (6)
1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012
SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS (3)
2000, 2002, 2011
SEC TOURNAMENT TITLE (1)
2004
SEC VICTORIES
South Carolina owns more conference wins than any SEC team since 2000. The Gamecocks own a 257-160 record in conference games (does not include SEC Tournament or NCAA postseason games) in that span.
SEC Win Totals in SEC games since 2000
1. South Carolina 257-160 2. LSU 244-171-3 3. Florida 241-177-2 4. Ole Miss 222-197 5. Alabama 213-205 6. Arkansas 209-203 Vanderbilt 209-203 8. Georgia 196-215-1 9. Auburn 191-229 10. Mississippi State 188-222 11. Tennessee 167-245 12. Kentucky 159-256-2 13. Texas A&M 13-16 14. Missouri 10-20
note – only conference games, does not include SEC Tournament or NCAA postseason games. Texas A&M and Missouri joined the SEC after the 2012 season.
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South Carolina won the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 2010 and 2011 at the College World Series. South Carolina has 11 College World Series appearances, including six in the last 12 years. South Carolina is the only school with 200 or more wins in the last four years (2010 to the present) with a 201-70 record, and the Gamecocks own the second-highest win total in the nation in the last 14 years (2000 to the present) with a 669-271 record. South Carolina is one of five schools to appear in the NCAA Regional every season in the last 14 years, including 11 NCAA Super Regional appearances in that span, one of only two schools to accomplish the feat.
