2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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The 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2011. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 12th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 3rd at Mississippi State.

DivisionWest
Record38–25 (14–16 SEC)
Headcoach
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2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
Record38–25 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachLane Burroughs (3rd season)
Pitching coachButch Thompson (3rd season)
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
Seasons
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2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  xy 228 .7335514 .797
No. 2 Florida xy 228 .7335319 .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt xy 228 .7335412 .818
Georgia y 1614 .5333332 .508
Kentucky  822 .2672530 .455
Tennessee  723 .2332529 .463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas xy 1515 .5004022 .645
No. 17 Mississippi State y 1416 .4673825 .603
Alabama y 1416 .4673528 .556
Auburn  1416 .4672929 .500
LSU  1317 .4333620 .643
Ole Miss   1317 .4333025 .545
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 28, 2011
Rankings from Baseball America
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Mississippi State returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007 and after three consecutive losing seasons.[1] They were the number 3 seed in the Atlanta Regional hosted by number 1 seed Georgia Tech. They won the Regional, winning three games straight, beating Southern Miss, 3–0, Austin Peay, 8–3, and Georgia Tech, 7–3. They advanced to the Super Regional against host Florida, where they won one game but were eliminated by losing the other two games.[2]

They started the season unranked in the four major polls, and finished in the final polls with their highest rankings of the season.

Daryl Norris prepares to bat
Catcher Wes Thigpen
Ryan Collins tries to take second base

MLB draft

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Player Position Round Overall MLB team
Devin Jones RHP 9 275 Baltimore Orioles
Nick Vickerson OF 20 624 Texas Rangers
Jarrod Parks 2B 24 735 Anaheim Angels
Jaron Shepherd OF 33 1008 Colorado Rockies
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Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'***15
Baseball America**17
Collegiate Baseball^24161515
NCBWA*1919
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Coaches

More information Name, Title ...
Name Title First season at MSU Alma mater
John Cohen Head coach 2009 Mississippi State University (1990)
Butch Thompson Associate head coach 2009 Birmingham Southern (1992)
Lane Burroughs Assistant coach 2009 Mississippi College (1995)
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Schedule and results

For schedule and results, see the reference.[5]

References

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