2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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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
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  x‍†‍‍y 22 – 8   .733 55 – 14   .797
No. 2 Florida x‍†‍‡‍y 22 – 8   .733 53 – 19   .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt x‍†‍‍y 22 – 8   .733 54 – 12   .818
Georgia ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 33 – 32   .508
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 25 – 30   .455
Tennessee ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 25 – 29   .463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas x‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 40 – 22   .645
No. 17 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 14 – 16   .467 38 – 25   .603
Alabama ‍‍‍y 14 – 16   .467 35 – 28   .556
Auburn ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 29 – 29   .500
LSU ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 36 – 20   .643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 30 – 25   .545
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 28, 2011
Rankings from Baseball America


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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'***15
Baseball America**17
Collegiate Baseball^24161515
NCBWA†*1919

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "State Blanks USM 3-0 To Open NCAA Play..." Mississippi State University Athletics. June 3, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Mississippi State Bulldogs Advance to Super Regionals..." Vox Media, Inc. June 6, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "2011 Mississippi State - Southeastern Conference". The Baseball Cube. 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "12-MSbbNOTES-RELEASE" (PDF). Mississippi State University Athletics. May 30, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "The Automated ScoreBook". Mississippi State Athletics. May 25, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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