2008 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 2008 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 20 through 24. Top seeded Elon won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Elon's first SoCon tournament win. Elon joined the conference beginning with the 2004 baseball season.

2008 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams10
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsElon (1st title)
Winning coachMike Kennedy (1st title)
MVPCory Harrilchak (Elon)
Attendance15,144
2008 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Elon  y 198 .7044418 .710
College of Charleston   189 .6673920 .661
Furman   1710 .6303324 .579
Georgia Southern   1611 .5933325 .569
UNC Greensboro   1512 .5563327 .550
Appalachian State   1413 .5193227 .542
Western Carolina   1413 .5192928 .509
The Citadel   1215 .4442828 .500
Wofford   621 .2222435 .407
Davidson   423 .1481238 .240
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

All ten baseball programs in the conference participated in the tournament, with the seventh through tenth place teams playing a single-elimination opening day prior to an 8-team, two bracket, double-elimination tournament.

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