2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Ray Tanner, who was in his fifteenth season at Carolina. The Gamecocks won the 2011 College World Series to become the sixth school in the history of the College World Series to win consecutive national titles (1949-1950 Texas Longhorns; 1970-1974 Southern California Trojans; 1987-1988 Stanford Cardinal; 1996-1997 LSU Tigers; & the 2006-2007 Oregon State Beavers).

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
CBNo. 1
Record55–14 (22–8 SEC)
Head coach
  • Ray Tanner (15th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chad Holbrook (3rd season)
  • Jerry Meyers (1st/9th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (4th season)
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
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

During their postseason run, the Gamecocks also became the first team to go 10-0 through the postseason. Building on the success of the prior year's team, the Gamecocks set two NCAA records with consecutive post-season wins (16) and consecutive CWS wins (11); both streaks are active going into the 2012 season.

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