2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
CBNo. 1
Record55–14 (22–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chad Holbrook (3rd season)
  • Jerry Meyers (1st/9th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (4th season)
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  x‍‍y 22 8   .733 55 14   .797
No. 2 Florida xy 22 8   .733 53 19   .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt x‍‍y 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 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 (after the 1949–50 Texas Longhorns; 1970–74 Southern California Trojans; 1987–88 Stanford Cardinal; 1996–97 LSU Tigers; and 2006–07 Oregon State Beavers).

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 were active going into the 2012 season.