2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
CBNo. 9
Record43–23 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jim Belanger (1st season)
  • Roland Fanning (1st season)
  • Todd Guilliams (1st season)
Home stadiumCliff Hagan Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 52 19 0   .732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 43 23 0   .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 15 13 1   .534 36 25 1   .589
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 36 23 0   .610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 35 25 0   .583
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 25 32 0   .439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7 21 0   .250 27 25 0   .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  xy 21 9 0   .700 52 20 0   .722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18 11 0   .621 45 19 0   .703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 17 13 0   .567 40 27 0   .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 41 23 0   .641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 37 26 0   .587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 32 25 0   .561
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 5 24 1   .183 19 34 1   .361
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by head coach Nick Mingione, who was in his first year at Kentucky. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wildcats were selected to host their second NCAA Regional, the first since 2006.[1] The Wildcats won their regional, and faced Louisville in the super regionals, losing 2 games to none.[2]

  1. ^ "Kentucky Named NCAA tournament Regional Host Site". UK Athletics. May 28, 2017. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Kentucky's Historic Season Comes to an End in Super Regional". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.