Diamond Dogs' SEC Tourney Crown To Be Highlighted On SEC-TV Thursday
May 25, 2016 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State's run to the title of the 2005 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament will be highlighted as part of the final edition of SEC-TV Thursday evening, June 2. The live, weekly show, broadcast by Fox Sports Net South, will air at 5:30 p.m. CT Thursday on FSN South, and will also re-air late Thursday night at 11:30 p.m. CT.
MSU's Diamond Dogs went 4-0 in claiming the '05 SEC Tournament crown, which was the sixth in school history. State downed LSU (9-2), South Carolina (6-2), Tennessee (3-2) and arch-rival Mississippi (4-1) - all top 20 teams - in succession during the memorable weekend.
Bulldog left fielder Jeff Butts was named Tournament MVP, going 7-for-14 with five RBI, one home run (that came in the title contest), one triple and two walks in the event. FSN South baseball analyst Larry Conley will sit down with Butts as part of Thursday's telecast.
Other features on Thursday's show will include spotlights on the recipients of the SEC's 2005 Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award winners, an interview with SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, and bloopers from SEC-TV's 41 broadcasts in 2004-05.
FSN South airs throughout Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, on the nation's largest regional sports television network. Also, in states of Arkansas and Louisiana, SEC-TV airs live on FSN Southwest, and throughout the state of Florida, SEC-TV airs live on Sun Sports.
