Sean98 said:

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Texas down to 45 in the RPI

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three seed in CS

Sean98 said:

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Ding dong, sips are done.

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They'll make somebody a nice 3 seed

If they sent tu to our regional, not only do I want all season ticket holders refusing to sell to them, I want to see us pounding their ticket office and eating into their allotment.

#OrangeFreeOlsen

Does that coach's jersey say cheeseburger?

It's very close to that.

Why does SEC Network use tournament rankings on box score but national rankings on scroll

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Luke The Drifter said:

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the lions were not hungry

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Add this to the list of things that will never not be funny.

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I will give $100 to whoever does the music as Olsen if we play Sangria Wine as a (unspoken ) tribute to Soggy for their first conference game.

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Or red red wine.

Seems odd that there's no benefit to being in the winners bracket once you get to the semi-final. Usually the losers bracket team has to win twice, right?

HJack20 said:

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Seems odd that there's no benefit to being in the winners bracket once you get to the semi-final. Usually the losers bracket team has to win twice, right?

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Saving teams from having to throw too many arms right before the real tourney. 6 games in 6 days is already brutal, 7 games in 6 days would be hell.

Exactly what I'm saying. I love the SEC tournament. But I love it even more when we can relax and not stress the wins.

LSU is in a very different boat

Exactly, im just enjoying the bonus baseball, but not fretting about the results.

We are right where we want to be. Top 5 seed already. Even if we win the whole damn thing, what does that really get us? And at what cost?

The other teams that are try-hard are trying to improve their positions or even make it to the tournament at all.

Yep. I would love to be good enough to win the SEC tournament without stress but even all time great teams have gotten bounced in two games. Which is why frankly I was so disappointed last year to lose in the final. It was the right time to really go for it and came up short.

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Last year we were LSU. Needed wins in Hoover. Made it to the final.

Last year LSU was us. Had a top seed wrapped up. Did very little in Hoover.

Anyone happen to remember what took place after Hoover last year?

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I see what you're insinuating...but....Texas A&M. We ALWAYS find a way to avoid success.

The SEC isn't fair. Give Schloss a chance to really build this thing... He's gotten us to basically our best team in school history and it's top 3-4 in the SEC. Our baseball history is good but not elite. And it's only year 3.

All that to say, enjoy it now. It's fun. Excess worrying about losing a Wednesday game is just going to drive yourself insane.

I'm more worried about how our hitting has been. I'm hoping it heats back up for the regional

Historically, the double-elimination format has proven to heavily favor the top four seeds. All 10 of the tournaments that have used the 12-team, modified double-elimination format have been won by a team that got a first-round bye. It used to even been rare for a team that played on Tuesday to advance to the championship game, though that's now happened in four of the last five tournaments.

This year, however, may be precedent breaking. On Wednesday, all four of the top seeds lost their opening game at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The day started with LSU blitzing No. 3 Kentucky, 11-0, in eight innings. South Carolina edged No. 2 Arkansas, 6-5. Vanderbilt routed archrival No. 1 Tennessee, 13-4. Mississippi State pushed past No. 4 Texas A&M, 5-3. It was the first time since 2010 that the top four seeds all lost their first game in the SEC Tournament.

Ironically, this is the final year of this format at the SEC Tournament. Starting in 2025, following the addition of Oklahoma and Texas, the tournament will expand to include all 16 teams. It will be a modified single-elimination format. Teams seeded 9-16 will play each other in the first round. Teams seeded 5-8 receive one bye and the top four teams will receive double byes. That format will likely again heavily favor the top four seeds.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/sec-tournament-upsets-have-championship-favorites-on-brink-of-elimination/

So the top 4 SEC teams play today. Pretty much projected to all be top 5 national seeds. It's going to be interesting to see if the two games today are used to determine seed placement for these four teams or it pretty much means nothing.

Actually prefer Kentucky winning this one to keep Hogs below us.

Heck of a HR stealing catch by Kentucky outfielder. Very Sorrellesque

I believe Kentucky already has more hits off Hagen in the bottom of the second than we managed all day