Baseball Seventh Seed In SEC Tournament
5/21/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 21, 2011
2011 SEC Baseball Tournament Bracket
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama baseball team posted a 14-16 overall record in Southeastern Conference play and finished tied for second in the SEC Western Division with Auburn and Mississippi State. Based on the tiebreaker scenarios between the three teams, the Crimson Tide earned the seventh-seed in next week's SEC Baseball Tournament.
Alabama will take on the SEC Western Division Champions, Arkansas Razorbacks (15-15 SEC), in game one of the SEC Baseball Tournament. The Crimson Tide and the Razorbacks will square off at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25 from Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.
Alabama finished tied for second in the West Division with Auburn and Mississippi State. The Bulldogs, finishing 4-2 against UA and Auburn, take the six seed, the Tide finished 3-3 to earn the seven seed, and the Tigers were 2-4 to wrap up the eight seed.
There will be a Monday morning media teleconference featuring the eight coaches from the participating schools in the SEC Baseball Tournament. The call will run from 10-11:20 a.m., with each coach having approximately 10 minutes to answer questions. To take part in the teleconference, please call 877.381.5694, passcode 65154279.
2011 SEC Tournament Bracket
Wednesday, May 25
Game 1 9:30 a.m. #7 Alabama vs. #2 Arkansas [CSS]
Game 2 TBD #6 Mississippi State vs. #3 Florida [CSS]
Game 3 4:30 p.m. #8 Auburn vs. #1 South Carolina [CSS]
Game 4 TBD #5 Georgia vs. #4 Vanderbilt [CSS]
Thursday, May 26
Game 5 9:30 a.m. Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 [SPSO]
Game 6 TBD Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 [SPSO]
Game 7 4:30 p.m. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 [SPSO]
Game 8 TBD Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 [SPSO]
Friday, May 27
Game 9 3:00 p.m. Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7 [CSS]
Game 10 TBD Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8 [CSS]
Saturday, May 28
Game 11 9:30 a.m. Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9 [SPSO]
Game 12 TBD Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10 [SPSO]
Game 13* 5 p.m. Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11 [CSS]
Game 14* TBD Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12 [CSS]
Sunday, May 29
Game 15* 1:00 p.m. Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14 [ESPN2]
* - If both bracket winners are undefeated, there will be no games 13 or 14 on Saturday and the championship game Sunday would be Game 13.
All Times are Central
[ESPN2] - ESPN2
[SPSO] - Includes SportSouth, Sun Sports, FOX Sports Southwest, FOX Sports Houston and FOX Sports South in Kentucky [CSS] - Includes Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast, CST (Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida), Brighthouse Sports Network (Florida), Time Warner Cable (Carolinas), Insight Cable (Kentucky)
All games will be streamed live on ESPN3.com and broadcast in high definition
The second and fourth games each day will begin 30 minutes following the previous game.
