With OU an UT coming in

[cowbell88]

Will there be one less non conference weekend or will teams just wait longer to play each other in SEC play?

Also what will this do to tournament? Drop number back to top 8 (or top 6 with 2 play in games with middle 4) or still do 12 with bottom 4 being left out?

 

[theoriginalSALTYdog]

Will there be one less non conference weekend or will teams just wait longer to play each other in SEC play?

Also what will this do to tournament? Drop number back to top 8 (or top 6 with 2 play in games with middle 4) or still do 12 with bottom 4 being left out?

Next year the SEC tourney is all sixteen teams, single elimination.........

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Should just make the tournament ls-who versus whoever wins a coin flip

 

[GloryDawg]

I never understood why they left teams out of the SEC tournament in baseball. They let them in for basketball. Were they worried a team would get hot and win the tournament that was not that good during the season? If they were worried about pitching, they could have made it single elimination.

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

Regular season will still be 30 SEC games. I think everyone just has 2 permanents and everyone else is a rotating opponent. Will be shocked if our permanents aren’t Ole Miss and LSU.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Next year the SEC tourney is all sixteen teams, single elimination.........

This is the way it should be.

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

I never understood why they left teams out of the SEC tournament in baseball. They let them in for basketball. Were they worried a team would get hot and win the tournament that was not that good during the season? If they were worried about pitching, they could have made it single elimination.

I think it just used to be more of a prestige thing and less of a “get as many bids as possible” thing. That changed in 2011 when LSU got left out of the NCAAT and threw a fit because the committee said it was because they missed Hoover. It’s been double digit teams in Hoover ever since.

 

[00Dawg]

So will the new tournament format mean the first round is on Thursday?

 

[pseudonym]

Next year the SEC tourney is all sixteen teams, single elimination.........

I don't like a March Madness bracket for baseball.

I would have changed nothing. 4 teams left out instead of 2.

12 of 16 making the tourney is more mathematically pleasing than 12 of 14 anyway.

 

[Barkman Turner Overdrive]

Regular season will still be 30 SEC games. I think everyone just has 2 permanents and everyone else is a rotating opponent. Will be shocked if our permanents aren’t Ole Miss and LSU.

Hasn't that already been announced or was it unofficial?

 

[GloryDawg]

I think it just used to be more of a prestige thing and less of a “get as many bids as possible” thing. That changed in 2011 when LSU got left out of the NCAAT and threw a fit because the committee said it was because they missed Hoover. It’s been double digit teams in Hoover ever since.

But teams still got left out.

 

[cowbell88]

I’d like to them take a weekend at middle of season and put 4 teams (preferably those not on each other schedules) and play in a mini regional tournament.

Host sights goes to teams with best sec records from the previous week (out of three other teams in your mini tournament, or by luck of draw if records are tied.

Fridays games are single elimination and 2 losers go home. Winners on Friday play best of 3 series with double header on Saturday with 3rd game on Sunday if necessary.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

Hasn't that already been announced or was it unofficial?

It has been

SEC Announces Permanent Baseball Opponents Format - Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference announces the two permanent opponents for each school in the future SEC baseball scheduling format beginning with the 2025 season.

www.secsports.com

 

[anon1735416121]

UTjr*

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

It has been

SEC Announces Permanent Baseball Opponents Format - Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference announces the two permanent opponents for each school in the future SEC baseball scheduling format beginning with the 2025 season.

www.secsports.com

Missed that being made official, but yeah that’s exactly what I expected.

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

So will the new tournament format mean the first round is on Thursday?

Think it will start on Wednesday. But Top 4 seeds supposedly get a double bye until Friday.

 

[00Dawg]

Think it will start on Wednesday. But Top 4 seeds supposedly get a double bye until Friday.

With 16 teams, it'll have to be something additional to make the numbers work. You could do Top 4 double bye and 5-8 single bye. 9-16 would then play Wednesday.

 

[Pilgrimdawg]

Slightly off topic but I can’t wait to see how Texas and Oklahoma like our SEC Alabama home bred football officials. They are going to lose their minds.