SEC Baseball Tournament 2022: First-round play opens on Tuesday as bracket and schedule are released

SEC Baseball Tournament action begins on Tuesday with a matchup of Alabama and Georgia at 10:30 a.m. ET.

Seeds 5-12 will all play single-elimination matchups Tuesday with the top 4 seeds getting byes until Wednesday. The semifinals will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and the championship is set for 3 p.m. on Sunday.

From Wednesday on, the tournament will be double-elimination. The Volunteers are the 1-seed with Texas A&M, Arkansas and LSU rounding out the top 4.

The Volunteers (49-7) led the top 4 teams to receive a first-round bye. Only the top 12 teams in the final SEC standings made the tournament, as Missouri and defending national champion Mississippi State falling short of qualification.

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Here are the game times and TV listings for Tuesday’s single-elimination round:

Game 1: No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 11 Alabama — Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. ET on SEC Network
Game 2: No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 South Carolina — Tuesday at TBD on SEC Network
Game 3: No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Ole Miss — Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network
Game 4: No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 Kentucky — Tuesday at TBD on SEC Network
Then, on Wednesday, the top 4 seeds — No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 3 Arkansas and No. 4 LSU — will be in action for the double-elimination round.

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.