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Spring practice is set to begin Monday as Vanderbilt gets to work on an abnormally early schedule.
The Commodores will finish with a March 21 spring game before cross-state rival Tennessee even begins its spring practice sessions.
Twelve of the 14 SEC teams will stage some sort of spring game in 2015, with nine taking place on either April 11 or April 18. Those “games” are part of the 15 practices each program is allowed to utilize during the spring semester.
Four teams — Alabama, Florida, Kentucky and Ole Miss — have yet to announce the date of their first spring practices.
If you’re unfamiliar with the rules and regulations of spring ball, here’s an explanation from NCAA.org:
Of the 15 allowable sessions that may occur during the spring practice season, eight (8) practices may involve live contact; three (3) of these live contact practices may include greater than 50 percent live contact (scrimmages). Live contact practices are limited to two (2) in a given week and may not occur on consecutive days.
SEC SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
| School | Spring Game | Practice Starts |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | April 18, 3 p.m. ET | TBA |
| Arkansas | April 25, 2 p.m. ET | March 15 |
| Auburn | April 18, 2 p.m. ET | March 10 |
| Florida | April 11 | TBA |
| Georgia* | April 11 | March 17 |
| Kentucky# | — | TBA |
| LSU | April 18 | March 7 |
| Mississippi State | April 18 | March 18 |
| Missouri | April 18 | March 10 |
| Ole Miss | April 11, 1 p.m. ET | TBA |
| South Carolina | April 11 | March 17 |
| Tennessee | April 25, 2 p.m. ET | March 24 |
| Texas A&M# | — | March 2 |
| Vanderbilt | March 21, 2 p.m. ET | Feb. 16 |
*UGA’s spring practice won’t conclude until April 16, five days after the spring game.
#UK and TAMU will not stage spring games due to ongoing stadium renovations.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
