Check it out: South Carolina baseball drops SEC portion of 2021 schedule
South Carolina baseball’s conference schedule for 2021 is out, and the format is unchanged from years past despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
While a host of other conferences, including the ACC, the Big 12 and the Big Ten, have announced modified schedules heavy on conference games, the SEC will stick with its usual 10 series of three games each.
The Gamecocks will open conference play with series against three of the SEC’s top teams in recent years: Vanderbilt, Florida and Georgia. All three were Top 10 teams when the 2020 season ended early because of the pandemic. Florida won the national championship in 2017. Vanderbilt won the title in 2019.
Nonconference games will be announced at a later date. The annual Clemson series will be Feb. 26-28. Game 1 will be at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, Game 2 at Fluor Field in Greenville and Game 3 at Founders Park in Columbia.
Mark Kingston’s Gamecocks are No. 18, sixth-highest among SEC teams, in the D1Baseball’s preseason Top 25. Opening Day tentatively is set for Feb. 19.
SOUTH CAROLINA BASEBALL 2021 SEC SCHEDULE
Game times and broadcast info will be announced at a later date, as will any series that shifts to be played Thursday-Saturday
▪ March 19-21 at Vanderbilt
▪ March 26-28 Florida
▪ April 2-4 at Georgia
▪ April 9-11 Missouri
▪ April 16-18 at LSU
▪ April 23-25 Arkansas
▪ April 30-May 2 at Ole Miss
▪ May 7-9 Mississippi State
▪ May 14-16 at Kentucky
▪ May 20-22 Tennessee
This story was originally published January 19, 2021 at 1:05 PM.
