USC Gamecocks Baseball

Gamecocks seed, first game set for SEC baseball tournament. Here’s complete schedule

South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Paul Mainieri directs his team against the LSU Tigers during their game at Founders Park on Saturday on May 17, 2025.
South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Paul Mainieri directs his team against the LSU Tigers during their game at Founders Park on Saturday on May 17, 2025. Jeff Blake Photo

South Carolina baseball will begin its Southeastern Conference Tournament stay on Tuesday in Hoover, Alabama.

The Gamecocks will be the No. 15 seed and play No. 10 Florida at 5:30 p.m. If USC wins, it will face No. 7 Ole Miss on Wednesday.

The Gamecocks enter into the SEC Tournament with a 28-28 record. That marks the fourth time in history that South Carolina will finish with a program-worst 28 losses, joining the 1996, 2019 and 2022 teams.

The tournament will be single-elimination with the top-four seeds getting double-byes in the event.

The schedule will be finalized Saturday evening but here are the matchups that we know so far.

SEC Tournament game schedule

All times Eastern. Games will air on SEC Network with the championship on ESPN

Tuesday, May 20

Game 1: No. 9 Alabama vs. No. 16 Missouri, 10:30 a.m. (SEC Network)

Game 2: No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Kentucky, 2 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 3: No. 10 Florida vs. No. 15 South Carolina, 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 4: No. 11 Mississippi State vs. No. 14 Texas A&M, 9 p.m. (SEC Network)

Wednesday, May 21

Game 5: No. 8 Tennessee vs. Game 1 winner, 10:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 6: No. 5 Georgia vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 7: No. 7 Ole Miss vs. Game 3 winner, 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 8: No. 6 Auburn vs. Game 4 winner, 9 p.m. (SEC Network)

Thursday, May 22

Game 9: No. 1 Texas vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 10: No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. Game 6 winner, 7:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Friday, May 23

Game 11: No. 2 Arkansas vs. Game 7 winner, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 12: No. 3 LSU vs. Game 8 winner, 7:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Saturday, May 24

Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 4:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Championship

Game 15: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 3 p.m. (ESPN)

This story was originally published May 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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