SEC Tournament bracket, schedule set. South Carolina baseball locks in seed
South Carolina baseball will begin its 2026 Southeastern Conference Tournament stay on Tuesday in Hoover, Alabama.
The 15th-seeded Gamecocks get No. 10 Tennessee on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. If USC wins, it gets Arkansas on Wednesday.
The Gamecocks (22-33) enter the tournament with a 12-game losing streak after being swept by Vanderbilt their final SEC series of the year. USC has a program-worst 33 losses this season.
The tournament will be single-elimination with the top-four seeds getting double-byes in the event.
2026 SEC Tournament game schedule
Tuesday, May 20
Game 1: No. 9 Ole Miss vs. No. 16 Missouri, 10:30 a.m. (SEC Network)
Game 2: No. 12 Vanderbill vs. No. 13 Kentucky, approx. 2 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 3: No. 10 Tennessee vs. No. 15 South Carolina, approx. 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 4: No. 11 Okalhoma vs. No. 14 LSU, approx. 9 p.m. (SEC Network)
Wednesday, May 20
Game 5: No. 8 Mississippi vs. Game 1 winner, 10:30 a.m. (SEC Network)
Game 6: No. 5 Florida vs. Game 2 winner, approx. 2 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 7: No. 7 Arkansas vs. Game 3 winner, approx. 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 8: No. 6 Auburn vs. Game 4 winner, approx. 9 p.m. (SEC Network)
Thursday, May 21
Game 9: No. 1 Georgia vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 10: No. 4 Alabama vs. Game 6 winner, approx. 8 p.m. (SEC Network)
Friday, May 22
Game 11: No. 2 Texas vs. Game 7 winner, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 12: No. 3 Texas A&M vs. Game 8 winner, approx. 8 p.m. (SEC Network)
Saturday, May 23
Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, approx. 5 p.m. (SEC Network)
Sunday, May 24
Championship Game: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 2 p.m. (ABC)
