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Jim Schlossnagle, Gavin Grahovac speak after Texas A&M’s SEC Tournament loss to Tennessee

Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle is ready to return to College Station for the NCAA Regional round, that’s for sure.

Texas A&M’s (44-13) SEC Tournament run ended Thursday afternoon at the hands of No. 1-seed Tennessee, who defeated the Aggies 7-4 behind a late offensive onslaught.

However, the Volunteers only outhit A&M 10-9, so it wasn’t the Aggies’ performance at the plate that was the issue but rather head coach Jim Schlossnagle’s strategic approach to the pitching lineup in the last two days. Thursday’s combination of Brock Peery, Tanner Jones, Josh Stewart, and Weston Moss on the mound allowed six of the Volunteers’ seven runs on the day.

After the game, Schlossnagle met with the media to discuss what’s next for the Aggies ahead of Monday’s NCAA Tournament selection show. Unsurprisingly, the third-year head coach was eager to return to College Station and Blue Bell Park, where Texas A&M ended the regular season with an elite 32-2 record.

“Three of the last four weekends we’ve been on the road, and we haven’t played very well. We’ve earned the right to play at home, so maybe that will get us going.”

Schlossnagle is exactly right. The Aggies have earned a Top 8 seed heading into Monday, and they are guaranteed to host the Regional Round and look to return to the Super Regional for the first time since the 2022 season.

Representing the players, recently named SEC Freshman of the Year, Gavin Grahovic, who hit two home runs on the day to reach 20 on the year, provided a few words of encouragement after the loss:

“We’ve had a rough few weeks, but we’re still the Aggies, and we’re going to continue to play Aggie baseball.”

Here is everything Jim Schlossnagle and Gavin Grahovac had to say.

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Texas A&M baseball eliminated by Tennessee in the SEC Tournament

Texas A&M’s SEC Tournament has come to a close after falling to Tennessee 7-4 in the elimination round

Texas A&M’s (44-13) stay in the SEC Tournament this week has ended after just two days in Hoover after falling 7-4 to No.1-seed Tennessee in the elimination round on Thursday afternoon.

After leading 1-0 in the early inning, the Volunteer’s potent offense awoke to put things away late. While Aggies ace pitcher Ryan Prager started the game, allowing just one earned run, as head coach Jim Schlossnagle opted to save most of his starting and reliable relief arms for the NCAA Tournament, which will hopefully be a successful strategic move.

With a mix of Brock Peery, Tanner Jones, Josh Stewart, and Weston Moss at the mound, the four combined for six earned runs and five strikeouts, while the lone bright spot offensively for the Aggies was SEC Freshman of the Year Gavin Grahovac’s two-home run afternoon to finish with 21 before the regional round.

While most Aggie fans have a right to be worried about the team’s lack of consistent firepower at the plate in the last month, A&M registered nine hits and three home runs on the day, so blaming inexperience on the mound is probably a better direction to go after today’s result.

Conversely, Tennesee slightly outplayed the Aggies offensively with ten hits and two homers on the afternoon.

Texas A&M will return to College Station to await Monday’s selection show results. The program has locked up a Top 8 seed and is guaranteed to host a regional. In D1Baseball’s recent update, A&M was projected as a 3-seed.

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Georgia baseball eliminated from SEC tournament

Georgia baseball falls in the opening game of the SEC tournament

The Georgia Bulldogs lost to the LSU Tigers, 9-1, in Game 1 of the SEC baseball tournament. Georgia falls to 39-15 and went 17-14 in SEC games.

The Bulldogs will make the NCAA baseball tournament, but may have missed a chance to earn an opportunity to host a super regional. Georgia’s chances of hosting a super regional looking great just several days ago. However, Georgia has now dropped three straight games.

The 2024 NCAA baseball bracket will be revealed on Monday, May 27 at noon ET. Regionals will begin on May 31, which will be the next tiem Georgia suits up. The Dawgs have done enough to host a regional. Georgia is 29-5 at home and 8-9 on the road, so it is a big loss for UGA if the Bulldogs don’t earn a top eight seed in the NCAA Tournament.

LSU will now play the Kentucky Wildcats, who is the SEC baseball tournament’s No. 3 seed. After the opening day of the SEC baseball tournament the format switches to double elimination.

The SEC baseball tournament is being played at Hoover Metropolitan Complex in Hoover, Alabama, from May 21-26. Georgia has never won an SEC tournament.

Texas A&M baseball freshman third baseman named SEC Freshman of the Year

Gavin Grahovac has been named SEC Freshman of the Year

This week, the SEC Baseball Tournament begins on Tuesday, May 21, as Texas A&M (44-11, 19-11 SEC) received a first-round bye, and will await the winner of 5-seed Mississippi State and 12-seed Ole Miss for a Wednesday night matchup.

The Aggies ended the regular season on a high note by winning their final series against Arkansas. The offense finally woke up in Game 3, earning a much-needed 14-4 run-rule victory on Saturday afternoon, as freshman standout third baseman Gavin Grahovac hit his 19th home run of the year.

While the entire lineup deserves credit for ranking fifth in the country in homers with 121 on the season, Grahovac’s consistent power and shear confidence at such a young age are not just a testament to head coach Jim Schlossnagle but, of course, his dedicated Father, Mike Grahovac.

On Monday, it was announced that after hitting .322 with 19 home runs and 59 RBI, Grahovac was named SEC Freshman of the Year, as he currently sits behind Jace LaViolette (28), and Braden Montgomery (26) in home runs.

On Wednesday, May 22, 4-seed Texas A&M will face the winner of 5-seed Mississippi State vs. 12-seed Ole Miss 30 minutes after the conclusion of 1-seed Tennessee vs. 8-seed Vanderbilt or 9-seed Florida.

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Georgia’s SEC baseball tournament opponent set

Georgia baseball’s opening game in the SEC tournament will be televised on SEC Network

The Georgia Bulldogs will face the LSU Tigers bright and early in the SEC baseball tournament. The Dawgs and Tigers open on the SEC tournament with Game 1, which will be played at 10:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 21. The Georgia-LSU game will be televised on SEC Network.

The winner of Game 1 will face the Kentucky Wildcats. Kentucky is the SEC baseball tournament’s No. 3 seed. After the opening day of the SEC baseball tournament the format switches to double elimination.

Georgia baseball was red hot before dropping its final series of the season to Florida. Georgia finished the season 39-14 and went 17-13 in SEC action to earn the No. 6 seed in the SEC tournament. LSU earned the No. 11 seed after going 36-20 and 13-17 in SEC play.

The SEC baseball tournament will be held at Hoover Metropolitan Complex in Hoover, Alabama, from May 21-26. Georgia has never won an SEC tournament. The Bulldogs have won the SEC regular season six times.

Alabama baseball set to take on South Carolina in first round of SEC Tournament

Alabama baseball earns No. 7 seed in 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover

Rob Vaughn and the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team wrapped up their regular season with a win over the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night down on the Plains. Next up for the Tide is a short trip to Hoover for the 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament.

The official tournament bracket is set and was released late Saturday night. The Crimson Tide earned the No. 7 seed. They will take on the No. 10 seed South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday following Game 1 of the tournament between the No. 6 Georiga Bulldogs and the No. 11 LSU Tigers.

Alabama took two out of three games earlier this season against the Gamecocks in Tuscaloosa.

Here is the complete SEC Tournament bracket:

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama baseball team as postseason play continues for the Crimson Tide.

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Report: SEC determines baseball tournament format for 2025 and beyond

The SEC is reportedly ditching the double-elimination format, and all 16 teams will participate.

With the SEC expanding to 16 teams with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma following the conclusion of the current athletics season, one major unanswered question involving baseball was how the conference tournament would be formatted.

We seemingly now have an answer to that question. According to D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers, the SEC is ditching the double-elimination format in favor of a single-elimination setup.

Additionally, rather than only the top 12 teams making the tournament, all 16 teams will participate with the top four seeds receiving a double-bye. It’s certainly a significant departure from the previous format, and it deviates from the strategy taken by, for example, the Big Ten, which will not include all teams in the tournament post-expansion.

We’ll still have one more season in the current format as LSU looks to defend its national title in 2024.

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Report: SEC Baseball Tournament to stay in Hoover in 2024

The SEC coaches reportedly voted last month unanimously to keep the SEC tournament in Hoover, Alabama.

There are discussions every year when the SEC Baseball Tournament rolls around. Should the conference tournament be moved to another location? That question has appeared even more with the fact that Texas and Oklahoma will be joining the conference in 2024.

However, D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers reported that in a vote last month, the SEC coaches opted unanimously to keep the tournament in Hoover, Alabama.

The discussions to move the tournament aren’t because people have a big problem with Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, it is just the fact that there seems to be at least one rain delay every year. That isn’t the venue’s fault. They can’t control the weather. Weather delays are bound to happen wherever you go unless you play in a dome.

Where would it get moved to? Globe Life Park? It hosts the Big 12 tournament. What about Houston? It’s not really a centralized location. It seems as though there is no better option. We just have to hope for better weather.

Although, I think it would be a good idea to use the Hoover Met and the Birmingham Barons’ stadium as a venue. That might help with scheduling if the tournament runs into time constraints.

For now, the conference tournament will remain in Hoover, Alabama.

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Arkansas baseball vs. Texas A&M: How to stream, watch, listen to SEC Tournament

It’s hard to beat a team twice, but the Razorbacks will look to stop Texas A&M’s quest for revenge. 

It’s hard to beat a team twice, but the Razorbacks will look to stop Texas A&M’s quest for revenge.

After the Aggies were stung by Kendall Diggs’s walk-off homer in extra innings in the opening round,  the Aggies had to go through the double-elimination side of the bracket.

First, they shut out South Carolina 6-0, followed by a 5-4 victory over the Tigers to get the opportunity to play the Hogs for a second time in the SEC Tournament.

Not sure what happened to the Tigers, but head over to the LSU Wire for more coverage.

The Diamond Hogs are playing their best baseball at the right time, but so are the Aggies, and with this game being single elimination, the Hogs can’t afford to lose their rhythm.

DVH said this team has the best mindset, and winning the SEC Tournament isn’t the ultimate goal, but they are only one game away from the championship game, so does that mentality change?

If it does, hopefully, the Hogs don’t succumb to the potential pressure.

Photos: Highlights from Arkansas’ 5-4 victory over LSU in SEC Tournament

Here are the best photos from Arkansas’ 5-4 victory over LSU in the third round of the SEC Tournament on Thursday in Hoover, Ala.

Arkansas used a five-run fourth inning and the brilliant pitching of southpaws Hagen Smith and Hunter Hollan to outlast LSU on Thursday in the SEC Tournament, 5-4.

The win advances Arkansas to the semifinals on Saturday, where they’ll await the winner of both teams they’ve faced in Hoover (Texas A&M and LSU).

Saturday’s game will be single elimination, so a loss will send the Razorbacks home.

A win would put them in Sunday’s final.