No. 4 Florida To Face Mississippi State In Opening Round Of SEC Tourney
Sunday, May 22, 2011 | Baseball
The SEC tri-champion University of Florida baseball team learned on Saturday evening that it will begin the 2011 SEC Tournament versus Mississippi State. The third-seeded Gators (41-15/22-8 SEC), which shared both the league's overall and Eastern Division titles with No. 2 South Carolina (44-12/22-8 SEC) and No. 3 Vanderbilt (44-9/22-8 SEC), will face the sixth-seeded Bulldogs (34-21/14-16 SEC) on Wednesday afternoon at Regions Park in the second game of the double-elimination event. UF grabbed a part of its second-straight SEC regular-season crown and third-consecutive Eastern Division hardware by taking two of three games over Kentucky this weekend at McKethan Stadium.
2011 SEC Tournament • May 25-29 • Regions Park • Hoover, Ala. (Times listed are Eastern)
Wednesday, May 25 - (televised on CSS, Channel 259 on Cox Communications in Gainesville/Ocala)
Game 1: 10:30 a.m. - #7 Alabama vs. #2 Arkansas
Game 2: TBD - #6 Mississippi State vs. #3 FLORIDA
Game 3: 5:30 p.m. - #8 Auburn vs. #1 South Carolina
Game 4: TBD - #5 Georgia vs. #4 Vanderbilt
Thursday, May 26 – (televised on SportSouth, Channel 48/748 on Cox Communications in Gainesville/Ocala)
Game 5: 10:30 a.m. - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 6: TBD - Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Game 7: 5:30 p.m. - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 8: TBD - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Friday, May 27 - (televised on CSS, Channel 259 on Cox Communications in Gainesville/Ocala)
Game 9: 4 p.m. - Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7
Game 10: TBD - Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8
Saturday, May 28
Game 11: 10:30 a.m. - Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9 [SPSO, Channel 48/748 on Cox Communications in Gainesville/Ocala]
Game 12: TBD - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10 [SPSO, Channel 48/748 on Cox Communications in Gainesville/Ocala]
Game 13*: 6 p.m. - Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11 [CSS, 259 on Cox Communications in Gainesville/Ocala]
Game 14*: TBD - Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12 [CSS, 259 on Cox Communications in Gainesville/Ocala]
Sunday, May 29 - (Championship Game televised on ESPN2)
Game 15*: 2 p.m. - Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14
*Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11.
*Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12. If Game 13 is not necessary, Game 14 would start at 6 p.m.
* If both bracket winners are undefeated, there will be 'if necessary games' on Saturday and the championship game Sunday would be Game 13.
* The second and fourth games each day will begin 30 minutes following the previous game.
All games available in High Definition and will be streamed live on ESPN3.com
[SPSO] - Includes SportSouth, Sun Sports, FOX Sports Southwest, FOX Sports Houston and FOX Sports South in Kentucky
[CSS] - Includes Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast, CST (Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida), Brighthouse Sports Network (Florida), Time Warner Cable (Carolinas), Insight Cable (Kentucky)
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