2023 SEC Baseball Tournament field, schedule are set

The 2023 SEC Baseball Tournament field has been set ahead of the conference’s return to the Hoover Metropolitan Complex in Alabama.

Beginning on Tuesday, May 23, the SEC’s top 12 teams will compete in a single-elimination style tournament for seeds 5-through-12. Wednesday-Friday will see the tournament transition to a double-elimination format before returning to single-elimination on Saturday and Sunday for the semifinal and championship games.

Florida, Arkansas, LSU and Vanderbilt earned the top four seeds in the tournament and will advance to Wednesday’s games automatically. Lower seeds will have to defeat them twice if they want to advance to the semifinals.

The SEC finished the regular season with seven teams ranked in the D1Baseball top 25 and are expected to send nine teams to the NCAA Tournament, according to their latest Field of 64 Projections. A large majority of those nine teams are in the conversation to host a regional on their home field.

2023 SEC Baseball Tournament Schedule

*All times in CT

Tuesday, May 23

Game 1: No. 11 Georgia vs. No. 6 South Carolina — SEC Network — 9:30 a.m.
Game 2: No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Tennessee — SEC Network — After Game 1
Game 3: No. 9 Alabama vs. No. 8 Kentucky — SEC Network — 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: No. 12 Missouri vs. No. 5 Auburn — SEC Network –After Game 3

Wednesday, May 24

Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. No. 3 LSU — SEC Network — 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. No. 2 Arkansas — SEC Network — After Game 5
Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. No. 1 Florida — SEC Network — 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt — SEC Network — After Game 7

Thursday, May 25

Game 9: Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 5 — SEC Network — 9:30 a.m.
Game 10: Loser Game 8 vs. Loser Game 7 — SEC Network — After Game 9
Game 11: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 5 — SEC Network — 4:30 p.m.
Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 7 — SEC Network — After Game 11

Friday, May 26

Game 13: Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 9 — SEC Network — 3 p.m.
Game 14: Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 10 — SEC Network — After Game 13

Saturday, May 27

Game 15: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 11 — SEC Network — Noon
Game 16: Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 12 — SEC Network — After Game 15

Sunday, May 28

Championship Game — ESPN2 — 2 p.m.