SEC Baseball Tournament schedule for South Carolina

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The SEC Baseball Tournament field is now set and South Carolina fell three spots in the standings on the final day. With the results, the Gamecocks (33-21, 13-17) finish as the No. 10 seed and will face No. 7 Alabama in the second game of the SEC tournament. First pitch between the two teams will be at approximately 1 p.m.

With the results on Saturday, there were five teams tied with a 13-17 record in the league. Once all of the tiebreakers were sorted out, the Gamecocks were the fourth team out of the five teams that were tied. Should the Gamecocks get past the Crimson Tide, they will face No. 2 seed Arkansas.

Here's what the SEC Tournament breakdown looks like before teams descend on Hoover, Ala. The tournament begins on Tuesday, May 21 with eight teams playing in single elimination games. The SEC Tournament championship game is set for 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 26.

SEC EAST

Tennessee (22-8)

Kentucky (22-8)

Georgia (17-13)

South Carolina (13-17)

Vanderbilt (13-17)

Florida (13-17)

Missouri (9-21)

SEC WEST

Arkansas (20-10)

Texas A&M (19-11)

Mississippi State (17-13)

Alabama (13-17)

LSU (13-17)

Ole Miss (11-19)

Auburn (8-22)

SEC TOURNAMENT

1.Tennessee

2.Arkansas

3.Kentucky

4.Texas A&M

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5.Mississippi State

6.Georgia

7.Alabama

8.Vanderbilt

9.Florida

10.South Carolina

11.LSU

12.Ole Miss

OUT: Missouri and Auburn

Notes

-- The top team in each division occupy the top two spots in the SEC Tournament, which is why Arkansas is slotted ahead of Tennessee.

-- Mississippi State is ahead of Georgia based on their series win between the two teams.

-- There is a five-way between 13-17 teams vying for the seven seed. The first tiebreaker is common opponent, if all have one, starting with the highest seeded team in the SEC Tournament.

All five teams played Tennessee this year. Alabama went 2-1 against Tennessee, which is the best record, so they get the best seed, which is 7. Vandy and Florida both went 1-2 against Tennessee, so they're now in a two-team tiebreaker, and Vandy won that series, giving the Dores the 8 and the Gators the 9.

Carolina and LSU both went 0-3 against the Vols. Since the teams didn't meet head to head, you go back to find the highest seeded common opponent, which would be Arkansas, the No. 2 seed in the tournament. South Carolina went 1-2 while LSU went 0-3, thus the Gamecocks getting the 10 seed over LSU, which is the 11.