The Official #1 Tennessee @ Vandy SEC Tourney Semi-Final Game Thread (Sat. May 25 4:30PM EST SEC NETWORK)

[VolPack22]

State gets in or no, they should, they’re good.

Yes they will be a regional host. Even with the loss they are 10th in RPI.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Are we cheering for Tech or Liberty? Both teams squandered opportunities in the 9th.

 

[wtmvol]

Personally I feel like Florida gets left out. I just have a hard time believing they will put a 28-27 (13-17) team into the tournament as an at-large. The other 13-17 teams that were on the bubble took care of business and earned their spot because of this tournament. Florida blew their chance. They are now right at 30th in RPI which is not an ideal spot to be in. I think this will be your SEC representatives:

Tennessee
A&M
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi State
Alabama
South Carolina
LSU
Vanderbilt

Yep. Looks right to me

 

[vol66]

Are we cheering for Tech or Liberty? Both teams squandered opportunities in the 9th.

Liberty.

 

[VolPack22]

If Southern Miss gets upset in their championship tomorrow then that could be another potential bid stealing. Southern Miss is currently 26th in RPI and will possibly get an at-large spot even with a loss.

 

[vol66]

B10, 5-5

 

[VolPack22]

Are we cheering for Tech or Liberty? Both teams squandered opportunities in the 9th.

Definitely Liberty. They are 24-33 (11-13) on the season with a 113 RPI. Louisiana Tech is sitting at 44-16 (18-6) with a 28 RPI. Would be an upset of epic proportions.

 

[VolPack22]

You know Florida is going to be fuming whenever they don’t make it but a team 9 games under .500 gets an automatic bid

 

[AllThingsTN]

I know 1 thing I am feeling much better about is the DH. They’ve all been delivering pretty dang good in Hoover. The ugly is we’ve left so many runners on. But the guys keep winning. Feels like we are due for a big game…

 

[vol66]

Bummer.

 

[VolPack22]

Bummer.

Yeah I was really hoping for chaos.

 

[VolPack22]

I know 1 thing I am feeling much better about is the DH. They’ve all been delivering pretty dang good in Hoover. The ugly is we’ve left so many runners on. But the guys keep winning. Feels like we are due for a big game…

Would be nice to just go ahead and run rule tomorrow and solve the pitching conundrum.

 

[vol66]

USC 3, Arizona 3 B9

 

[vol66]

Zona with a walk off! 4-3

 

[VolPack22]

The AAC champion (Wichita State or Tulane) will be a bid stealer. Both teams are in the 90s in RPI. ECU will be an at-large with 21st ranked RPI.

 

[vol66]

Hawaii 5, CS Fullerton 2, T8

 

[Orange.]

1999 was last #1 seed champion

Party like it's 1999

 

[vol66]

Aloha, 5-2…hope they make it Monday.

 

[vol66]

Looks like Ga. Southern is on their way to an auto, 7-1 over James Madison, T8

 

[vol66]

Dude’s thrown 108 pitches and counting….do you go for it? … now he’s sitting for a bit through reviews…here we go…Mitchell Gross…pitch 118 coming… ball game. Complete game!

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

I like Huey Lewis and the News

 

[minorvol]

Would be shocked if Russell pitches. He was out 2 months and this week was his first game action.

Russell may not pitch. Limited pitch count and TV saw exactly what he needed from him this tourney.

 

[Buzzbait]

Imagine being Dylan Loy, Matthew Dallas, and JJ Garcia where you’ve barely pitched this year and now it’s on you 3 to win an SEC title. Talk about trial by fire lol.

Next man up!

 

[theroyz71]

Do you think people should be allowed to voice disapproval as long as they don’t cuss...call people names etc and not be banned or some other kind of punishment

1000% YES

 

[6-4-3]

Which part of Tennessee baseball history do you think most fans remember (or care about):

1. 2022 team that won regular season and tournament titles but failed to make it to the World Series

2. 2023 team that won no sec titles but made it to the World Series.

We judge teams by history all the time, and there’s one metric that matters in our sport - and it’s not a tournament title.

I actually put the 2021 team ahead of both of the years you mention. That blue collar team was full of guys that transformed this program to open the door for the 2022 and 2023 teams. That team is the one that built what we have today. Late inning wins and walk offs, scrappy, talented and confident. They were trailblazers, winning a regional for the first time in many years, winning a super, and going to the CWS for the first time in like 16 years. That team put us on the map, put butts in the seats, caused us to add seating for a regional, created a watch party on a Jumbotron in the street for supers, and got UT fans excited about something during a time of Covid and lackluster performance in other UT sports. Personally, I believe that is the team that got this run started, without question. I know CTV has mentioned the same many times.