COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Arkansas baseball team will play either Alabama or South Carolina first at the SEC Tournament next week in Hoover, Ala.
The Razorbacks (43-12) are the No. 2 seed at the tournament by virtue of winning the SEC West. They will play the second quarterfinal game Wednesday at approximately 1 p.m.
The Crimson Tide and the Gamecocks will play a single-elimination game Tuesday at approximately 1 p.m.
Alabama (33-21) is the No. 7 seed after tiebreakers with four other teams that finished with an SEC record of 13-17. South Carolina (33-21) was also included in the tiebreaker and is the No. 10 seed.
The Crimson Tide were the highest seeded of the five teams that were tied in the standings. That was because Alabama was the only team to win a series against the highest-seeded common opponent, top-seeded Tennessee.
South Carolina earned the No. 10 seed over LSU due to results against Arkansas. The Gamecocks went 1-2 against the Razorbacks on April 19-20, while Arkansas swept LSU in March.
The Razorbacks defeated South Carolina 2-1 in the series opener in Columbia, S.C. The Gamecocks won 6-3 in the first game of an April 20 doubleheader and Arkansas won the finale 9-6.
Alabama lost 5-3 to the Razorbacks in the series opener. The Crimson Tide won the final two games of the series by scores of 4-3 in 10 innings and 5-0. That series was played in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on April 12-14.
The Arkansas-Alabama-South Carolina grouping will be paired against a grouping of Kentucky-Georgia-LSU in the quarterfinal round.
The Razorbacks will play at least two games in Hoover. The quarterfinals are a double-elimination round that are scheduled Wednesday through Friday.
The semifinal and final rounds revert to a single-elimination format.
SEC Tournament Schedule
Tuesday (First Round)
Game 1: No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 11 LSU
Game 2: No. 7 Alabama vs. No. 10 South Carolina
Game 3: No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Florida
Game 4: No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Ole Miss
Wednesday (Quarterfinals)
Game 5: No. 3 Kentucky vs. Game 1 Winner
Game 6: No. 2 Arkansas vs. Game 2 Winner
Game 7: No. 1 Tennessee vs. Game 3 Winner
Game 8: No. 4 Texas A&M vs. Game 4 Winner
Thursday (Quarterfinals)
Game 9: Game 5 Loser vs. Game 6 Loser
Game 10: Game 7 Loser vs. Game 8 Loser
Game 11: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner
Game 12: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner
Friday (Quarterfinals)
Game 13: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 11 Loser
Game 14: Game 10 Winner vs. Game 12 Loser
Saturday (Semifinals)
Game 15: Game 13 Winner vs. Game 11 Winner
Game 16: Game 14 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner
Sunday (Championship)
Game 17: Game 15 Winner vs. Game 16 Winner