State’s college baseball teams ready to make their case for NCAA Tournament
The Peach State’s Division I college baseball teams head to their respective conference tournaments this week with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line.
Mercer is the No. 1 seed for the Southern Conference Tournament, which will be played in Greenville, South Carolina. Georgia is seeded 12th for the SEC Tournament, which will be played in Hoover, Alabama. Georgia Tech is seeded 10th for the ACC Tournament, which will be played in Louisville, Kentucky.
Georgia Southern will host the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and is seeded fifth, while Georgia State is seeded 10th.
Here are the schedules for the SEC, ACC, Southern Conference and Sun Belt Conference tournaments this week:
SEC Tournament
Tuesday
Game 1: No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 South Carolina, 10:30 a.m. (SEC Network)
Game 2: No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Missouri, TBA (SEC Network)
Game 3: No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Mississippi, 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 4: No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Georgia, TBA (SEC Network)
Wednesday
Game 5: No. 3 Kentucky vs. Winner Game 1, 10:30 a.m. (SEC Network)
Game 6: No. 2 LSU vs. Winner Game 2, TBA (SEC Network)
Game 7: No. 1 Florida vs. Winner Game 3, 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 8: No. 4 Arkansas vs. Winner Game 4, TBA (SEC Network)
Thursday
Game 9: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 10:30 a.m. (SEC Network)
Game 10: Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, TBA (SEC Network)
Game 11: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, TBA (SEC Network)
Friday
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 14: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser 12, TBA (SEC Network)
Saturday
Game 15: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 11, 1 p.m. (SEC Network)
Game 16: Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 12, TBA (SEC Network)
Sunday
Game 17: Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
ACC Tournament
Tuesday
No. 10 Georgia Tech vs. No. 6 Miami, 11 a.m. (FS South)
No. 11 Boston College vs. No. 7 N.C. State, 3 p.m. (FS South)
No. 9 Duke vs. No. 5 Clemson, 7 p.m. (FS South)
Wednesday
No. 12 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 Florida State, 11 a.m. (FS South)
No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Boston College, 3 p.m. (FS South)
No. 3 Wake Forest vs. No. 10 Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. (FS South)
Thursday
No. 4 Virginia vs. No. 9 Duke, 11 a.m. (FS South)
No. 6 Miami vs. No. 3 Wake Forest, 3 p.m. (FS South)
No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 12 Notre Dame, 7 p.m. (FS South)
Friday
No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 4 Virginia, 11 a.m. (FS South)
No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 1 Louisville, 3 p.m. (FS South)
No. 7 N.C. State vs. No. 2 North Carolina, 7 p.m. (FS South)
Saturday
Pool winners, 1 p.m. (FS South)
Pool winners, 5 p.m. (FS South)
Sunday
Championship, Noon (ESPN2)
Southern Conference Tournament
Tuesday
Game 1: No. 8 The Citadel vs. No. 9 VMI, 10 a.m.
Wednesday
Game 2: No. 4 Furman vs. No. 5 Wofford, 9 a.m.
Game 3: No. 1 Mercer vs. Winner Game 1, 12:30 p.m.
Game 4: No. 2 Western Carolina vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State, 4 p.m.
Game 5: No. 3 UNCG vs. No. 6 Samford, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
Game 6: Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 9 a.m.
Game 7: Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5, 12:30 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 4 p.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 3:30 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 9, 7 p.m.
Saturday
Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, Noon
Game 13: Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 11, 3:30 p.m.
Game 14: Winner Game 13 vs. Loser Game 12, 7 p.m.
Sunday
Game 15: Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 14, Noon
Game 16: Winner Game 15 vs. Loser Game 15 40 minutes after Game 15 (If necessary)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament
Tuesday
Game 1: No. 7 Arkansas State vs. No. 10 Georgia State, 3 p.m.
Game 2: No. 8 Texas State vs. No. 9 Little Rock, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Game 3: No. 3 South Alabama vs. No. 6 Troy, 9 a.m.
Game 4: No. 2 UTA vs. First-round winner (higher seed), 12:30 p.m.
Game 5: No. 1 Coastal Carolina vs. First-round winner (lower seed), 4 p.m.
Game 6: No. 4 Louisiana vs. No. 5 Georgia Southern, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
Game 7: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 9 a.m.
Game 8: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 12:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 9, 3 p.m.
Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 10, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, 9 a.m.
Game 14: Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 12, 12:30 p.m.
*Game 15: Winner Game 13 vs. Loser Game 13, 4 p.m. (if necessary)
#Game 16: Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 14, 7:30 p.m. (if necessary)
Sunday
Championship: 1 p.m.
*Game 15 is necessary if the winner of Game 11 also wins Game 13
#Game 16 is necessary if the winner of Game 12 also wins Game 14
This story was originally published May 21, 2017 at 5:42 PM with the headline "State’s college baseball teams ready to make their case for NCAA Tournament."