With losses by regular season champ Tennessee, No. 2 seed Kentucky and No. 3 seed Alabama, this marked the first time the SEC’s top three seeds all lost their tournament openers since 1983.
With the outright SEC lead in jeopardy, Alabama dug out of a double-digit hole before finally taking control in overtime to beat Florida 98-93.
Florida scored the most runs in the history of the College World Series in a 24-4 rout of LSU.
BT Riopelle hit a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to rally top-seeded Florida to a 7-6 victory over Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
With freshman star Brandon Miller leading the way, Alabama is now off to its best Southeastern Conference start in nearly seven decades.
The Alabama Crimson Tide has been eliminated from the SEC Baseball Tournament and must wait to find out whether it will make the cut for the NCAA Tournament.
Tyree Appleby scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half, Colin Castleton added 19 and Florida rallied to beat No. 2 Auburn 63-62 to extend its home dominance in the series.
Florida has hired Louisiana-Lafayette’s Billy Napier to be the Gators next football coach.
The University of Florida has fired head football coach Dan Mullen, who led the Gators to six losses in his past nine games.
No. 1 Georgia and unranked Florida have unsettled quarterbacks situations heading into their annual rivalry football game known as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” in Jacksonville.
