Where Tennessee baseball landed in latest NCAA Tournament bracket projections
Here's where Tennessee baseball landed in NCAA Tournament projections after the Vols were eliminated from the SEC Tournament.
HOOVER, AL – Tennessee baseball ’s NCAA Tournament resume is complete. The Vols lost to Arkansas in the second round of the SEC Tournament 8-4 on May 20 at the Hoover Met, meaning their next game will come in a regional next weekend. It was an early exit by Tennessee’s standards, just the second time since 2019 that it didn’t at least make the semifinals.
But beating South Carolina in the first round ensured that No. 25 Tennessee (38-20) wouldn’t slip in its NCAA Tournament standing since a loss to No. 13 Arkansas won’t do much damage to its seeding.
Here’s how Tennessee’s NCAA Tournament resume sits after the Vols were eliminated from the SEC Tournament: Tennessee baseball's NCAA Tournament projections The Vols are still expected to be a No. 2 seed when the field is announced, and its overall ranking will likely stay around where it was before the SEC Tournament. Baseball America projects Tennessee as the No.
2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional, hosted by No. 5 overall seed North Carolina. That would be the same draw as it projected after the regular season, although it now has the Vols two spots higher as the No.