Tournament bracket and schedule

Play starts Wednesday. Hosted by South Carolina in Columbia.

Matches (and tournament seed)

1st Round
12 Alabama vs 13 Vanderbilt
10 Oklahoma vs 15 LSU
11 Arkansas vs 14 Ole Miss

2nd Round
8 Auburn vs 9 Kentucky
5 Tennessee vs 12/13 winner
7 Georgia vs 10/15 winner
6 Florida vs 11/14 winner

Bye to quarters
1 Texas
2 Miss State
3 South Carolina
4 Texas A&M

LSU, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt need an SEC tourney miracle run to make the NCAA tourney. Arkansas is right on the bubble. 1st round loss to Ole Miss will probably kill their chances.

South Carolina, Tennesse, Texas A&M are in the top 16 right now for NCAA tourney regional hosting but could drop out if they lose early so they need to win at least one to secure their hosting spot.

Texas and Miss State are hosting locks

This post was edited on 4/14/25 at 3:32 pm

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Posted by SCLibertarian

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Posted on 4/14/25 at 4:30 pm to Utah_CUtiger

It says the tennis center is on Wheat Street, but I lived at Capstone my freshman year (22 years ago) and I thought the tennis courts were around Pickens Street between Greene and Blossom?

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Posted by Utah_CUtiger

Utah

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Posted on 4/14/25 at 4:38 pm to SCLibertarian

It's on Heyward street. I don't know Columbia super well but I have been to their courts a few times in recent years. it's in the athletic area next to sotball

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Posted by No Colors

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Posted on 4/14/25 at 4:48 pm to Utah_CUtiger

I'm just curious....what percentage of SEC tennis players were born in the US? When I look at the rosters all I see is a bunch of Croatians, Russians, Brazilians, etc.

I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that...

But does America produce headliner tennis players anymore? I have no idea

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Posted by theGarnetWay

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Posted on 4/14/25 at 4:52 pm to SCLibertarian

quote:
It says the tennis center is on Wheat Street, but I lived at Capstone my freshman year (22 years ago) and I thought the tennis courts were around Pickens Street between Greene and Blossom?

I know exactly what you’re talking about. Those ugly looking courts stuffed at the bottom of the hill? I believe they built a new tennis center when I was in school (2010-2013). Probably explains why they’re actually decent now.

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Posted by GamecockUltimate

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Posted on 4/14/25 at 4:53 pm to SCLibertarian

quote:
It says the tennis center is on Wheat Street, but I lived at Capstone my freshman year (22 years ago) and I thought the tennis courts were around Pickens Street between Greene and Blossom?

thats the old location. after Sarge Fry was dismantled they put up Tennis courts back by the railroad tracks behind right field

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Posted by Utah_CUtiger

Utah

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Posted on 4/14/25 at 4:59 pm to No Colors

It depends on team. But College tennis as a while is like 60% international players. Just not as many top D1 level players because the international talent raises the level and its tough for 18 year old Americans to compete with 22 year old (or older) international players who have pro tournament experience.

Different teams have different recruiting focus.

Arkansas, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Miss State, LSU, Alabama and Kentucky have are near 100% international and have different pipelines they draw from. Miss State always gets a lot of eastern Europeans from the Balkans, while Kentucky gets a lot of Frenchmen and Canadian French.

Texas A&M, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Vandy try to get more Americans but they also delve into the interntioanal waters as well

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