Texas baseball: Who will Longhorns play first at the SEC Tournament?

Despite both playing 30 conference games, Texas and Tennessees baseball teams missed each other during the regular season.The Longhorns and Volunteers will rectify that situation this week in Hoover, Ala.Texas will make its debut at the SEC Tournament on Thursday afternoon with a game against Tennessee that will begin at 3 p.m.

Tennessee opened tournament play with Wednesdays 15-10 win over Alabama at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.The winner on Thursday will advance to Saturdays semifinal round.More: Why Texas will and won't win the 2025 SEC baseball tournamentAs the SECs outright champion during the regular season, the top-seeded Longhorns received a double bye for this single-elimination competition.

Texas (42-11) is looking to win its first conference tournament since it was the last team standing at the Big 12s 2009 event.Tennessee (42-15) is the No.

8 seed in the SEC bracket, but the Volunteers know their way around the city of Hoover.

Last season, Tennessee won the SEC Tournament.

The Volunteers, of course, then went on to win a national championship at the expense of a Texas A&M team that was led by current Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle.Tennessee joined Alabama, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt among the SEC teams that Texas did not play as it went 22-8 in conference play during the regular season.

Texas and Tennessee have played four times before, with their most-recent matchup coming in 2022.

In 2021, the Longhorns recorded an 8-4 win over the Volunteers in an elimination game at the College World Series.Who is the real UT?This showdown at the SEC Baseball Tournament could end up being a tiebreaker in the "UT vs.

UT" debate.

During the Longhorns' first year in the SEC, the Texas athletic department is 6-6 against Tennessee in head-to-head competitions.

Four of those matchups have taken place in the postseason:Men's Basketball (SEC Tournament):Tennessee 83, Texas 72Women's Basketball (NCAA Tournament): Texas 67, Tennessee 59Men's Tennis (SEC Tournament): Texas 4, Tennessee 2Men's Tennis (NCAA Tournament): Texas 4, Tennessee 0Follow the American-Statesman on Facebook and X for more.

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