{"id":277351,"date":"2026-05-03T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277351\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:14:07","slug":"texas-longhorns-4th-seed-texas-am-6th-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277351\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Longhorns 4th seed, Texas A&M 6th seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas softball <\/a>avoided a sweep by Arkansas with a 4-1 win<\/a> Saturday in Game 3 of the final regular-season series. In the process, the Longhorns tied for fourth in the final SEC standings and claimed the No. 4 seed as well as one of the coveted double byes in this week\u2019s conference tournament in Lexington, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

The No. 7 Longhorns (39-10, 16-8 SEC) finished league play tied with Tennessee and Texas A&M<\/a>. Tennessee didn\u2019t play either Texas or the Aggies in the regular season, so the SEC had to use the second tiebreaker in a three-way tie to determine its fourth through sixth tournament seeds. The second tiebreaker is the won-lost percentage of the tied teams versus the highest-seeded common opponent. The three teams had such varying conference schedules that the highest-seeded common opponent was South Carolina, the tournament\u2019s 12th seed.<\/p>\n

Texas swept the Gamecocks<\/a>, Tennessee beat South Carolina 2-1 in the series to claim the fifth seed, and the Aggies lost 2-1 to South Carolina to fall into the sixth seed.<\/p>\n

The SEC Tournament starts Tuesday, but the Longhorns won\u2019t play until Thursday afternoon in a quarterfinal game against either Tennessee, South Carolina or Ole Miss. The Gamecocks open the tournament Tuesday against Ole Miss, and the winner will face Tennessee Wednesday in a second-round game. The winner of that game advances to play Texas.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M will play the winner of Tuesday\u2019s first-round game between Auburn and Missouri on Wednesday. With a win, the Aggies advance to play third-seeded Florida.<\/p>\n

Texas will play the third game Thursday, which means an approximate start time between 4-5 p.m.<\/p>\n

The single-elimination tournament includes all 15 SEC teams. Vanderbilt does not participate in softball.<\/p>\n

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