- SEC Now and The Paul Finebaum Show Live from Gainesville
- 5 Vanderbilt at No.1 Florida Baseball Selected as SEC Network Wildcard Game; Entire Three-Game Series Now to be Televised
- SEC Now in Starkville for SEC Softball Tournament; Games on SEC Network, ESPNU and ESPN
SEC Network studio shows hit the road next week, with sets at Mississippi State and the University of Florida on Friday, May 13. SEC Now starts the day surrounding the SEC Softball Tournament Semifinals in Starkville, Ms. before tossing to The Paul Finebaum Show set live in Gainesville, Fla. attending a top five college baseball matchup featuring two SEC teams.
SEC Now, the home for Southeastern Conference news and information, is providing pre- and post-game analysis from the SEC Softball Tournament Semifinals games* airing on ESPNU at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Maria Taylor hosts the afternoon edition (2:30 p.m.) and is joined by college softball analysts Kayla Braud and Jenny Dalton-Hill and reporter Jane Slater. Beth Mowins, Amanda Scarborough, and Michele Smith will call the two semifinal softball games with Laura Rutledge reporting. SEC Now in Starkville will air from beyond the outfield wall of Nusz Park.
The Paul Finebaum Show (3 p.m.) makes its Florida baseball debut following SEC Now, for Game 1 of No.5 Vanderbilt at No.1 Florida (7 p.m.). The game was selected as SEC Network’s May 13 Wildcard Game, the third of four games slated as Wildcard selections this season. Tom Hart and Kyle Peterson will call the Commodores-Gators matchup. This will mark the second time Finebaum has traveled to a college baseball game. Last year, Finebaum took his show to South Carolina to see then No. 4 Vanderbilt play.
Immediately following the matchup on SEC Network, SEC Now closes out the action from Gainesville, capping a day of more than eight hours of live production from the two sets, in two states. Dari Nowkhah anchors the late edition of SEC Now with college baseball analysts Ben McDonald and Todd Walker. Both The Paul Finebaum Show and SEC Now sets are live from Dizney Plaza at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium.
*Please note: SEC Now will air from SEC Softball Tournament in Starkville beginning Wednesday, May 11, and continue through the duration of the tournament (May 11-14). Remaining details will be announced in the coming days.
Time (ET) | Program/Game | Network |
2:30 p.m. | SEC Now | SEC Network |
3 p.m. | The Paul Finebaum Show | SEC Network |
SEC Softball Tournament Semifinal | ESPNU | |
5:30 p.m. | SEC Softball Tournament Semifinal | ESPNU |
7 p.m. | SEC Baseball: No.5 Vanderbilt at No.1 Florida | SEC Network |
10 p.m. (approx.) | SEC Now | SEC Network |
ESPN’s College Softball Conference Tournament Schedule
ESPN will televise the entire SEC Softball Championship with the first (May 11) and second rounds (May 12) on SEC Network, the aforementioned semifinals (May 13) on ESPNU and the championship game (May 14) on ESPN. Additionally, ESPN will televise the ACC and American Championship games (May 14), ESPNU will air the SWAC Championship (May 15), and ESPN3 will stream the Atlantic Sun, Big South, Horizon League, Missouri Valley, Southern, Southland and Sun Belt Conference Championship games (May 13-14). Full details will be released in the coming days.
ESPN’s College Baseball Schedule
As a result of the May 13 Vanderbilt-Florida matchup being selected as the SEC Network wildcard game, the entire three-game series between the SEC rivals will be televised, with the May 14 matchup on ESPN2 at 4 p.m. and the May 15 game on SEC Network at 1 p.m. A complete season schedule for ESPN’s college baseball schedule can be found here, while this week’s (May 3-May 9) schedule is below. ESPNU and SEC Network will each have another wildcard game on May 19 with that selection to be announced in the coming days.
Date | Time (ET) | Event/Commentators | Network |
Tue, May 3 | 6 p.m. | Iona at St. Johns | ESPN3 |
6:30 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky | SEC Network + | |
7 p.m. | Illinois at Missouri
Mark Neely & Mike Rooney |
SEC Network | |
Bethune-Cookman at No.1 Florida | SEC Network + | ||
No.16 Virginia at Liberty | ESPN3 | ||
7:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky at No.5 Vanderbilt | SEC Network + | |
8 p.m. | New Mexico at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | |
Wed, May 4 | 6:30 p.m. | No.8 Florida State at Stetson | ESPN3 |
7 p.m. | USC Upstate at No.7 South Carolina
Matt Stewart & Todd Walker |
SEC Network | |
No.17 Florida Atlantic at No.3 Miami (Fl.) | ESPN3 | ||
Northwestern at Illinois-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
7:30 p.m. | Arkansas-Pine Bluff at No.10 Ole Miss | SEC Network + | |
Thu, May 5 | 7 p.m. | Missouri at No. 4 Mississippi State
Dave Neal & Kyle Peterson |
SEC Network |
No.5 Vanderbilt at No.2 Texas A&M
Tom Hart & Chris Burke |
ESPN2 | ||
Fri, May 6 | 1 p.m. | Valparaiso at Wright State | ESPN3 |
4:30 p.m. | Valparaiso at Wright State | ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | No.1 Florida at Tennessee | SEC Network + | |
No.6 Louisville at No.18 North Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
Florida Gulf Coast at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
Butler at St. Johns | ESPN3 | ||
6:30 p.m. | No.7 South Carolina at Kentucky | SEC Network + | |
No.18 North Carolina State at Clemson | ESPN3 | ||
7 p.m. | No.5 Vanderbilt at No.2 Texas A&M
Tom Hart & Chris Burke |
SEC Network | |
No.10 Ole Miss at Georgia | SEC Network + | ||
No.24 Coastal Carolina at Liberty | ESPN3 | ||
No. 10 Texas Tech at Kansas | ESPN3 | ||
Radford at High Point | ESPN3 | ||
7:30 p.m. | Indiana State at Wichita State | ESPN3 | |
8 p.m. | Missouri at No. 4 Mississippi State
Dave Neal & Kyle Peterson |
ESPNU | |
Arkansas at No.15 LSU | SEC Network + | ||
Seattle at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | ||
Auburn at Alabama | SEC Network + | ||
Sat, May 7 | 1 p.m. | No.8 Louisville at No.20 North Carolina | ESPN3 |
Northern Kentucky at Illinois-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
2 p.m. | No.11 Ole Miss at Georgia | SEC Network + | |
Florida Gulf Coast at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
3 p.m. | No.10 Texas Tech at Kansas | ESPN3 | |
Indiana State at Wichita State | ESPN3 | ||
3:30 p.m. | No.5 Vanderbilt at No.2 Texas A&M
Tom Hart & Chris Burke |
SEC Network | |
4 p.m. | No.1 Florida at Tennessee | SEC Network + | |
No.9 NC State at Clemson | ESPN3 | ||
Cal Poly at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | ||
4:30 P.M. | Northern Kentucky at Illinois-Chicago | ESPN3 | |
5 p.m. | Missouri at No.4 Mississippi State | SEC Network + | |
6:30 p.m. | No.7 South Carolina at Kentucky | SEC Network + | |
7 p.m. | Auburn at Alabama
Mike Morgan & Gabe Gross |
SEC Network | |
No.24 Coastal Carolina at Liberty | ESPN3 | ||
7:30 p.m. | Arkansas at No.15 LSU
Matt Stewart & Ben McDonald |
ESPNU | |
Sun, May 8 | Noon | Florida Gulf Coast at USC Upstate | ESPN3 |
Butler at St. Johns | ESPN3 | ||
Wright State at Oakland | ESPN3 | ||
1 p.m. | No.10 Ole Miss at Georgia | SEC Network + | |
No.6 Louisville at No.18 North Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
Youngstown State at Illinois-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
No.9 NC State at Clemson | ESPN3 | ||
2 p.m. | Arkansas at No.15 LSU | SEC Network + | |
Bradley at Illinois State | ESPN3 | ||
No.1 Florida at Tennessee | SEC Network + | ||
No.10 Texas Tech at Kansas | ESPN3 | ||
Appalachian State at No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette | ESPN3 | ||
Indiana State at Wichita State | ESPN3 | ||
No.24 Coastal Carolina at Liberty | ESPN3 | ||
3 p.m. | No.7 South Carolina at Kentucky
Clay Matvick & Mike Rooney |
ESPNU | |
4 p.m. | Auburn at Alabama
Mike Morgan & Gabe Gross |
SEC Network | |
4:30 p.m. | Youngstown State at Illinois-Chicago | ESPN3 | |
Mon, May 9 | 7 p.m. | No.3 Miami (FL) at No.20 Georgia Tech
Mike Couzens & Carlos Pena |
ESPNU |
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