WAFB 9 News Baton Rouge, Louisiana News, Weather, Sports2012 SEC Baseball Television Schedule Announced

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference has announced its official 2012 SEC Baseball television schedule, the third under the league's 15-year agreement with ESPN. The entire package will include 66 broadcasts in 2012. In addition, all games from the 2012 SEC Tournament will continue to be televised, with the championship game airing again nationally on ESPN2.

"The success and popularity of baseball in our conference is at an all-time high," said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. "We are proud to be able to offer this amount of television coverage to both our teams and our fans."     

The television package is derived from broadcasts on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FSN, SportSouth and CSS. In addition, ESPN3 will also stream most broadcasts live online.        

"This package continues to move our baseball exposure to new levels," SEC Consultant for Television Larry Templeton stated. "Fans of SEC Baseball will be able to follow the season like never before."

SEC schools maintain the rights to air additional games not included in the official SEC package with various television outlets, including official SEC television partners. More than 50-60 additional games are set to be broadcast, bringing the total number of SEC baseball games broadcast in 2012 to 120 games or more.

ESPNU's previously announced Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week will begin Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. ET and run eight weeks through May 17. The first Thursday night game will feature No. 1 Florida vs. No. 2 South Carolina in a rematch of last season's College World Series Finals. The weekly game will feature a live 30-minute pregame show from ESPNU studios at 7 p.m. ET each week, focusing on baseball news and updates from around the league.  ESPN networks will air 18 SEC baseball broadcasts this season.

All games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will be broadcast in high definition.         

The 2012 SEC regular season begins Friday, February 17, with conference play set to begin Friday, March 16. The SEC Tournament will be played at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala., May 22-27.

OFFICIAL 2012 SEC BASEBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE

March 6 Alabama vs. Auburn 8:00 pm CSS (Montgomery, Ala.)

March 16 South Carolina @ Kentucky 7:00 pm CSS

March 17 Vanderbilt @ Florida 1:00 pm CSS

Alabama @ Arkansas 4:00 pm CSS

Mississippi St @ LSU 7:00 pm CSS

March 22 Florida @ South Carolina 7:30 pm ESPNU

March 23 Florida @ South Carolina 7:00 pm CSS

March 24 Florida @ South Carolina 1:00 pm CSS

March 25 Arkansas @ Mississippi St 1:00 pm SPSO

March 30 Arkansas @ LSU 8:00 pm CSS

March 31 Arkansas @ LSU 8:00 pm ESPNU

Kentucky @ Georgia 4:00 pm FSSO

Alabama @ Tennessee 1:00 pm CSS

South Carolina @ Vanderbilt 4:00 pm CSS

April 5 LSU @ Florida 7:30 pm ESPNU

April 6 Auburn @ Alabama 8:00 pm FSSO

April 7 Tennessee @ South Carolina 8:00 pm ESPNU

Auburn @ Alabama 4:00 pm CSS

April 12 Ole Miss @ Georgia 7:30 pm ESPNU

April 13 Auburn @ Vanderbilt 7:00 pm CSS

April 14 Florida @ Tennessee 3:00 pm SPSO

April 15 Alabama @ LSU 1:00 pm ESPN2

April 17 Ole Miss vs. Mississippi St 7:30 pm CSS (Pearl, Miss.)

April 19 Tennessee @ Mississippi St 7:30 pm ESPNU

April 20 Georgia @ Florida 7:00 pm CSS

April 21 South Carolina @ Auburn 4:00 pm SPSO

Georgia @ Florida 8:00 pm CSS

April 22 Georgia @ Florida 3:00 pm ESPN2

April 26 Alabama @ South Carolina 7:30 pm ESPNU

April 27 Ole Miss @ Mississippi St 8:00 pm SPSO

April 28 Ole Miss @ Mississippi St 3:00 pm SPSO

Georgia @ LSU 7:30 pm CSS

April 29 Georgia @ LSU 2:00 pm ESPN2

Arkansas @ Florida 3:30 pm ESPN

Ole Miss @ Mississippi St 2:30 pm CSS

May 3 Florida @ Kentucky 7:30 pm ESPNU

May 4 South Carolina @ Arkansas 8:00 pm ESPNU

Auburn @ Georgia 7:00 pm SPSO

Florida @ Kentucky 7:00 pm CSS

May 5 South Carolina @ Arkansas 1:00 pm ESPN2

LSU @ Ole Miss 3:00 pm SPSO

Vanderbilt @ Tennessee 1:00 pm CSS

May 10 Auburn @ Arkansas 7:30 pm ESPNU

May 11 SEC Wildcard Game 7:00 pm CSS

May 12 Vanderbilt @ LSU 8:00 pm SPSO

May 13 Vanderbilt @ LSU 2:00 pm SPSO

May 17 Ole Miss @ Vanderbilt 7:30 pm ESPNU

May 18 Kentucky @ Mississippi St 8:00 pm SPSO

May 19 SEC Wildcard Game 1:00 pm ESPNU

May 22 SEC Tournament - Game 1 SPSO 10:30 am

May 22 SEC Tournament - Game 2 SPSO TBD

May 22 SEC Tournament - Game 3 CSS 5:30 pm

May 22 SEC Tournament - Game 4 CSS TBD

May 23 SEC Tournament - Game 5 SPSO 10:30 am

May 23 SEC Tournament - Game 6 SPSO TBD

May 23 SEC Tournament - Game 7 CSS 5:30 pm

May 23 SEC Tournament - Game 8 CSS TBD

May 24 SEC Tournament - Game 9 SPSO 10:30 am

May 24 SEC Tournament - Game 10 SPSO TBD

May 24 SEC Tournament - Game 11 CSS 5:30 pm

May 24 SEC Tournament - Game 12 CSS TBD

May 25 SEC Tournament - Game 13 CSS 4:00 pm

May 25 SEC Tournament - Game 14 CSS TBD

May 26 SEC Tournament - Game 15 CSS 1:00 pm

May 26 SEC Tournament - Game 16 CSS TBD

May 27 SEC Tournament - Game 17 ESPN2 3:30 pm

- Championship Game (Hoover, AL)

All Times Eastern

FSSO - Includes FOX Sports South, Sun Sports, FOX Sports Southwest and FOX Sports Houston

SPSO - Includes SportSouth, Sun Sports, FOX Sports Southwest, FOX Sports Houston and FOX Sports South in Kentucky

CSS - Includes Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast, CST (Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida), Brighthouse Sports Network (Florida), Time

Warner Cable (Carolinas), Insight Cable (Kentucky)

Wildcard games to be selected in the weeks prior to event.

Regular season games on ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU, as well as all games from the SEC Tournament, available in high definition.

Most games will be streamed live on ESPN3

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