COMMITTED TO :

TRANSFERS:
Jonas Aidoo - Tennessee: 6'11", 230 - 11.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks on 51.5 fg%, 20.0 3fg%, and 62.6 FT%
Johnell Davis - FAU: 6'4", 185 - 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.4 steals on 48.3 fg%, 41.4 3fg%, and 85.7 FT%
Adou Thiero - Kentucky: 6'8", 222 - 7.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.1 blocks on 49.2 fg%, 31.8 3fg%, and 80.0 FT%.
Zvonimir Ivisic - Kentucky: 7'2", 235 - 5.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks on 57.7 fg%, 37.5 3fg%, and 77.3 FT%.

FRESHMEN:
6'3" 155 PG Boogie Fland - five-star No. 10
6'5" 226 SF Karter Knox - four-star No. 21
6'6" 210 SF Billy Richmond - four-star No. 22


TRANSFER CONTACTS:

Dillon Mitchell - Texas: 6'8", 205 - 9.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.0 steals on 58.5 fg% and 59.8 FT%
DJ Wagner - Kentucky: 6'3", 175 - 9.9 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists on 40.5 fg%, 29.2 3fg%, and 76.6 FT%
Jaylen Wells - Washington State: 6'8", 205 - 12.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists on 43.6 fg%, 41.7 3fg%, and 81.4 FT%.
Coleman Hawkins - Illinois: 6'10", 200 - 12.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.1 blocks on 45.1 fg%, 36.9 3fg%, and 79.2 FT%.

NAMES TO WATCH:

Arthur Kaluma


COMMITTED ELSEWHERE:

Koby Brea - (HOGS NOT IN CUT LIST) Dayton: 6'6", 175 - 11.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.2 assists on 51.2 fg%, 49.8 3fg%, and 87.5 FT
Jeremy Roach - (COMMITTED TO BAYLOR) Duke: 6'1", 175 - 14.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.1 steals on 46.8 fg%, 42.9 3fg%, and 84.4 FT%
Aidan Mahaney - (COMMITTED TO UCONN): 6'3", 180 - 13.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.6 assists on 38.6 fg%, 35.5 3fg%, and 81.3 FT%
Brandon Garrison - (COMMITTED TO KENTUCKY): 6'11", 245 - 7.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.5 blocks on 57.2 fg% and 64.8 FT%.
Kasean Pryor

Going to go ahead and get this game thread up and running because why not!

No. 3 Arkansas faces off against No. 5 Texas A&M at Blue Bell Park starting at 7 p.m. on the SEC Network. We'll have live commentary ITT and plenty of postgame coverage.

Arkansas has secured a top four finish in the SEC thanks to Georgia taking a loss to Florida earlier today, but the Razorbacks are still a victory away from securing the SEC West.

How to Watch/Listen:

Who: No. 3 Arkansas Razorbacks (42-11, 19-9 SEC SEC) vs. No. 5 Texas A&M Aggies (43-10, 18-10 SEC)
When: Friday, May 17 at 7:00 p.m. CT
Where: Blue Bell Park — College Station, Texas
TV/Stream: SEC Network/Watch ESPN (Tom Hart and Kyle Peterson)
Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Phil Elson)

Starting Lineups:

ARK Line Up

TAMU Line Up

Good evening, members of The Trough! We've got No. 3 Arkansas taking on No. 5 Texas A&M this evening with Hagen Smith on the mound for the final time in a regular season game for the Hogs. The Razorbacks need just one win to secure an SEC West title. First pitch is now 8 p.m. CT, ICYMI.

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Arkansas Starting Pitcher
#33 Hagen Smith

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Texas A&M Starting Pitcher
#18 Ryan Prager

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Zachary Taylor of Yoakum, Texas. According to his bio, he's 6'4" and runs a 4.48 forty-yard dash. Was committed to Army. Will be a scholarship addition.

Completed 90-of-160 passes for 1,376 yards and 15 TDs with 9 INTs last season. Also rushed 91 times for 342 yards and 6 TDs. Looks like he may be used as a WR.

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Good afternoon, folks. We've got the No. 3 Razorbacks looking to end the regular season with a series win over the No. 5 Texas A&M Aggies. Arkansas will start RHP Will McEntire against A&M LHP Shane Sdao.

Live inning-by-inning updates in this thread, plus postgame coverage to follow.

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Arkansas Starting Pitcher
#41 Will McEntire

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Texas A&M Starting Pitcher
#38 Shane Sdao

Arkansas' 2025 quarterback commit is changing uniforms for his senior season.

Grayson Wilson, who spent the last three seasons at Central Arkansas Christian in North Little Rock, will be transferring to Conway to play for Buck James and the Wampus Cats.

Since taking the reins for the Mustangs, Wilson flourished on the field. He threw for 3,413 yards and 41 touchdowns to just two interceptions, and added 837 yards and 15 scores on the ground.

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Wilson committed to Arkansas over a year agoand has kept his recruitment quiet. At the time, he held offers from Pittsburgh, Illinois and Central Arkansas in addition to Arkansas.

He was unrated by all of the major recruiting services, and committed on April 15 following the Razorbacks' spring contest.

Now, Wilson is a four-star passer, the No. 4 player in Arkansas for the 2025 class and No. 5 dual-threat quarterback in the country according to Rivals.

Throughout the offseason, Wilson has grown not just on the football field but on the hardwood and baseball diamond as well. After winning an Arkansas basketball 3A State Championship, he went to Dallas, Texas, where he was named MVP quarterback of the Under Armour Next All-American combine.

Most recently, Wilson helped CAC baseball to a state championship appearance, a game the Mustangs lost 6-2 to Gosnell.

With the full athletic year behind him, Wilson now heads to Conway where he'll refine his skills on the football field before arriving in Fayetteville to start his college career with the Razorbacks.

As far as Wilson's recruitment goes, he's still locked in to Arkansas and showing zero signs of wavering. He will take his official visit to Fayetteville the weekend of June 21, and plans to enroll at Arkansas early in January, so he can go through spring practice with the team.

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From the SEC:


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (May 20, 2024)-----The Southeastern Conference will implement the use of a double first base on an experimental basis throughout the SEC Baseball Tournament.

The purpose of the double first base is to reduce collisions between the defense and the batter-runner at first base. It has been utilized in a number of SEC non-conference contests this season.

Guidelines for using the double first base, as prescribed under NCAA playing rules, includes:

• A batted ball hitting or bounding over the white portion of the bag is a fair ball. A batted ball hitting or bounding over the colored (orange or green) bag without first touching or bounding over the white section is foul.
  
  
• When an initial play is being made on the batter-runner at first base, the defense must use the white section of the double base and the batter-runner must use the colored base except in the case of a dropped third strike. After a dropped third strike, if the fielder is drawn to the side of the colored base, the runner would go the white base and the fielder to the colored base. On a dropped third strike, the fielder and batter-runner may touch either the white or colored base.
  
  
• If there is a play on the batter-runner and the batter-runner touches only the white portion of the double base and the defense appeals prior to the batter-runner returning to first base, it is treated the same as missing the base. Penalty: Batter-runner is out.
  
  
• On extra-base hits or other balls hit to the outfield when there is no chance for a play to be made at the double base, the batter-runner may touch either the white or colored section of the base. Should, however, the batter-runner reach and go beyond first base, they may only return to the white section of the base.
  
  
• Once the batter-runner reaches first base, they shall then use only the white base.

The SEC Tournament is scheduled to begin with four games on Tuesday. The championship game is slated for Sunday.

The 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament bracket is officially set, and the Arkansas Razorbacks earned the two-seed for this year's competition at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.

Arkansas (20-10 SEC) ended two games behind Tennessee (22-8 SEC) and Kentucky (22-8 SEC) in the conference standings this season, as the Volunteers earned the top seed in the tournament for winning the SEC East and Arkansas earned the 2-seed for winning the SEC West. Kentucky and Texas A&M round out the top four seeds at three and four, respectively.

Seeds 5-12 will meet in a single elimination format on the opening day of the tournament Tuesday, followed by traditional double-elimination play Wednesday-Friday. The tournament will return to single elimination play on Saturday. A total of 17 games will be played throughout the tournament.

On Wednesday, Arkansas will play the winner of Tuesday’s 7/10 seed matchup that features 7-seed Alabama and 10-seed South Carolina. If the Hogs win Wednesday, they’ll play the winner of Kentucky and Georgia/LSU at approximately 4:30 p.m. CT Thursday. If Arkansas loses its first game, it will play the loser of Kentucky and Georgia/LSU in the first game Thursday at 9:30 a.m. CT.

Here’s a full look at the bracket, plus the records for each team entering this year’s SEC Baseball Tournament. All games will be televised on SEC Network aside from Sunday’s championship matchup that will be on ESPN2.



SEC Baseball Tournament Seeding/Records

Moving forward how does everyone see the rotation going in the Regionals? I would personally go like this.

Game 1: Wood 5IP, Coil 2IP, & Foutch 2IP
Game 2: Smith 6IP & Gaekle 3IP
Game 3: Molina 5IP Mcentire 1IP Hewlett 1IP Bybee 1IP Faherty 1IP
Game 4 if needed: Tygart plus anyone from Game 1 plus Carter

Arkansas baseball had seven players honored as All-SEC selections by the league's coaches on Monday afternoon.

Junior pitcher Hagen Smith was named the SEC Pitcher of the Year, while Freshman righty Gabe Gaeckle and Freshman third baseman Nolan Souza were named to the Freshman All-SEC team, second baseman Peyton Stovall and shortstop Wewhiwa Aloy were named Second Team All-SEC and outfielder Peyton Holt and third baseman Jared Sprague-Lott were named to the SEC All-Defensive team.

A native of Bullard, Texas, Smith was by far and away the best pitcher in the conference and arguably the country throughout the entirety of the regular season. His breakthrough campaign led him to becoming the Arkansas career strikeouts record holder with 349, eclipsing former Hog lefty Nick Schmidt.

Smith recorded an 9-0 record, 1.52 ERA, 29 walks and 150 strikeouts across 77.0 innings pitched. The southpaw started 14 games and struck out at least 10 batters in 11 of his outings.

"It’s been great having him in our program," head coach Dave Van Horn said on Friday. "He’s been a starter, he’s been a closer, he’s been a middle guy. He’s done a little bit of everything and he’s been good at all of it. Give him credit, but he’s meant a lot to our program the last three years. He’s been right in the middle of everything good we’ve done."

Smith's ERA ranked first in the nation and he was also top five in hits allowed per nine innings (4.09, 1st), WHIP (.83, 4th) and strikeouts (150, 2nd). He did not commit an error on the mound during the regular season and he limited opposing base runners to just one steal all year.

A freshman from California, Gaeckle emerged as a trustworthy closer throughout the season. After a rough first career outing on Feb. 18 against James Madison, Gaeckle seemed to gain more and more confidence just about every time he took the mound and really blossomed during SEC play.

The right-hander had a 3-2 record, 1.91 ERA, seven saves, 15 walks and 48 strikeouts across 37.2 innings pitched in the regular season. Gaeckle's seven saves ranked tied for first in the SEC with Ole Miss' Connor Spencer and Texas A&M's Evan Aschenbeck.

Gaeckle hasn't allowed an earned run since April 6 against Ole Miss and he has struck out 20 batters in 18.0 innings in that span.

“I think Gabe is going to be really, really, really good," Smith said on Friday. "Probably one of the best freshman pitchers here in a long time. There’s been a lot of good ones. He just goes out there and gets experience. He goes out there in those big spots. It’s not easy for a freshman to get out like that in an SEC game and throw in big sports. It’s awesome that he’s getting that experience and does really well.”

Souza played multiple positions for Arkansas during his freshman campaign, as he saw appearances at third base, second base and designated hitter in 38 games. The Hawaii native was effective in 108 at-bats as he mashed seven home runs, seven doubles and hit for a .259 batting average.

Stovall slashed .339/.404/.548 with nine home runs and 37 RBI through 43 regular season games this year. He posted 17 walks and totaled 60 hits, including 10 doubles. During SEC play, Stovall has posted a .315/.438/.390 slash line with six homers and 20 RBI in 30 league games.

Aloy led Arkansas in home runs (13) and RBIs (54) en route to slashing .276/.368/.495 for the Razorbacks. He also racked up eight doubles and seven stolen bases in 55 games played.

Sprague-Lott and Holt earned All-Defensive recognition thanks to highlight plays made throughout the season. Sprague-Lott finished with seven errors during his senior campaign, a big drop off from the 15 he made a year ago at Richmond. Holt only made three errors all year and finished with a .966 fielding percentage.

Here are the full 2024 SEC Baseball awards and All-SEC teams:

2024 SEC Baseball Awards

Player of the Year: Charlie Condon, Georgia
Pitcher of the Year: Hagen Smith, Arkansas
Freshman of the Year: Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Drew Beam, Tennessee
Coach of the Year: Nick Mingione, Kentucky

First Team All-SEC

C: Jackson Appel, Texas A&M
1B: Jac Caglianone, Florida
2B: Christian Moore, Tennessee
3B: Charlie Condon, Georgia
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama*
SS: David Mershon, Mississippi State*
OF: Braden Montgomery, Texas A&M
OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M
OF: Dylan Dreiling, Tennessee
SP: Hagen Smith, Arkansas
SP: Khal Stephen, Mississippi State
RP: Evan Aschenbeck, Texas A&M
DH/UT: Ike Irish, Auburn*
DH/UT: Nick Lopez, Kentucky*

Second Team All-SEC

C: Cole Messina, South Carolina
1B: Blake Burke, Tennessee
2B: Peyton Stovall, Arkansas
3B: Tommy White, LSU
SS: Wehiwa Aloy, Arkansas
OF: Kavares Tears, Tennessee
OF: Ryan Waldschmidt, Kentucky
OF: Dakota Jordan, Mississippi State
SP: Ryan Prager, Texas A&M
SP: Luke Holman, LSU
RP: Griffin Herring, LSU
DH/UT: Andrew Fischer, Ole Miss

Freshman All-SEC Team

Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
Gabe Gaeckle, Arkansas
Justin Lebron, Alabama
Dean Curley, Tennessee
Tre Phelps, Georgia
Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M
Zane Adams, Alabama
Steven Milam, LSU
Ashton Larson, LSU
Cade Belyeu, Auburn
Liam Peterson, Florida
Nolan Souza, Arkansas

SEC All-Defensive Team

C: Fernando Gonzalez, Georgia
1B: Blake Burke, Tennessee
2B: Emilien Pitre, Kentucky
3B: Jared Sprague-Lott, Arkansas*
3B: Mitchell Daly, Kentucky*
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama
OF: Braden Montgomery, Texas A&M
OF: Kavares Tears, Tennessee
OF: Peyton Holt, Arkansas*
OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M
P: Mason Moore, Kentucky
*Ties (Ties are not broken)

Good afternoon members of The Trough! We have a long day ahead of us as No. 2 Arkansas and Florida will face off in a doubleheader starting at noon.

We'll have live commentary ITT and plenty of postgame coverage. Reminder that game two of the DH will begin approx. 45 minutes after game one ends.

WON GAME 1 OF DH 6-5

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Who: No. 2 Arkansas Razorbacks (37-6, 16-4 SEC) vs. Florida Gators (21-21, 8-12 SEC)
When: Saturday, April 27 at noon CT, game two will start approx. 45 minutes after game one
Where: Baum-Walker Stadium — Fayetteville, Arkansas
TV/Stream: SEC Network+/Watch ESPN (Brett Dolan and Troy Eklund)
Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Phil Elson and Bubba Carpenter)

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Brian Battie was shot and is on a ventilator in ICU right now. His brother was killed. Praying for him and his family.

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According to Rivals' National Recruiting Director Adam Gorney, Albany transfer DE Anton Juncaj is one of the top 10 biggest DL transfers of the offseason.

Here's what Gorney had to say about Juncaj:

"A few years ago, Jared Verse transferred from Albany to Florida State and parlayed that into a first-round NFL Draft pick a few weeks ago. Could Juncaj be on the same path? Arkansas is certainly hoping so as Juncaj totaled 55 tackles and an amazing 15 sacks last season at Albany.

"It’s a huge step up to the SEC but Juncaj clearly has elite skills and could be a major contributor for the Razorbacks."

Quote from Sam Pittman on Juncaj towards end of spring practice:

"A lot of really good, he played well Saturday, and he needed those reps up there against (Carmona). I thought he played really well. I’ll tell you what he is, he plays extremely hard, but he’s very, very strong. Has good leverage, and obviously he set the record over there at I believe Albany, for a reason. We’re really glad he’s here, but he’s playing the run and pass."

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Also on the list:

Walter Nolen, Ole Miss
Princely Umanmielen, Ole Miss
Joey Slackman, Florida
LT Overton, Alabama
Damonic Williams, Oklahoma
Korey Foreman, Fresno State
Fadil Diggs, Syracuse
Dayon Hayes, Colorado
Quency Wiggins, Colorado