South Carolina baseball limped its way into the SEC Tournament after finishing the season 4-11 over the team’s last fifteen games and losing four-straight SEC series. However, because of the Gamecocks’ strong start to the year, Mark Kingston’s club still finished in the top half of the conference and was awarded the 6-seed in the Tourney. The Gamecocks were “on the bubble” regarding top-16 regional host seeds, so a couple of wins in the SEC Tournament became imperative for South Carolina.