Kentucky Baseball Mercilessly Trolled For Premature ‘SEC Champions’ Post
The Kentucky baseball team is being mercilessly trolled on social media by rival fans due to a recent post about the squad’s success. That message, which is still pinned to the top of the team’s X account, dubbed UK the 2024 SEC champs.
The Wildcats landed a share of the SEC regular season crown after kicking off its final conference series, but poor play in their last game would lead to a third place seeding in the upcoming league tournament.
Kentucky had one of its best seasons in program history on the diamond, winning 39 games and posting a 22-8 SEC mark. Entering the weekend, the ‘Cats sat at 20-7 in league play.
That was a game up on second-place Tennessee.
After winning Games 1 and 2 over Vanderbilt, they landed a share of the league crown, meaning a victory in the regular season finale would effectively make them SEC champions. The team’s social media team quickly celebrated the accomplishment online.
Unfortunately, a loss in Game 3 combined with Tennessee’s sweep of South Carolina led to a two-way tie atop the standings.
Making matters worse, the Vols landed the top seed in the SEC Tournament due to head-to-head result. UT beat the Wildcats in two of three games in Lexington earlier in the year to earn the tiebreaker!
