2025 SEC Championship format

[Regionals]

Gymnastics Championships - Southeastern Conference

March 24, 2024 | Legacy Arena | Birmingham, Ala.

www.secsports.com

From the release:
"The 2025 SEC Gymnastics Championship will consist of a one-day team and all-around competition. The format will include the top eight teams (determined by NQS), with Seeds 5-8 competing in the afternoon session, and Seeds 1-4 competing in the evening session."

So, the number 9th ranked SEC team is just not going to be competing. I wonder if there is a way for individuals from that team to qualify somehow to contend for AA and event titles.

 

[RedBirdie]

That's....shitty. Yep, just plain shitty, no other way to put it. Incidentally, Georgia would have been the team on the outline last season.

 

[irichluck21]

Just have teams 5-9 compete and they can rotate with a bye.

Ridiculous. Before Arkansas started a program, the SEC championship was a one session meet with all 7 teams. 3 teams were on byes each rotation.

 

[irichluck21]

Also Georgia was 8th ranked in the SEC but was 18th overall.
The 18th ranked team gets booted from conference championships?

 

[irichluck21]

Also, the Big Ten is doing 3 sessions of 4.
No reason SEC can't do 3 sessions of 3.

 

[Orange]

I have a feeling ESPN shut down having the early session with five teams and a bye. It would kill them to have to show an extra 20 minutes of gymnastics instead of more basketball, and this is coming from a person who watches basketball.

While the coverage of college gym has come a long way since I started watching, at some point you have to wonder how much more the sport is going to sacrifice for tv. We’ve gone from 12 teams at nationals to 8, apparently exhibitions are gone from SEC meets, and now this. I’m sure they would be thrilled if somehow they could get the meets under an hour.