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2024 SEC Gymnastics Championship:

Gymnastics Championship - Southeastern Conference (secsports.com)

2024 SEC Gymnastics Championship Schedule
March 23, Saturday

TIME (ET) EVENT TEAMS WATCH

3:30 p.m. Session I
No. 5 Arkansas
No. 6 Missouri
No. 7 Auburn
No. 8 Georgia


8:00 p.m. Session II
No. 1 LSU
No. 2 Florida
No. 3 Kentucky
No. 4 Alabama

 

College Gym News - The Mount - Week 12 Predictions:

The Mount: Predictions, Picks, and Other Things to Know Ahead of Week 12 - College Gym News

Only one on the CGN staff picked UF to win. She is probably the only one who knows the meet is in New Orleans, not Baton Rouge. For sure, there will be a home state crowd, but not a hometown crowd. JMO, the LSU faithful are more likely to stay in Baton Rouge to watch the Florida at LSU baseball series. The corndogs love their baseball more than any other sport except possibly football.

The prescription for UF to win is to stick as many landings as possible on bars and vault, win beam, and score 49.600+ on floor. Otherwise, LSU most likely or Kentucky possibly wins the SEC meet championship.

SEC

Saturday, March 23 at 3:30 & 8 p.m. ET | SECN

Prediction: 54.69% LSU, 26.58% Florida, 8.67% Alabama, 8.50% Kentucky, 0.91% Arkansas, 0.47% Missouri, 0.15% Auburn, 0.03% Georgia

The Contenders

No. 3 LSU

Why it’ll win: LSU has several things working in its favor, most notably the hometown advantage. On average, the Tigers have scored more than six tenths higher this season when competing in Baton Rouge compared to meets outside the state. That’s a sizable cushion under any circumstance but particularly when the competition is as tightly ranked as they are here.

Why it won’t win: More often than not, LSU has struggled (relatively speaking) on at least one event each meet. Even with the aforementioned “Baton Rouge buffer,” it’s going to be difficult to fend off all seven teams with a below average score on any event.

Why it would be cool if it won: It’s hard not to root for the team that scrapped its way to last year’s team final despite every conceivable setback, especially with fan favorites like Konnor McClain and Savannah Schoenherr now on the roster.

No. 4 Florida

Why it’ll win: The Gators have won the last two SEC championships and have the best conference record of the bunch. Unlike recent seasons, they’ve been gradually ramping up all season while also testing depth.

Why it won’t win: While the team’s final scores have hovered around 198 since mid-February, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. Falls and sub-9.800 scores are a regular occurrence from newcomers and veterans alike and could be harder for the lineups to shake off when the stakes are higher.

Why it would be cool if it won: The Gators seemed destined for a rebuilding year without Trinity Thomas or Kayla DiCello, and their performance in January did little to dispel that perception. Flash forward to the present: The star-studded freshman class has hit its stride, and the team looks more than capable of a postseason run.

Dark Horses

No. 6 Kentucky

Why it’ll win: Suffice it to say, the Wildcats have never looked better, and their scoring ceiling has never been higher. Star fifth-year Raena Worley is having the best season of her career, due in no small part to the increased depth and consistency of this roster.

What’s holding it back: Kentucky fell to both LSU and Florida during the regular season but also unexpectedly dropped a meet to Arkansas. Furthermore, it’s lost momentum on vault in recent weeks and will need to fire on all cylinders if it hopes to pull off the upset.

Why it would be cool if it won: Only four teams—LSU, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama—have ever won the SEC championship, so it’d be cool to add another name to that list. After so many years on the wrong side of the postseason bubble, Kentucky has firmly established itself as one of the best teams in the country; an SEC title would be incontrovertible proof that the Wildcats have arrived.

No. 12 Arkansas

Why it’ll upset: This very young Arkansas team has already exceeded expectations and broken more program records than times you can yell, “Woo Pig Sooie!’ Granted, no team has ever won the SEC title from the afternoon session, but a lot of improbable things have happened this season; what’s one more?

What’s holding it back: First and foremost, the afternoon session. It’d be a tall order to take down any or all of the higher-seeded teams head on, but doing it from a different meet entirely—and a historically lower-scoring one—is farfetched to say the least.

Why it would be cool if it won: It’d be cool for a new team to hoist the trophy, and it’d be even cooler if that team pulled off the upset from the afternoon session.

Additional notes about the predictions: LSU’s big scores this year make it the strong favorite to win the SEC title, but the meet will likely be closer than these numbers suggest. Thirty-one percent of our simulations show the top two teams being separated by less than a tenth and 6% of our simulations also show the third-ranked team coming within a tenth of the title. The SEC all-around title will also be a close battle with Haleigh Bryant being the most likely to win with a 31% chance, but Leanne Wong, Raena Worley, and Luisa Blanco are also strong contenders, each winning the title in 15-20% of our simulations.

 

Wowzer!

UF's Injury List at College Gym News:

• Added: Chloi Clark (Florida) 03/16/24
• Removed: Riley McCusker (Florida) 03/15/24

Florida

Payton Richards Short Term Right ankle injury 03/03/24
Chloi Clark Long term Torn ACL Unknown 03/16/24

Riley McCusker has been removed from the injury list. As she was working out on bars in the last pre meet, I suspect Riley has been given the green light to participate on bars in the post season. I don't know how much she can compete in 2024 to retain her ability to redshirt or if anyone including Riley cares about redshirting. If she can do bars, it wouldn't be a shocker to see her on beam too. I still have a hard time believing this is going to happen, but there you have Riley removed from UF's injury list.

I'm surprised Payton Richards hasn't been removed from the list yet. She was working out on floor in the last pre meet. I hope she hasn't reinjured her ankle.

Extremely bad news for Chloi Clark ending her career with a torn ACL. I wish her a complete recover and success in her future beyond UF.

 

Conference Championships as listed with College Gym Fans.

Saturday, March 23rd, 2024

Time Meet Stats Video
12:00 pm ET GEC Championships, Session 1 at Yale Virti.us ESPN+
12:00 pm ET Big Ten Championships, Session 1 at MSU Virti.us BTN
2:00 pm ET MAC Championships at Ball State Virti.us ESPN+
2:00 pm ET NCGA Championships at Ursinus TBD Link VT UB BB FX
1:00 pm MT Pac 12 Championships, Session 1 Link Pac 12
2:30 pm CT SEC Championships, Session 1 Link SECN VT UB BB FX
4:00 pm ET EAGL Championships at Towson Link YouTube
3:00 pm PT MPSF Championships at Sac State Link Fee
5:30 pm ET Big Ten Championships, Session 2 at MSU Virti.us BTN
5:00 pm CT MIC Championships at Lindenwood TBD ESPN+
6:00 pm ET GEC Championships, Session 2 at Yale Virt.us ESPN+
6:00 pm CT Big 12 Championships at OU Link ESPNU
7:00 pm ET ACC Championships Virti.us ACCNX VT UB BB FX
7:00 pm CT SEC Championships, Session 2 Link SECN VT UB BB FX
6:00 pm MT Pac 12 Championships, Session 2 Link Pac 12
7:00 pm MT Mountain West Championships at USU Link Link

 

SEC Championships Session 2 Rotations:

Rotation 1: LSU vault, UK bars, UF beam, AL floor

Rotation 2: AL vault, LSU bars, UK beam, UF floor

Rotation 3: UF vault, AL bars, LSU beam, UK floor

Rotation 4: UK vault, UF bars, AL beam, LSU floor

SEC Network at 8:00 PM ET.

 

Practice Day Pictures from New Orleans:

Gators Gymnastics on X: "practice day pics #GoGators | #WeChomp https://t.co/sH23rdetT9" / X (twitter.com)

Gators Gymnastics on X: "https://t.co/j99VDDlPSz" / X (twitter.com)

Gators Gymnastics on X: "SEC Practice Day✨ #GoGators | #WeChomp https://t.co/jejcdWOf8d" / X (twitter.com)

 

uf needs a big lead after the first two rotations as lsu has the best floor team in the nation.