FAYETTEVILLE — The SEC title race ended and the competition to be a top 4 seed at next week’s SEC Tournament got a little tighter Thursday night.
Texas’ 7-4 victory at Oklahoma, coupled with losses by Arkansas (10-7 at home to Tennessee) and LSU (6-5 at South Carolina), gave the Longhorns an outright championship in their first year in the league. Texas will receive its trophy next Thursday when it will open as the No. 1 seed at the conference tournament in Hoover, Ala.
Six other teams are still in contention to be seeds No. 2, 3 and 4 in Hoover, led by Arkansas with an 18-10 league record.