Heading into their game on Thursday afternoon, the No. 2 Texas Longhorns (42-12) found themselves in a fairly comfortable position. They'd won the regular season conference crown and were thus the No.

Texas came to its first SEC baseball tournament as the No. 1 seed but not quite on the same roll it started the season in its new conference. The Longhorns, who won 19 of their first 21 SEC games, were just 3-6 in their last nine as they held on for the regular season title.

Texas will make its debut at the SEC Tournament on Thursday afternoon with a game against Tennessee that will begin at 3 p.m.