On Tuesday, the SEC announced changes to the gymnastics conference championship format, starting in 2025 when Oklahoma officially joins from the Big 12. Among the changes includes a new two-day format, where day one will feature two semifinal competitions between the bottom eight teams from the regular season. The No. 1 seed will get a day one bye and will be joined by the winning teams from each semifinal, as well as the next highest scoring team from both sessions combined.
While the news is exciting for gymnastics fans, it does still raise a lot of questions. We dive into some of them below.
Finally! An SEC Gymnastics “Tournament”
When Oklahoma announced it would be joining the SEC, we were obviously excited. But that excitement quickly morphed into hundreds of questions about all the logistics. Would we have to suffer through a session with five teams and a bye? Would the league decide to do three sessions? Would there only be one session with just the top four teams?
With the announcement of this new format, we were pleasantly surprised! Not often do changes in NCAA gym make us happy because they actually…make sense? We love everything about this, from the tournament-style competition to the No. 1 seed being able to earn a bye. Plus, this makes it easier for…
