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 seaso

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.

Top-seeded Texas let a lead slip away and bowed out of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament early, falling to Tennessee 7-5 in 12 innings Thursday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover,