SMU Announces Sam Walters Signing: Roll Call, May 10, 2025

Sam Walters will officially not be joining the Mississippi State men's basketball program after all. SMU announced on Friday that Walters has signed to play for the Mustangs.

He spent last season at Michigan and was initially committed to return to the SEC for his third collegiate stop. Instead, he will head to the ACC for the second season of the Andy Enfield era in Dallas.

Walters played every game as a freshman on Alabama's 2023-24 Final Four team. He averaged 5.4 points per game.

Saturday's Crimson Tide Schedule:

• Baseball: concluding second game of Friday's scheduled doubleheader, which Alabama leads 6-2 in the top of the fifth, followed by series finale, on SEC Network+. Live Stats

Friday's Crimson Tide Results:

• Baseball: lost 19-3 against Georgia in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in game one of a scheduled doubleheader.

SEC News:

• Ten SEC Programs Qualify for NCAA Women's Golf Championships

Did You Notice?

• Former Alabama baseball player Tyler Gentry, who made his Major League Baseball debut for the Kansas City Royals late last season, hit a home run on Friday for the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers (where he recently was reunited with former college teammate Peyton Wilson).