The SEC men’s basketball conference tournament tipped off Wednesday with the first round of action. While all 16 teams in the conference get an invite to the conference tournament, the top four teams from the regular season received byes to the quarterfinals, and won’t play their first game of the tournament until Friday.
There’s plenty at stake, from the teams in the basement of the conference looking to make a miraculous run to March Madness, to the Gators looking to repeat as champions and secure a No. 1 seed come the NCAA tournament.
Below is everything you need to know about the SEC tournament.
SEC men’s basketball final regular-season standings
| Seed | Team (AP rank) | Conference record | Overall record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | (4) Florida | 16–2 | 25–6 |
| 2. | (15) Alabama | 13–5 | 23–8 |
| 3. | (17) Arkansas | 13–5 | 23–8 |
| 4. | (22) Vanderbilt | 11–7 | 24–7 |
| 5. | (25) Tennessee | 11–7 | 21–10 |
| 6. | Texas A&M | 11–7 | 21–10 |
| 7. | Georgia | 10–8 | 22–9 |
| 8. | Missouri | 10–8 | 20–11 |
| 9. | Kentucky | 10–8 | 19–12 |
| 10. | Texas | 9–9 | 18–13 |
| 11. | Oklahoma | 7–11 | 17–14 |
| 12. | Auburn | 7–11 | 16–15 |
| 13. | Mississippi State | 5–13 | 13–18 |
| 14. | South Carolina | 4–14 | 13–18 |
| 15. | Ole Miss | 4–14 | 12–19 |
| 16. | LSU | 3–15 | 15–16 |
SEC men’s basketball conference tournament bracket
SEC men’s basketball conference tournament full schedule
March 11: First round
Game 1: No. 9 Kentucky 87, No. 16 LSU 82
Game 2: No. 12 Auburn 79, No. 13 Mississippi State 61
Game 3: No. 15 Ole Miss 76, No. 10 Texas 66
Game 4: No. 11 Oklahoma 86, No. 14 South Carolina 74
March 12: Second round
Game 5: No. 9 Kentucky 78, No. 8 Missouri 72
Game 6: No. 5 Tennessee 72, No. 12 Auburn 62
Game 7: No. 15 Ole Miss 76, No. 7 Georgia 72
Game 8: No. 11 Oklahoma 83, No. 6 Texas A&M 63
March 13: Quarterfinals
Game 9: No. 1 Florida vs. No. 9 Kentucky, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 10: No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Tennessee, 25 minutes after Game 9 (ESPN)
Game 11: No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 15 Ole Miss, 7 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
Game 12: No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 11 Oklahoma, 25 minutes after Game 11 (SEC Network)
March 14: Semifinals
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 25 minutes after Game 13 (ESPN)
March 15: Championship game
Game 15: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Who is favored to win the SEC men’s basketball tournament?
Florida, the reigning champions of all of college basketball, are unsurprisingly the favorites to come out of the SEC tournament as champions. The Gators only lost two games to conference foes all year, and have lost just one game period since Jan. 3. That said, there are plenty of teams that could come through should Florida fall short of expectations, with Alabama and Arkansas leading the way in terms of potential spoilers.
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