There's a clear line of demarcation in the SEC. Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Auburn and Florida will be the top six seeds in the SEC Tournament in some order. No one else can get into that group. Four of those teams can get the double bye. All but Florida could claim a share of the SEC title and all but Florida and Auburn could be the top overall seed. Way too many scenarios to think about what could happen as of now. Maybe the midweek will clear it up some.
Seeds 7-10 will almost certainly be an SEC West reunion party. State, LSU, Ole Miss, and A&M currently hold those four spots. State and LSU are locked into that range - just a matter of what number. Ole Miss and A&M are 99% sure to be in there as well. The only way either of them fall out of that range is by losing twice while Arkansas and/or Georgia wins twice. Ole Miss and A&M play on Saturday, so one of those teams can't lose twice this week. Additionally, Arkansas has a road game at Bama on Saturday and UGA has one at Auburn, so it's unlikely either of them goes 2-0 this week. Thus, it's pretty safe to slot State, LSU, Ole Miss and A&M into those four seeds. As a reminder, the 7 seed and the 10 seed play on Thursday, as do the 8/9 seeds. Want a third shot at the Bears? An almost immediate rematch with A&M? Those are our two most likely opponents.
The 11-14 seeds play on Wednesday night in what is one of the saddest nights of basketball of the year. Not sad as in "I'll miss you" sad, but sad as in the quality of the teams. We've been there too many times, so I think you know what I mean. Missouri and VanderbiIt are locked in to playing that night, with Missouri having wrapped up last place already. Vandy would have to beat both Kentucky and Florida this week to be anything other than 13. Arkansas and UGA will fight it out for 11 and the right to stomp Missouri on Wednesday night. They are currently tied and split their two head to head matchups. I believe UGA holds the tiebreaker as of now.
Seeds 7-10 will almost certainly be an SEC West reunion party. State, LSU, Ole Miss, and A&M currently hold those four spots. State and LSU are locked into that range - just a matter of what number. Ole Miss and A&M are 99% sure to be in there as well. The only way either of them fall out of that range is by losing twice while Arkansas and/or Georgia wins twice. Ole Miss and A&M play on Saturday, so one of those teams can't lose twice this week. Additionally, Arkansas has a road game at Bama on Saturday and UGA has one at Auburn, so it's unlikely either of them goes 2-0 this week. Thus, it's pretty safe to slot State, LSU, Ole Miss and A&M into those four seeds. As a reminder, the 7 seed and the 10 seed play on Thursday, as do the 8/9 seeds. Want a third shot at the Bears? An almost immediate rematch with A&M? Those are our two most likely opponents.
The 11-14 seeds play on Wednesday night in what is one of the saddest nights of basketball of the year. Not sad as in "I'll miss you" sad, but sad as in the quality of the teams. We've been there too many times, so I think you know what I mean. Missouri and VanderbiIt are locked in to playing that night, with Missouri having wrapped up last place already. Vandy would have to beat both Kentucky and Florida this week to be anything other than 13. Arkansas and UGA will fight it out for 11 and the right to stomp Missouri on Wednesday night. They are currently tied and split their two head to head matchups. I believe UGA holds the tiebreaker as of now.
