2024 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Odds: Betting lines released to win it all

After 18 league games, the teams and their fanbases across the Southeastern Conference will descend upon Nashville, Tennessee for the 2024 SEC Tournament. Each program will have plenty on the line inside Bridgestone Arena as they all vie for either the tournament title on Sunday or to extend their season.

Ahead of tipoff of the first round in Music City on Wednesday, Vegas has released their odds for all 14 teams in the bracket to win it all this weekend. Four teams hold a significant margin over the rest of the league while a handful more could be right there in the mix before the final buzzer in the SEC Championship.

Here’s how FanDuel currently has their odds listed ahead of this week’s SEC Tournament.

Tennessee: +180

Tennessee enters as the favorite in their home state after earning the No. 1 seed with them taking the conference’s regular-season title outright. They did so with a 14-4 mark in league play as part of their case as a potential No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

This is the second time that the Volunteers have won the regular season under Rick Barnes and they’ll now look to win their second SEC Tournament of his tenure. They’ll be looking to do so behind this year’s SEC Player of the Year in Dalton Knecht and his average of 21.4 points per game.

Auburn: +240

Rather than the No. 2 or the No. 3 seed, Vegas has Auburn, the No. 4 seed in the bracket, as their second favorite. That’s interesting considering their likeliest path to playing for the title would very probably include a matchup with their favorite in Tennessee in the semifinals on Saturday.

Still, that aside, the Tigers (24-7, 13-5) are more than capable of cutting down the nets in Nashville. They’ve done so once before under Bruce Pearl and could do so again based on how well they fared against teams in their portion of the field.

Kentucky: +400

Kentucky is no stranger to titles in the SEC Tournament with 32 in total. Now, in 2024, they will have a chance to make it 33 based on how they closed the regular season over the past month.

Behind three All-SEC selections, including Freshman and Sixth Man of the Year, the Wildcats pushed for a four-way tie in second and earned the No. 2 seed in their season finale. More positive showings this weekend or even a victory by Sunday could then put them right in the mix as far as legitimate contention in March Madness.

Alabama: +500

Alabama can’t be too pleased with where they ended up in a loaded year at the top in the Southeastern Conference. They had their shot at winning the league with a lead for decent parts of the campaign but fell to No. 3 after losing three of their final five.

Still, while they missed that opportunity, there’s no doubt that they could shoot themselves to Sunday. It depends on what version of the Crimson Tide shows up but they will have their chance to make up for it all by winning their third SEC Tournament and second straight under Nate Oats.

Florida: +1600

There’s a fairly decent drop off from the top-four seeds and the rest of the field in this tournament. Even so, Florida, the No. 6 seed, overtook the No. 5 seed with another gap in their odds compared to those of the Gamecocks.

The Gators played well over the middle portion of conference play with a 7-1 stretch before splitting their final six. That included a loss in Nashville at Vanderbilt to end the regular season, which isn’t a note that they want to be on as they enter the postseason.

South Carolina: +4500

South Carolina is in a similar boat to Alabama where they have to feel some frustration about their position. With a shot at the regular-season crown a week ago, they ended up as part of the tie for second and, as such, ended up without a double-bye due to tiebreakers.

Lamont Paris, the SEC Coach of the Year, must now prepare his team for what could be a difficult three-day stretch just to get to Sunday. Assuming they win their opener, it’d take victories over Auburn in the quarterfinals and likely Tennessee in the semifinals, Vegas’ top-two favorites, for them to even a berth in the title game.

Texas A&M: +4500

Texas A&M once again has more to play for in Nashville than just the SEC Tournament. They’ll also be playing for their postseason lives on Thursday in regards to the NCAA Tournament.

On3’s James Fletcher III and ESPN’s Joe Lunardi both have the Aggies on the outside looking in ahead of their matchup with Ole Miss in the second round on Thursday. Even though they handled the Rebels by 26 just a few days ago in the season finale, that’ll still apply a ton of pressure on them for when they first take the floor, regardless of what the rest of the league tournament looks like for them.

Mississippi State: +4500

Mississippi State is in a similar, yet better, position than Texas A&M as they come into the SEC Tournament. Both Fletcher III and Lunardi have the Bulldogs in the NCAA Tournament, at least by a hair, ahead of their first game on Thursday.

With that said, the last thing that they can do is drop that one to LSU and put themselves at the mercy of the selection committee. That’s why they’ll also be feeling some duress in their opener before facing the top-seeded Volunteers in the quarters if they were to advance.

Odds for remaining teams

Ole Miss: +10000
LSU: +25000
Arkansas: +25000
Missouri: +25000
Vanderbilt: +25000
Georgia: +25000

For as competitive as the Southeastern Conference has been this year, Vegas has this as a four-team race to the weekend in Nashville. All that’s left is for the 14 teams to decide for themselves which one will be taking home the tournament title before some of them will advance on to dance a little longer.