Kentucky earns No. 6 seed in SEC Tournament, will play winner of OU vs. UGA

by:Jack Pilgrim•about 9 hours

SEC Tournament in Nashville - Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio

The bracket has been set, the Kentucky Wildcats now knowing exactly when they will play on Thursday in Nashville and their potential opponents. With the regular season coming to a close on Saturday, Mark Pope‘s first group as head coach will be a No. 6 seed in the SEC Tournament, set to take on the winner of No. 11 Georgia and No. 14 Oklahoma.

They moved up in seeding, but unfortunately drew the late game Thursday, taking on the Bulldogs or Sooners at 9:30 PM ET. With a win there, they would then advance to the quarterfinals to take on No. 3 seed Alabama on Friday, also at 9:30 PM ET.

Auburn secured the No. 1 overall seed, obviously, while Florida earned the No. 2 on Kentucky’s side of the bracket. Should the Wildcats defeat the Crimson Tide, they’d take on the Gators in the semifinals before a potential rematch against Bruce Pearl’s Tigers on Championship Sunday. Tennessee secured the No. 4 seed to wrap up teams with double byes.

As for the rest of the bracket, No. 9 Arkansas will open the event vs. No. 16 South Carolina at 1 PM ET on Wednesday, followed by No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas at 3:30 PM ET and No. 10 Mississippi State vs. No. 15 LSU at 7 PM ET before UGA vs. OU to close out the day. The winner of the Razorbacks and Gamecocks will take on No. 8 seed Ole Miss at 1 PM ET on Thursday, followed by the winner of the Commodores vs. Longhorns taking on No. 5 seed Texas A&M at 3:30 PM ET. From there, the winner of the MSU Bulldogs and Tigers of Baton Rouge will play No. 7 Missouri immediately before Kentucky’s game at 7 PM ET.

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