2026 SEC Tournament

[Thunder Good-Oil]

8 teams (#9 - #16) play in the opening round, 1-8 get a bye.

4 teams (#1- #4) get the double bye.
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As of 2/11/2026:

1. Florida (9-2)

2. Kentucky (8-3)
2. Arkansas (8-3)
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4. Texas A&M (7-4)
4. Vanderbilt (7-4)
4. Tennessee (7-4)
4. Alabama (7-4)
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8. Missouri (6-5)
8. Texas (6-5)

10. Barn (5-6)
10. Georgia (5-6)
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12. Mississippi State (3-8)
12. Ole Miss (3-8)
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14. LSU (2-9)
14. South Carolina (2-9)
14. Oklahoma (2-9)

The Missouri at Texas loser will have a hard time getting to the double bye group.

Vandy is pushing A&M out of the 7 closest to getting the 4x double bye spots right now.

Tennessee and Bama don’t deserve a double bye if either loses at home today (to USCjr and LSU).

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

We might not want the double bye if it means facing Florida in the SECT semis as the #4 seed.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Kentucky is asleep early at Florida.

32-17

 

[GBO18]

HEY OP, FIX MIZZOU’S CONFERENCE RECORD.

 

[GBO18]

They are 7-4 in conference OP. Not 6-5.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

They are 7-4 in conference OP. Not 6-5.

Weird. I changed it a while ago. Must not have clicked the SAVE button.

 

[Legion of Doom]

I don’t know why BO Captain chose that comment to make a point, but catching Florida from 2 games back is a huge challenge. However they still have to face KY twice along with Arkansas and Texas.

Just finish strong and not worry about it. Arkansas or Florida will win league. This is tournament sport anyways.

 

[Legion of Doom]

We might not want the double bye if it means facing Florida in the SECT semis as the #4 seed.

Florida is nowhere close to last year Florida. If Ament does not get that second foul late in first half we are right there with them going into the half. Ament is a different player now than back then as well.

 

[GBO18]

This will be an entertaining last 3 weeks. A lot of movement will go on for 2-4.

 

[Shrimp&Grits&Vols]

Predictions about our record for the stretch?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Predictions about our record for the stretch?

It’s fixing to get challenging again. 3 of 6 games versus the 8-4 group tied for 3rd, at 7-5 Missouri, and then two teams that have only won 5 games combined.

Oklahoma (3-9)
at Vanderbilt (8-4)
at Missouri (7-5)
Alabama (8-4)
at USCjr (2-10)
Vanderbilt (8-4)

4-2 would be pretty good. 5-1 is close to winning a regular season title, but 6-0 with a lot of help is far more realistic.

2 difficult road games. Two home games versus very good teams. Good thing that of the 2 bottom feeders, OK comes here.

 

[GBO18]

5-1 should be expected. Win home games and win 2 of 3 on the road. 4-2 more likely though.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

5-1 should be expected. Win home games and win 2 of 3 on the road. 4-2 more likely though.

I’m guessing 4-2. But you never know with opponents knocking down 3s while UT goes cold for extended stretches. 6-0 or 5-1 would be very Barnes-like.

As long as Ament doesn’t get in foul trouble and refs call the fouls on defenders that can’t slow him down otherwise, it will be a good finish to the regular season.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

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[Orangeslide]

Vandy getting their ass handed to them tonight at Mizzou. Love it!

 

[orangemadam]

Mizz may be a handful for Vols at their place.

 

[VolCalls]

Mizz may be a handful for Vols at their place.

Agree. The only game of the remaining five that doesn't concern me is South Carolina. Anything could happen with the other four.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

The SEC regular season championship does not use any tie breakers.
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4 teams (#1- #4) get the double bye.

4 teams (#5 - #8) get a single bye.

8 teams (#9 - #16) play in the opening round.
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As of 2/22/2026:

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1. Florida (12-2)(Ls: Missouri, Barn)

2. Arkansas (10-4)(Ls: Barn, UGa, KY, Bama)
2. Tennessee (10-4)(Ls: Ark, FL, KY, KY)
2. Alabama (10-4)(Ls: VU, TX, TN, FL)
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5. Texas A&M (9-5)(Ls: TN, Bama, FL, MZ, VU)

6. Kentucky (8-6)(Ls: Bama, Mizz, VU, FL, GA, Barn)
6. Vanderbilt (8-6)(Ls: TX, FL, Ark, OK, MZ, TN)
6. Missouri (8-6)(Ls: OM, LSU, GA, Bama, TX, Ark)
6. Texas (8-6)(Ls: MSU, TN, A&M, KY, Barn, GA)

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10. Georgia (7-7)(Ls: FL, OM, TX, TN, A&M, FL, OK)

11. Barn (6-8)(Ls: GA, A&M, MZ, TN, Bama, VU, Ark, MSU)

12. Mississippi State (5-9)(Wins: TX, OK, LSU, OM, Barn)
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13. Oklahoma (3-11)(Wins: OM, VU, GA)
13. Ole Miss (3-11)(Wins: MZ, GA, MSU)
13. South Carolina (3-11)(Wins: LSU, OK, MSU)

16. LSU (2-12)(Wins: OM, VU)

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Key SEC Tournament Tiebreaker Rules:

Two-Team Tie:
1) Head-to-head result.
2) Record against the highest-seeded team and moving down.
3) If still tied, a coin flip by the Commissioner.

Three-Team Tie (or more):
1) Winning percentage of games played among the tied teams.
2) If still tied, the best record against the highest-seeded team, proceeding down the standings.
3) If three or more teams remain tied after that, a draw by the Commissioner.

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Mathematically, TN can finish #1 - #11.

6x teams will be seeded below TN as they can not catch us: Barn, MSU, and the 4x teams with double digit loses.

If UGA loses or TN wins a game, then 10th is the worst possible finish for TN. TN’s “magic number” to finish ahead of #10 GA is 1.

TN has a one game lead over #5 Texas A&M AND has the head-to-head tie-breaker over A&M.

TN has a 2 game lead over the group in the 4-way tie for the 6th spot. One of those 4 will likely be the final team (of 8) that will not have a bye.

TN has the head-to-head tie-breakers over Vandy and over Texas.

KY has the tie-breaker over TN

The TN/Missouri tie-breaker will be determined this Tuesday at CoMo.

Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and LSU are guaranteed to be 4 of the 8 playing opening round games.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

4 games remaining.

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Florida:
at Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi State
at Kentucky
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Arkansas:
Texas A&M
at Florida
Texas
at Missouri
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Kentucky:
at USCjr (Tuesday)
Vanderbilt
at Texas A & M
Florida
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Vanderbilt:
Georgia
at Kentucky
at Ole Miss
at Tennessee
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Tennessee:
at Missouri (Tuesday)
Alabama
at USCjr
Vanderbilt
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Bama:
Miss State
at Tennessee
at Georgia
Barn
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Texas AM:
at Ark
Texas
Kentucky
at LSU
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Missouri:
Tennessee (Tuesday)
at Miss State
at Oklahoma
Arkansas
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Texas:
Florida
at Texas A & M
at Arkansas
Oklahoma
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Barn:
at Oklahoma (Tuesday)
Ole Miss
LSU
at Alabama
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Georgia:
at Vandy
USCjr
Bama
at Miss State
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Mississippi State: (5-9)
at Bama
Missouri
at Florida
Georgia
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Oklahoma: (3-11)
Barn (Tuesday)
at LSU
Missouri
at Texas
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Ole Miss: (3-11)
LSU
at Barn
Vandy
USCjr
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LSU: (2-12)
at Ole Miss
Oklahoma
at Barn
Texas A&M
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USCjr: (3-11)
Kentucky (Tuesday)
at Georgia
Tennessee
at Ole Miss
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[99gator]

The regular season race is over.

Florida's not losing twice and if they did it won't matter because everyone behind them is going to lose once before the season is over.

JMO

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

The regular season race is over.

Florida's not losing twice and if they did it won't matter because everyone behind them is going to lose once before the season is over.

JMO

They could go 1-3. Not likely. But going to Texas and Kentucky and still having to play Arkansas in Gainesville and it could happen. They ought to put down MSU at home.

I think they’ll go 3-1.

 

[99gator]

They could go 1-3. Not likely. But going to Texas and Kentucky and still having to play Arkansas in Gainesville and it could happen. They ought to put down MSU at home.

I think they’ll go 3-1.

I don’t think so considering that with each loss, it would be harder for the next opponent.

So, the odds of Arkansas beating Florida decrease dramatically if Texas pulls the upset. As an example.

I think they’ll go go 3-1 too. I think they win the next 3 and with Rupp Arena and nothing to play for Kentucky will get it done

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

3x teams tied for #2.

I believe that we win the 3-way tie breaker with wins over Bama and Texas A&M. If Bama were to fall out of the 3-way tie we’d be the #3 seed behind Arkansas.

But if all 3 teams win the midweek games, the 3 that are tied will all have wins over A&M. Bama would lose the 3-way since they haven’t beaten Vandy. And then the #2 seed goes over to Arkansas in the 2-way tie breaker with TN.

 

[Orangeslide]

We play Missouri Tuesday night in Columbia at 9 pm. This game will be similar to Vandy, a rock fight. Hope we shoot a decent percentage and hope the officials don’t let Ament get mugged driving to the basket and held every time he cuts. I like our chances if it’s close, I think we are better coached. Go Vols.

 

[GBO18]

mred's SEC MBB Tournament Seeding Tiebreaker

Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Seeding and Tiebreakers

bball.notnothing.net

No clue if they have the tiebreakers correct but still a cool website.