2026 SEC Tournament

[Thunder Good-Oil]

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.

Not that it matters today - TXAM at Arkansas clears it up tomorrow night, but they have Arkansas as the #2 based on combined records of the 3x tied at #2 versus the 4x teams tied at 8-6 for 6th place.

BUT versus the #5 seed Texas A&M, TN and Bama are 1-0 while Arkansas is 0-0 (until Wednesday night). So those A&M wins eliminate Arkansas from the 3-way tie and then TN gets the tie breaker versus Bama based on head-to-head.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Florida has wrapped up one of the 4 double byes.

5 of the 8 opening round spots are filled by Miss State, Oklahoma, Mississippi, USC, and LSU.

Barn is 1 loss (or a Georgia win) away from wrapping up the 6th opening round spot.

Georgia and Texas are close to taking the last 2 opening round seeds.

Tennessee has fallen to the 4th seed.

There are 4x teams tied for the 5th seed - one game behind TN.

Texas is 2 games behind TN.

TN’s magic number to avoid the opening round is one. Either a TN win or a Texas loss on Saturday guarantees that TN will finish no worse than 8th.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

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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.
Tie breaker rules are in post #1.
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As of 2/25/2026:

1. Florida (13-2)(Ls: Missouri, Barn)
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2. Arkansas (11-4)(Ls: Barn, UGa, KY, Bama)
2. Alabama (11-4)(Ls: VU, TX, TN, FL)

4. Tennessee (10-5)(Ls: Ark, FL, KY, KY, MZ)
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5. Texas A&M (9-6)(Ls: TN, Bama, FL, MZ, VU, Ark)
5. Kentucky (9-6)(Ls: Bama, Mizz, VU, FL, GA, Barn)
5. Vanderbilt (9-6)(Ls: TX, FL, Ark, OK, MZ, TN)
5. Missouri (9-6)(Ls: OM, LSU, GA, Bama, TX, Ark)
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9. Texas (8-7)(Ls: MSU, TN, A&M, KY, Barn, GA, FL)

10. Georgia (7-8)(Ls: FL, OM, TX, TN, A&M, FL, OK, VU)

11. Barn (6-9)(Ls: GA, A&M, MZ, TN, Bama, VU, Ark, MSU)

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12. Mississippi State (5-10)(Wins: TX, OK, LSU, OM, Barn)

13. Oklahoma (4-11)(Wins: OM, VU, GA, Barn)

14. Ole Miss (3-12)(Wins: MZ, GA, MSU)
14. South Carolina (3-12)(Wins: LSU, OK, MSU)
14. LSU (3-12)(Wins: OM, VU, OM)

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[BruisedOrange]

Okay. Time to compose ourselves, put those regular season troubles behind us, and start building that bridge to Indianapolis!