SEC men’s basketball teams got a sense of how their schedules will play out on Wednesday when the league announced the 126-game schedule for the 2022-23 season.

Conference play begins on Wednesday, December 28, and runs through Saturday, March 4. Each SEC team plays the other 13 teams at least one time during league play. They will then play their 3 permanent opponents a second time with the remaining 2 games changing annually. The ninth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge will take place on Saturday, January 28.

The league continues to improve and make waves on the national scene. Last season, 10 SEC teams received postseason invitations, including 6 to the NCAA Tournament. The SEC has had 27 NCAA Tournament selections over the last 4 tournaments.

There are 6 new coaches in the league this season: Chris Jans (Mississippi State), Lamont Paris (South Carolina), Todd Golden (Florida), Matt McMahon (LSU), Mike White (Georgia) and Dennis Gates (Missouri).

While the SEC made some noise getting to the postseason, outside of Arkansas’ impressive run to the Elite Eight, the conference struggled. Auburn, Kentucky, Alabama, LSU and Tennessee were all upset in the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. As far as the NCAA bracket went, Texas A&M was stunningly left out of the Big Dance.

The SEC Tournament returns to Nashville, Tenn., when Bridgestone Arena hosts the event from March 8-12, 2023.

Television information and start times will be announced at a later date.