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With only one game left in the regular season before the SEC Tournament begins next week, the SEC appears to have at the very least five teams comfortably in position to advance to the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
At least, that’s the way bracketologists from CBS Sports and ESPN have it.
According to Jerry Palm of CBS Sports, four SEC teams are essentially locks for the big dance with fives teams on the bubble and looking to get in the field. Meanwhile, Joe Lunardi of ESPN appears to give the SEC a bit more credit with several programs solidly in the field with a few more on the bubble.
Here’s how the two bracketologists have the field shaking out heading into the final few days of the regular season:
#3 seed, Auburn (South) — Trending down
#3 seed, Tennessee (West) — static
#5 seed, Kentucky (East) — static
#6 seed, Arkansas (East) — Trending up
#9 seed, Texas A&M (South) *on the bubble — Trending down
#9 seed, Florida (West) *on the bubble — Trending up
#10 seed, Missouri (South) *on the bubble — static
Alabama (First Four Out) — *on the bubble Trending down
Mississippi State *on the bubble
#3 seed, Auburn (West) — Trending down
#3 seed, Tennessee (South) — Trending up
#5 seed, Kentucky (South) — static
#6 seed, Florida (East) — Trending up
#7 seed, Arkansas (East) — Trending up
#8 seed, Texas A&M (East) — Trending up (note: his chart says trending down but he had A&M as a #9 seed previously)
#9 seed, Missouri (Midwest) — Trending down
#10 seed, Alabama (East; Last Four Byes) — Trending down
Mississippi State (Next Four Out)
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
