SEC Basketball Tournament 2019: Seedings, first-round matchups finalized
LSU and Vanderbilt are still going to play on Saturday night, but the Tigers are locked in as the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament and the Commodores are the No. 14 seed.
Therefore, we now know all the seedings and first-round matchups for next week’s tournament in Nashville, and it looks like a heck of a tourney.
Here’s a look at how things will line up when the teams tip off with a title on the line next week:
Seedings
- LSU
- Kentucky
- Tennessee
- South Carolina
- Auburn
- Mississippi State
- Ole Miss
- Florida
- Arkansas
- Alabama
- Texas A&M
- Mizzou
- Georgia
- Vanderbilt
Matchups
Wednesday, March 13
- No. 12 Mizzou vs. No. 13 Georgia, 7 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
- No. 11 Texas A&M vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt, 9 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
Thursday, March 14
- No. 8 Florida vs. No. 9 Arkansas, 1 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
- No. 5 Auburn vs. Mizzou/Georgia, 3 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
- No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Alabama, 7 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
- No. 6 Mississippi State vs. Texas A&M/Vanderbilt, 9 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
After that, the top-four seeds will get into the action, but we’ll wait to post those schedules as we know which teams are going to advance.
Whatever happens, this tourney should be a lot of fun.