What Seed Will Mizzou Have in the SEC Tournament? Live Updates

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After Missouri's loss in overtime to No. 20 Arkansas, the Tigers are no longer in contention for one of the top four seeds in the SEC Tournament. The range of possibilities for the Tigers is wide and dependent on what happens across the conference for the rest of the day.
With a few wins from other teams, the Tigers are still right in the race to earn a top-eight seed in order to earn a first-round bye in the tournament.
In the SEC Tournament, Missouri will have the chance to boost its seeding for the NCAA Tournament if it can capture more of the upsets it managed to during the regular season. Those upsets have put Missouri in good position to benefit from head-to-head tiebreakers when it comes to SEC standings, with the Tigers having wins over three teams that they could potentially be tied with in conference record.
But, two of the other teams that Missouri could end up being tied with have wins over the Tigers.
Follow this post throughout the afternoon to keep up with results across the conference and how they could impact Missouri's SEC seeding.
SEC Schedule
South Carolina won 64-61 at Ole Miss
No. 24 Vanderbilt won 86-82 at No. 23 Tennessee
Georgia won 102-96 over Mississippi State
No. 5 Florida at Kentucky at 3 p.m.
Texas A&M at LSU at 5 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas at 7:30 p.m.
Auburn at No. 16 Alabama at 7:30 p.m.
What would benefit Missouri's positioning?
Florida win over Kentucky
LSU win over Texas A&M
Oklahoma win over Texas
Missouri earns this seed if...
7 seed: Kentucky, Texas A&M and Texas all lose
8 seed: Two of those three teams lose, the other one wins
9 seed: Two of those three teams win, the one loses
10 seed: All three of those teams win
SEC Tournament Picture
Missouri Head-to-Head wins:
Florida
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Texas A&M
Kentucky
Auburn
Oklahoma (1-1)
Mississippi State (2-0)
South Carolina
Missouri Head-to-Head losses:
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Texas
Oklahoma (1-1)
Ole Miss
LSU
Saturday SEC Updates
4:30 p.m. - Georgia wins, Kentucky trailing
Georgia's victory bumps down Missouri's ceiling one more spot to No. 7. The good news for the Tigers is that Florida is leading Kentucky 66-48 with 9:48 remaining. A Kentucky loss would bump up Missouri's floor to the ninth seed.
3:30 p.m. - Vanderbilt wins over Tennessee
Missouri is now out of contention to earn the fifth seed.
3 p.m. - Vanderbilt leads Tennessee 55-44 with 11:42 remaining
Had Missouri beat Arkansas, the Tigers would've wanted a Vanderbilt win in this game. But with Missouri's loss, the Tigers are instead competing with the Commodores for positioning. Missouri will hope the Volunteers can pull off a comeback.
Conference Standings - 3 p.m.
Team | Record |
|---|---|
Florida | 24-6, 15-2 |
Alabama | 22-8, 12-5 |
Arkansas | 22-8, 12-5 |
Tennessee | 21-10, 11-7 |
Vanderbilt | 24-7, 11-7 |
Texas A&M | 20-10, 10-7 |
Kentucky | 19-11, 10-7 |
Missouri | 20-10, 10-8 |
Georgia | 21-9, 9-8 |
Texas | 18-12, 9-8 |
Auburn | 16-14, 7-10 |
Oklahoma | 16-14, 6-11 |
Mississippi State | 13-17, 5-12 |
South Carolina | 13-18, 4-14 |
LSU | 15-15, 3-14 |
Ole Miss | 12-19, 4-14 |

Joey Van Zummeren is the lead writer for Missouri Tigers on SI, covering the Tigers since 2023. He also has experience reporting on the Green Bay Packers and high school sports. A Belleville, Ill., native, he joined Missouri Tigers On SI as an intern in 2023.