SEC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket Released; Aggies Earn No. 7 Seed
In this story:
The Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team beat the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford on Saturday 86-60 to finish the regular season on a modest three-game win streak. But was it enough for an invitation to the NCAA Tournament? Time will tell.
Up next for the Aggies is the SEC Tournament that begins on Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
© Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Texas A&M has been seeded at No. 7, meaning a first-round bye and a Thursday matchup with the team they just routed on Saturday, the No. 10 seed Ole Miss Rebels.
Kicking off the tournament on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT is the No. 13 seed Vanderbilt Commodores against the No. 12 seed Arkansas Razorbacks, followed by the No. 11 seed Georgia Bulldogs battling the No. 14 Missouri Tigers 25 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
The action picks up on Thursday with four matchups beginning at noon CT with No. 9 Mississippi State against No. 8 LSU followed by the winner of Wednesday's Arkansas-Vanderbilt game against No. 5 South Carolina.
At 6 p.m. CT on Thursday the Aggies begin tournament play against Ole Miss followed by the winner of Wednesday's Georgia-Missouri game against No. 6 Florida.
The quarterfinals begin on Friday at noon CT with the winner of Thursday's LSU-Mississippi State matchup against No. 1 Tennessee, followed by either Vandy, Arkansas or South Carolina against No. 4 Auburn.
At 6 p.m. CT on Friday, either Texas A&M or Ole Miss will play No. 2 Kentucky followed by either Missouri, Georgia or Florida against No. 3 Alabama.
The semifinals begin Saturday at noon and the championship game will be Sunday at noon CT.