2025 SEC Tournament

#59
#59
Anyone that thinks vols lose to South Carolina or Auburn is losing on senior day is crazy. We will be the 3 seed and likely playing Florida for the 1 seed. If they take off again like last year then they never deserved a 1 seed.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
TN loss versus USCjr and an Ole Miss win at FL knocks TN to #5.
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I don’t think it’s that simple as it likely wouldn’t just be Ole Miss and TN at 11-7. Maybe we own enough of the tiebreakers vs the other teams that he’s expecting it would just be us and OM but it could be if Mizzou loses at home to UK and A&M loses at LSU.
 
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Legion of Doom said:
Anyone that thinks vols lose to South Carolina or Auburn is losing on senior day is crazy. We will be the 3 seed and likely playing Florida for the 1 seed. If they take off again like last year then they never deserved a 1 seed.
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The 1 seed ship has sailed, barring a UF slip up to Ole Miss. Florida is going to finish 2 games better than us in the regular season. I don’t see the potential SEC tourney matchup making a difference but it would be cool to see it happen so we know for sure. Florida is a solidly the last 1 as of today.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
8 teams (#9 - #16) play in the opening round, 1-8 get a bye.

4 teams (#1- #4) get the double bye.
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As of 3/6/2025:

1. Auburn (15-2)
2. Florida (13-4)
3. Alabama (12-5)
4. Tennessee (11-6)

5. Ole Miss (10-7)
6. Missouri (10-7)
7. Texas A&M (10-7)
8. Kentucky (9-8)

9. Mississippi State (8-9)
10. Vanderbilt (8-9)
11. Arkansas (7-10)
12. Georgia (7-10)
13. Texas (6-11)
14. Oklahoma (5-12)
15. LSU (3-14)
16. South Carolina (2-15)

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SEC Basketball Tournament 2025 bracket based on standings if regular season ended today

The SEC Basketball Tournament begins in March in Nashville. Here's the full bracket if the SEC Tournament started today.
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We need Auburn to beat Alabama at Auburn. That bumps us to the 3. So we’d play Arkansas/Oklahoma/Missouri first round, then Florida 2nd round. This is ideal because, beat Florida and we’re probably back on the 1 line.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
The 1 seed ship has sailed, barring a UF slip up to Ole Miss. Florida is going to finish 2 games better than us in the regular season. I don’t see the potential SEC tourney matchup making a difference but it would be cool to see it happen so we know for sure. Florida is a solidly the last 1 as of today.
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Disagree. The committee loves a layup. If Tennessee beats Florida in Nashville, that’s two out of three. It’s also the final impression. They can easily point to that as their justification between two teams competing for the last spot.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Disagree. The committee loves a layup. If Tennessee beats Florida in Nashville, that’s two out of three. It’s also the final impression. They can easily point to that as their justification between two teams competing for the last spot.
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I get you but don’t agree of course. They’re likely finishing 2 games better than us overall and in the SEC. I believe that will outweigh any potential win over them in the SEC tourney. Plus, they have 2 road wins better than any of ours.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
I get you but don’t agree of course. They’re likely finishing 2 games better than us overall and in the SEC. I believe that will outweigh any potential win over them in the SEC tourney. Plus, they have 2 road wins better than any of ours.
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They were already a game ahead of us (record-wise) coming into last night, but Tennessee was ahead of them on the seed line. In fact, Tennessee was ahead of them in the projections, even before beating Alabama. So their “lead” is very slight. Other factors are obviously at play. If 1 loss on the road to OM drops us below them, then surely a win over them puts us back ahead of them.

But I do see your argument and reasonable minds can disagree. I hope we get a chance to find out which of us is right.
 
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#68
Thunder Good-Oil said:
2024 tie breakers (assume adding Texas and OK doesn’t alter the procedure):

Two-Team Tie

The following procedure will be used in the following order until the tie is broken:

1. Won-lost results of head-to-head competition between the two teams.

2. Won-lost record of the two teams versus the No. 1 seed (and proceeding through the No. 14 seed, if necessary).

3. Coin flip by the Commissioner.


Three-Team Tie (or more)

When three or more teams are tied, the following procedure will be used in the following order until the tie is broken. If two teams re- main tied after a tiebreaker provision, the two-team tiebreaker formula will be used.

1. Best winning percentage of games played among the tied teams (Example: Team A is 3-1, Team B is 2-2 and Team C is 1-3 - Team A would be seeded highest, Team B second-highest and Team C lowest of the three).

2. Best winning percentage of the tied teams versus the No. 1 seed (and proceed- ing through the No. 14 seed, if necessary).

3. If two teams remain, coin flip by the Commissioner.

4. If three or more teams remain, draw by the Commissioner.
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TN beat TXAM and Mizz and lost to Miss (2-1 in 4-way tie)

Miss beat TN and lost to Mizz and A&M (1-2)

Mizz beat Miss and lost to TN and A&M (1-2)

TXAM beat Miss and Mizz and lost to TN (2-1)

So TN gets the 4th seed in a 4-way tie.
 
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#69
#69
In a 3-way tie with Miss and Mizz

TN (1-1)
Mizz (1-1)
Miss (1-1)

None of the 3 beat Barn. Versus FL TN is 1-1 and Mizz is 1-0.

All 3 are 1-0 versus Bama.

Mizz wins this 3-way tie.
 
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#73
If Tennessee is the 3-seed, it’s very likely that Kentucky will be the 6-seed if they beat Missouri this weekend. So, could get an unfavorable matchup in our first game. I’m sure many of our fans would want that matchup, but I don’t. We just aren’t a good fit for playing against them this year.
 
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#74
#74
Check my work, but it appears that TN loses a 2-way tie with Ole Miss. TN wins H2H versus Mizz or TXAM in those 2-way ties.

TN wins a 4-way tie between Miss, Mizz, and TXAM.

TXAM wins the 3-way tie with Miss and TN.

Mizz wins a 3-way tie with Miss and TN.

TN wins a 3-way tie with Mizz and TXAM.
 
#75
#75
TheMookieMonster said:
If Tennessee is the 3-seed, it’s very likely that Kentucky will be the 6-seed if they beat Missouri this weekend. So, could get an unfavorable matchup in our first game. I’m sure many of our fans would want that matchup, but I don’t. We just aren’t a good fit for playing against them this year.
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I’d like to get a shot at Auburn. So the #4 seed and a win on Friday sets that up on Saturday.
 
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