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The 2020 regular season of SEC basketball has come to a close. A Saturday of season finales was capped off with Mississippi State’s 69-44 win over Ole Miss. MSU moved into the No. 4-seed with the win as the Bulldogs held a head-to-head tiebreaker over Florida. The Gators entered the day as the No. 2 team in the SEC standings thanks to head-to-head records against Auburn and LSU, but the home collapse against Kentucky in a 71-70 loss drops Mike White’s squad to No. 5.
Here’s how the 14 finished in the final regular-season standings and are seeded for the conference tournament, which begins Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
1. Kentucky (25-6 overall, 15-3 SEC)
2. Auburn (25-6, 12-6)
3. LSU (21-10, 12-6)
4. Mississippi State (20-11, 11-7)
5. Florida (19-12, 11-7)
6. South Carolina (18-13, 10-8)
7. Texas A&M (16-14, 10-8)
8. Tennessee (17-14, 9-9)
9. Alabama (16-15, 8-10)
10. Missouri (15-16, 7-11)
11. Arkansas (19-12, 7-11)
12. Ole Miss (15-16, 6-12)
13. Georgia (15-16, 5-13)
14. Vanderbilt (11-20, 3-15)
The tournament begins on Wednesday with Game 1 featuring No. 12-seed Ole Miss vs. No. 13-seed Georgia, set for a 6 p.m. CT tip. Game 2 – No. 11-seed Arkansas vs. No. 14-seed Vanderbilt will tipoff 25 minutes after the completion of Game 1. Seeds Nos. 5-10 (Florida, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Alabama and Missouri) play on Thursday while the top-four seeds (Kentucky, Auburn, LSU and Mississippi State) receive a double-bye and do not play until Friday. The tournament wraps up on Sunday in a contest that will air on ESPN and tip at noon CT.
A visual bracket with all tip times and TV networks can be viewed below:
Bracket photo via @SEC
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