Updated: Here’s the 2021 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule
With a regular season marked by COVID-19 pauses and protocols finally completed, SEC basketball heads into its conference tournament this week.
The 13-team SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament begins Wednesday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. (Auburn is not participating because of a self-imposed postseason ban.) The five-day affair wraps up with a 1 p.m. ET final on Selection Sunday. ESPN and the SEC Network will provide the television coverage.
Alabama clinched the regular-season title and No. 1 seed. The Crimson Tide finished the regular season 16-2 in league play. Arkansas is the No. 2 seed, followed by LSU at No. 3 and preseason favorite Tennessee at No. 4.
Kentucky is the No. 8 seed. The Wildcats open play Thursday against No. 9 seed Mississippi State.
SEC Tournament
At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
(All times Eastern)
WEDNESDAY
Game 1: No. 12 Vanderbilt 79, No. 13 Texas A&M 68
- Scotty Pippen, Jr. scored 22 points for Vanderbilt
- Pippen was 15-for-15 from the free throw line
- Emmanuel Miller scored 22 points for Texas A&M
THURSDAY
Game 2: No. 9 Mississippi State 74, No. 8 Kentucky 73
- Iverson Molinar’s two free throws with 7.1 seconds left won it
- UK’s Dontaie Allen scored 23 points
- Mississippi State outrebounded Kentucky 46-30
Game 3: No. 5 Florida 69, No. 12 Vanderbilt 63
- Tre Mann scored 22 points for Florida
- Scotty Pippen scored 23 points for Vanderbilt
- Vanderbilt led 57-56 with 7:56 left
Game 4: No. 7 Missouri 73, No. 10 Georgia 70
- Jeremiah Tilmon led Missouri with 17 points
- Georgia made 8 of 16 three-point shots
- Georgia led at halftime 33-32
Game 5: No. 6 Ole Miss 76, No. 11 South Carolina 59
- Jarkel Joiner led Ole Miss with 18 points
- South Carolina shot 35.6 percent
- Ole Miss led 41-26 at the half
FRIDAY
Game 6: No. 1 Alabama 85, No. 9 Mississippi State 48
- Alabama rolled to a 47-19 lead at halftime
- Jahvon Quinerly led the Crimson Tide with 14 points
- Mississippi State shot 29 percent from the floor
Game 7: No. 4 Tennessee 78, No. 5 Florida 66
- Tennessee’s John Fulkerson was injured by flagrant foul by Florida’s Omar Payne
- Santiago Vescovi led Tennessee with 14 points
- Tre Mann scored 30 points for Florida
Game 8: No. 2 Arkansas 70, No. 7 Missouri 64
- JD Notae scored 27 points for Arkansas
- Missouri led 32-30 at halftime
- Justin Smith 16 points, 8 rebounds for Arkansas
Game 9: No. 3 LSU 76, No. 6 Ole Miss 73
- Trendon Watford 24 points for LSU
- Jarkel Joiner 26 points for Ole Miss
- Darius Days 20 points, 12 rebounds for Ole Miss
SATURDAY
Game 10: No. 1 Alabama 73, No. 4 Tennessee 68
- Alabama rallied from a 15-point deficit for the win
- Herb Jones 21 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists for Alabama
- Keon Johnson scored 20 points for Tennessee
Game 11: No. 3 LSU 78, No. 2 Arkansas 71
- Cameron Thomas 21 points for LSU
- Moses Moody 28 points, 9 rebounds for Arkansas
- Javonte Smart 19 points for LSU
SUNDAY
Game 12: No. 1 Alabama 80, No. 3 LSU 79
- Jaden Shackelford scored 21 points for Alabama
- Trendon Watford scored 30 points for LSU
- LSU had missed two shots in the final seconds of the game
This story was originally published March 7, 2021 at 2:12 PM.
