SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Bracket, full schedule announced; Rebels face A&M on Thursday
OXFORD, Miss. — The men’s basketball bracket and schedule for the 2024 SEC Tournament have been finalized, and the Rebels will open with Texas A&M on Thursday.
The final regular season games in the league took place Saturday. Tennessee had already clinched the No. 1 seed in the tournament. After Kentucky defeated the Vols in Knoxville Saturday, the Wildcats earn the No. 2 seed in this year’s SEC Tournament.Â
Alabama and Auburn also clinched double-byes while South Carolina and Florida take the single-byes.
The Bracket.
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The Tournament begins Wednesday, March 13 as the No. 11-14 seeds will start play in Nashville.Â
Georgia will play Missouri, and Vanderbilt will play Arkansas.Â
Then, Mississippi State, LSU, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Florida will play their first games of the SEC Tournament on Thursday.Â
The top 4 seeds of Tennessee, Auburn, Kentucky and Alabama will begin play in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Here’s a look at the schedule for the 2024 SEC Tournament:
Wednesday, March 13
Game 1 | No. 13 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Arkansas | 6 p.m. CT | SEC NetworkÂ
Game 2 | No. 14 Missouri vs. No. 11 Georgia | 25 minutes after Game 1 | SEC NetworkÂ
Thursday, March 14
Game 3 | No. 9 Mississippi State vs. No. 8 LSU | 1 p.m. CT | SEC NetworkÂ
Game 4 | Winner of Game 1 vs. No. 5 South Carolina | 25 minutes after Game 3 | SEC Network
Game 5 | No. 10 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Texas A&M | 6 p.m. CT | SEC NetworkÂ
Game 6 | Winner of Game 2 vs. No. 6 Florida | 25 minutes after Game 5 | SEC NetworkÂ
Friday, March 15
Game 7 | Winner of Game 3 vs. No. 1 Tennessee | Noon CT | ESPNÂ
Game 8 | Winner of Game 4 vs. No. 4 Auburn | 25 minutes after Game 7 | ESPNÂ
Game 9 | Winner of Game 5 vs. No. 2 Kentucky | 6 p.m. CT | SEC NetworkÂ
Game 10 | Winner of Game 6 vs. No. 3 Alabama | 25 minutes after Game 9 | SEC NetworkÂ
Saturday, March 16
Game 11 | Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 | Noon CT | ESPNÂ
Game 12 | Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10 | 25 minutes after Game 11 | ESPN
Sunday, March 17 – Championship
Game 13 | Winner of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 12 | Noon CT | ESPNÂ
Complete bracket below with times listed in ET
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn’s love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
