Kentucky SEC Tournament Scenarios With Two Games Left

With two games left to play in the regular season, Kentucky could finish anywhere from fourth to ninth in the conference standings, which could be the difference between playing early Thursday, last thing Thursday night, or, if all the dominoes fall into place, Friday afternoon.

Before we dig into the scenarios, here are the current standings and seed if the tournament started today.

Current Ranking

GENERAL RETURN TEAM CONFERENCE GAMES

Alabama 14-2 – 19-6

Arkansas 11-4 2.5 19-5

Florida 9-5 4 13-6

LSU 9-6 4.5 14-8

Tennessee 9-7 5 16-7

Ole Miss 8-8 6 13-10

Missouri 7-7 6 14-7

Kentucky 7-8 6.5 8-14

Mississippi State 7-9 7 13-12

Georgia 7-10 7.5 14-10

Auburn 6-10 8 12-13

South Carolina 4-10 9 6-12

Texas A&M 2-6 8 8-7

Vanderbilt 3-11 10 7-13

Current seeds

Now what has to happen for Kentucky to come out of half of Alabama’s range? With the help of MRed’s SEC MBB Tournament Tiebreaker tool, I calculated the numbers.

Victory: Probably the 6 seeds

If Kentucky beats Ole Miss and South Carolina, and each team ranked higher than their opponent in Sagarin’s odds wins, it will be the sixth seed to play in 11-seeded South Carolina on Thursday night. .

March 2 and 3 March 6 and 7

Kentucky beats Ole Miss Kentucky beats South Carolina

LSU defeats Vandy Auburn defeats Mississippi State

Alabama beats Auburn Alabama beats Georgia

Arkansas beats South Carolina Arkansas beats Texas A&M

Florida beats Missouri LSU beats …Read more