Bracket, schedule set for 2020 SEC men’s basketball tournament

By Ben Breiner

Updated March 7, 2020 8:51 PM

The South Carolina men’s basketball program has 10 conference wins for the fourth time in five seasons. With that, the Gamecocks have a top-six seed in the SEC Tournament, which starts this Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

At No. 6, USC faces the Arkansas-Vanderbilt winner in the last game of the day Thursday.

Here’s the full schedule for the tourney and seeding. For a full breakdown of the SEC’s tiebreakers rules, click here.

SEC tournament seeding

1. Kentucky — 15-3

2. Auburn — 12-6 (Auburn beat LSU head-to-head)

3. LSU — 12-6

4. Mississippi State — 11-7 (Beat Florida head-to-head)

5. Florida— 11-7

6. South Carolina — 10-8 (Swept Texas A&M)

7. Texas A&M — 10-8

8. Tennessee — 9-9

9. Alabama— 8-10

10. Missouri— 7-11 (Defeated Arkansas based on winning percentage against No. 2 team Auburn (1-0)

11. Arkansas— 7-11

12. Ole Miss — 6-12

13. Georgia — 5-13

14. Vanderbilt — 3-15

Here is the 2020 @SEC Tournament Bracket #SECMBB pic.twitter.com/x1RjX5RSr4
— Craig Pinkerton (@SEC_Craig) March 8, 2020

First Round — Wednesday, March 11

Game 1: Ole Miss vs. Georgia | 7 p.m. | SEC Network

Game 2: Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt | 25 minutes after Game 1 | SEC Network

Second Round — Thursday, March 12

Game 3: Tennessee vs. Alabama | 1 p.m. | SEC Network

Game 4: Florida vs. Game 1 winner | 25 minutes after Game 3 | SEC Network

Game 5: Texas A&M vs. Missouri | 7 p.m. | SEC Network

Game 6: South Carolina vs. Game 2 winner | 25 minutes after Game 5 | SEC Network

Quarterfinals — Friday, March 13

Game 7: Kentucky vs. Game 3 winner | 1 p.m. | ESPN

Game 8: Mississippi State vs. Game 4 winner | 25 minutes after Game 7 | ESPN

Game 9: Auburn vs. Game 5 winner | 7 p.m. | SEC Network

Game 10: LSU vs. Game 6 winner | 25 minutes after Game 9 | SEC Network

Semifinals — Saturday, March 14

Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner | 1 p.m. | ESPN

Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner | 25 minutes after Game 11 | ESPN

Championship — Sunday, March 15

Game 13: Semifinal winners | 1 p.m. | ESPN

*Time approximate depending on the finish of the game preceding it.

This story was originally published March 7, 2020 at 7:54 PM.

Ben Breiner

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Covers the South Carolina Gamecocks, primarily football, with a little basketball, baseball or whatever else comes up. Joined The State in 2015. Previously worked at Muncie Star Press and Greenwood Index-Journal. Picked up feature writing honors from the APSE, SCPA and IAPME at various points. A 2010 University of Wisconsin graduate. Support my work with a digital subscription