Can Florida Defend Home Court Against Arkansas Before the SEC Tournament?
With the SEC Basketball Tournament just over two weeks away, the teams across the conference are working hard to close their schedules the right way.
Auburn is leading the conference at the top spot followed by Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, and LSU. The top five of the standings are incredibly important, though, because the top four seeds in the conference will receive a coveted double-bye during the tournament. The Vols do have a three-game lead over the LSU Tigers in SEC play despite both teams having 19 total wins on the season so far. Regardless, though, the close to the season will be massively important for every team trying to better their spot.
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On Monday, Circa Sports released their SEC Tournament odds for the 2022 tournament in Tampa, FL.
Circa Sports’ odds are as follows:
- Kentucky ………. +185
- Auburn ………. +200
- Tennessee ………. +450
- Arkansas ………. +860
- LSU ………. +1200
- Alabama ………. +1500
- Miss. State ………. +3000
- Florida ………. +3500
- S. Carolina ………. +5000
- Vanderbilt ………. +5000
- Texas A&M ………. +6000
- Missouri ………. +10000
- Ole Miss ………. +10000
- Georgia ………. +20000
Currently, with about four games remaining in the regular season, the SEC’s standings are as follows (1:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 22):
- Auburn (24-3, 12-2 SEC)
- Kentucky (22-5, 11-3 SEC)
- Arkansas (21-6, 10-4 SEC)
- Tennessee (19-7, 10-4 SEC)
- LSU (19-8, 7-7 SEC)
- Alabama (17-10, 7-7 SEC)
- Florida (17-10, 7-7 SEC)
- South Carolina (16-10, 7-7 SEC)
- Mississippi State (16-11, 7-7 SEC)
- Vanderbilt (14-12, 6-8 SEC)
- Texas A&M (16-11, 5-9 SEC)
- Ole Miss (13-14, 4-10 SEC)
- Missouri (10-17, 4-10 SEC)
- Georgia (6-21, 1-13 SEC)
To this point in the season, Tennessee has the ability to make the case for the best defensive team in the conference. The Vols boast the lowest points allowed total among all SEC teams at just 1,635. The only other team to not allow 1,700 or more points so far, LSU, is behind Tennessee at 1,670 points.
The SEC Basketball Tournament will take place in Tampa, FL, from March 9-13.
The four lowest seeds will go to battle on Wednesday, Mar. 9, with the two winners moving onto Thursday’s matchups.
On Thursday, the next six in the standings, plus the winners of Wednesday’s games, will all compete to move onto the next round of the tournament.
Then, on Friday, the four winners from Thursday will advance to take on the top four seeds from the SEC regular-season standings.
The semi-final game will take place on Saturday, followed by the SEC Tournament Championship game on Sunday.
SEC Tourney odds from @CircaSports pic.twitter.com/pLrdyKtMuD
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) February 21, 2022
