#sectourney

[wikkedscorpion]

#Repost @marchmadness (with @report.for.insta) ... Cats stifle the Tide! No. 4 Kentucky holds Alabama to just 30% shooting & advances to the #SECTourney semis! #BBN (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvH1f4ggSSI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cf0v0xqkkivu

[pgibbons]

🍊ne of the GOATs... Great to see Coach Fulmer & celebrate that #Vols victory! (And he said to tell you hi @andymackshow). #SECTourney #GBO #bridgestonearena . . #SEC #VolNation #Coach #PowerT #NashvilleLife #IHG #MarchMadness (at Bridgestone Arena) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvFfQ60hLMc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qob93svrfz9m

[clevelandandbeyond]

Championship weekend

Saturday 3/16 1:30p - posted 

CBB Lines according to ESPN.com (batting .500 on the year with picks) - 

SEC Semifinal - Take Kentucky (-1.5) over Tennessee. 

Big XII Championship - Take Kansas over Iowa State (even).

ACC Championship - Take Florida State (-8) over Duke.    

UNC/Duke was fantastic last night, and enjoy the games today!

[spinesvines]

Books and Basketball on #SockSunday! 📚🧦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :: 🏀🍊 #SECTourney #GoVols #RockyTop #GBO #VFL :: 🥃🎀 #whiskeyandribbons #leesacrosssmith #spinesvines #books #wine #diversespines #sundayfunday

[auburnfamilynews]

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

Jared Harper bounced back from a tough first game in Nashville to lead the Tigers to Semifinal Saturday

March 15, 2019 - Bridgestone Arena: Nashville

SEC Quarterfinals

In Auburn’s first game of the SEC Tournament, Auburn won despite Jared Harper being held to 5 points. In order for Auburn to move on to Semifinal Saturday, the Tigers needed a big game and much more than 5 points from Harper....

Insert Nostradamus.

Hand over access to the future-telling device https://t.co/O3oWsrvKqh

— gotchya and grabass purveyors (@CollegeAndMag) March 15, 2019

For Auburn, it was a chance to avenge a tough loss to South Carolina back in January and the bracket had opened up for Auburn after Florida had knocked top seed off LSU in Overtime of the first game of the day. If Auburn could take care of South Carolina, they would be favored to find their way into Championship Sunday.

The Auburn basketball team came down the tunnel singing “ Let’s get this dub baby ” Only South Carolina and Florida stand in their way of making the SEC Championship game. pic.twitter.com/fpW6JD86GS

— Patrick Brickman (@PatrickBrickman) March 15, 2019

The Tigers would have to try and find a way to slow down Chris Silva or make sure they didn’t let someone else beat them as Silva had his way with Auburn.

Harper would get things started though for Auburn with a 3-pointer, a good sign. But that would be Auburn’s only points in the first 6 minutes before a 3 from Samir Doughty ended the scoring drought. The combination of Doughty’s defense and Harper’s speed for a laypu would tie the game at 8 moments later.

Bryce Brown had a scoreless 1st half against Missouri as well but knocked down a 3-pointer to make it 11-10 Auburn with 12:26 to go. The teams would swap the lead the next 4 minutes but South Carolina would find themselves ahead 22-16 with about 8 minutes left in the half.

Insert the spark off the bench: Austin Wiley. He didn’t play much in the SEC Tournament but the minutes he played were huge for Auburn.

Wiley came in and scored on his first offensive possession and gave the Tigers a solid 3 minute spark off the bench. That would be his only stint of the game but it seemed to galvanize the group.

Down 24-18 with 5:50 left in the half, Horace Spencer would come back into the game for Wiley and score on his first possession back in. The Gamecocks would turn it over on back to back possessions resulting in back to back 3s from Brown and Harper to put Auburn ahead 26-24.

In the closing moments of the half, Auburn would get a 3rd 1st-half 3 from Brown and Danjel Purifoy made a 3 as the shot clock expired to tie the game at 36 with 22 seconds left in the half and that was the score after 20 minutes.

Each team would come out in the first 4 minutes of the half and knock down a pair of 3s. Brown’s 5th 3-pointer 5 minutes into the half put Auburn ahead 48-44. Jared would score the next 9 for Auburn, 7 of those from the free throw over the next 7 minutes giving Auburn a 57-54 lead with 8 minutes to go.

Auburn would get some separation moments later from 3s from some unlikely sources. Danjel Purifoy, who had himself a good SEC Tournament and played some big minutes in this one due to foul trouble from Chuma Okeke, hit his 2nd 3 of the game and then we saw the 3rd career 3-pointer for one Horace Spencer to give Auburn a 63-56 lead.

“Spencer Says Sure, Ohhh My!!” pic.twitter.com/OIdwG2lyU3

— Jaylin Williams/Simpson Fan Account (@ShootyHoopsWill) April 11, 2019

While Harper and Brown kept the Tigers afloat, the play that sent South Carolina home for the season came from Okeke who only had 1 bucket in this one, but it was a memorable one.

Up 10 with less than 2 minutes to go, Jared Harper would set Okeke up for the knockout blow:

Chuma says night night South Carolina. pic.twitter.com/0LfUEnodDc

— Jaylin Williams/Simpson Fan Account (@ShootyHoopsWill) April 11, 2019

Game. Set. Match.

Despite Chris Silva getting 27 points and 11 rebounds in his final collegiate game for South Carolina, Auburn would pull away late in this one to move on to the Semifinals of the SEC Tournament.

The guard trio of Harper, Brown and Samir Doughty combined for 56 of Auburn’s 73 points on the afternoon. Jared Harper led the way for Auburn with 27 points, going 12-14 from the free throw line, while also pulling down 6 rebounds and dishing out 6 assists. And let’s just say after being snubbed from the All-SEC First Team earlier in the week, Bruce Pearl wasn’t afraid to tell everyone how good Jared Harper is.

The Auburn Tigers are on to the Semifinals in the #SECTourney, and Bruce Pearl seems pretty darn happy with the play of his point guard, Jared Harper. He dropped 27 points on South Carolina, and now just Florida stands in their way from a berth into the Championship Game. pic.twitter.com/zl6IEmxqCM

— Patrick Brickman (@PatrickBrickman) March 15, 2019

Bryce Brown hit 5 3-pointers and scored 19 points. Doughty had 10 points and 5 rebounds.

Danjel Purifoy played 17 minutes off the bench and had 6 points and 5 rebounds, knocking down both of his shots, 3-pointers.

Here are the highlights!

from College and Magnolia - All Posts https://www.collegeandmagnolia.com/2020/11/2/21537698/tip-off-countdown-32-auburn-73-south-carolina-64

[junker-town]

SEC Tournament 2019: Bracket, schedule, scores, teams, and more

Will the Wildcats repeat as SEC champs? Can LSU follow up its regular season championship with a tournament one?

On Wednesday, March 13, the SEC tournament kicks off in Nashville, Tennessee, as Kentucky looks to repeat as champs. The Wildcats topped Tennessee, 77-72, last season, but with those two being the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively, we could see the rematch in the semifinals this year.

The real story to follow at this year’s SEC tourney, however, involves the top-seeded Tigers of LSU. Head coach Will Wade was suspended indefinitely on March 8 due to his potential involvement in the FBI investigation of college basketball. The Tigers easily defeated Vanderbilt in its final regular season game, locking up the No. 1 seed. Now, LSU will have to press forward with Tony Benford at the helm as the interim head coach.

The Stakes

The SEC has two teams potentially vying for an NCAA tournament No. 1-seed in Kentucky and Tennessee. The Big Ten and SEC are probably battling for the final No. 1 seed (assuming Gonzaga, Virginia, and either Duke/UNC are all likely for the other three), so there’s a lot at stake this week.

South Carolina enters the tournament as the No. 4 seed, but, with its 16-15 overall record, the Gamecocks aren’t slated to make the NCAA tournament. Conversely, Florida, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State have a chance to make a run and improve their seeding for the postseason.

The Format

The top nine teams receive first-round byes and the top four teams receive double-byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The Bracket & Schedule

Here is the full tournament bracket and day-by-day schedule. Game times subject to change, and the second game in each session will start 25 minutes after the conclusion of the previous game. We’ll be updating it with results along the way.

The seeds are SET. Your 2019 #SECTourney Bracket: pic.twitter.com/JFijkJXk4Q

— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) March 10, 2019

Round 1: Tuesday, March 13 (All times ET)

Game 1: No. 12 Missouri vs. No. 13 Georgia, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 2: No. 11 Texas A&M vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. (SEC Network)

Round 2: Wednesday, March 14

Game 3: No. 8 Florida vs. No. 9 Arkansas, 12 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 4: No. 5 Auburn vs. Game 1 winner, 2 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 5: No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Alabama State, 6 p.m.(SEC Network)

Game 6: No. 6 Mississippi State vs. Game 2 winner, 8 p.m. (SEC Network)

Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 15

Game 7: No. 1 LSU vs. Game 3 winner, 12 p.m. (ESPN)

Game 8: No. 4 South Carolina vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Game 9: No. 2 Kentucky vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)

Game 10: No. 3 Tennessee vs. Game 6 winner, 8 p.m. (SEC Network)

Semifinals: Friday, March 16

Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 12 p.m. (ESPN)

Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Championship—Saturday, March 17

Game 13: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 12 p.m. (ESPN)

[instatrack]

Fourth stop of my NCAA Conference Championship Photography Tour is complete! What a great time! Bravo to the St. Louis Sports Commission and the Scottrade Center for hosting a top-notch event as usual! Next stop! Nashville! Event: 2018 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Location: Scottrade Center. St. Louis, Missouri. @marchmadness @ncaasports @ncaabasketball @sec @stlsportscom #sectourney #stl #ncaabasketball #marchmadness #stlsports #photographer #basketball #ilovemyjob #sec #scottradecenter http://ift.tt/2DnCHYB

[kansascityhappenings]

Mizzou’s Michael Porter Jr. to play in SEC Tournament, coach Cuonzo Martin says

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri basketball coach Cuonzo Martin has confirmed that freshman Michael Porter Jr. will play in the SEC Tournament.

The 6-foot-10 Porter, the top prep prospect in the country last season, played in only two minutes of the Tigers’ season opener before he was injured. In November, he had back surgery and was expected to miss the rest of this season after the procedure, called a microdisetomy.

But in late February he was cleared by doctors to resume all basketball activities.

Martin told reporters Wednesday that Porter will finally hit the court again Thursday night when the Tigers play in the second round of the SEC Tournament.

"He said 'Coach, I want to help the team'…for me it was always Mike's decision to play or not play."@CuonzoMartin confirms Michael Porter Jr. will play in the #SECTourney

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) March 7, 2018

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On Thursday, Mizzou will either play Georgia or Vanderbilt, depending on the result of the first-round game.

Porter averaged 36.2 points and 13.6 rebounds per game as a senior in high school in Washington, and he was a McDonald’s All-American after signing with Missouri.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports http://fox4kc.com/2018/03/07/mizzous-michael-porter-jr-to-play-in-sec-tournament-coach-cuonzo-martin-says/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2018/03/07/mizzous-michael-porter-jr-to-play-in-sec-tournament-coach-cuonzo-martin-says/

[yourbryanmccormick]

A tweet

And there's your ballgame. #SECTourney

— Bryan McCormick (@BryanAMcCormick) May 26, 2017

[wikkedscorpion]

#Repost @marchmadness (with @report.for.insta) ... Tigers are title hunting! 🐅 No. 22 Auburn advances to the #SECTourney final with the W over Florida! (at Johns Creek, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvFLHsqgN1x/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17d5671wzw8jf

[momfailhashtag]

@PrincipalCara: @lauren01meadows you went to #SECTourney '04 for Nannies bday. You were born 6 months later #BBN in your blood #L1C4 in your heart #momfail

http://twitter.com/PrincipalCara

[auburnfamilynews]

Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports

Test your luck and knowledge against the staff!

It’s one of the best weeks of the year, Championship Week! Your Auburn Tigers have earned the double bye and a #2 seed in this year’s SEC Tournament as they look to go back-to-back in Nashville. This year, we at College & Magnolia decided to do a bracket challenge.

Here’s the SEC Tournament Bracket for this season:

‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ The #SECMBB seeds are SET. Your 2020 #SECTourney Bracket See you March 11th. pic.twitter.com/qZGt6TSTlK

— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) March 8, 2020

In the comments below, pick your winners or send them to our Twitter Page College and Magnolia. The person who gets a perfect bracket or comes the closest will receive some of our limited edition Orange and True koozies! Have fun and may the best person win!

from College and Magnolia - All Posts https://www.collegeandmagnolia.com/2020/3/9/21172646/college-magnolia-sec-tournament-bracket-challenge

[reptiles-wrangler]

Finding out your former Drum Major is going against you calls for a Brazoswood Aggie & Tiger Showdown. 🐯👍🏼 #SECTourney (at Bridgestone Arena)

[instatrack]

Athlete: Michael Porter Jr. Freshman. Forward. School: University of Missouri Tigers. Event: Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. Tigers vs. University of Georgia Bulldogs. Thursday, March 8, 2018. Location: Scottrade Center. St. Louis, Missouri. Information: Porter Jr. scores his first points since November 10 with this lay-up at 16:27 in the first half against Georgia in the Tigers SEC Men's Basketball Tournament second round game on Thursday afternoon. The freshman came off the bench to score 12 points in the Tigers 62-60 loss, eliminating them from the SEC Tournament. @sec @mizzouhoops @mizzouathletics  @ncaasports @marchmadness #sectourney #sec #secmbb #mizzou #mizzoumbb #MPJ #basketball #instabasketball #layup #future #Freshman #STL #Tigers http://ift.tt/2Fo8PRD

[bnpositive]

Game Ops crew stocked on @ballparkbrand jerky and ready to rock this last tournament game #secmbb #sectourney #jerky (at Bridgestone Arena)

[micahfries]

Go Gators. #sectourney #nashville (at Bridgestone Arena)