LSU Men's Basketball in Nashville: SEC Tournament (March 13 to 17)

assuming LSU wins every game, the Tigers will be playing four games:

Thursday, March 14 -- noon (SEC Network)
Game 1 -- LSU vs Georgia

Friday, March 15 -- noon (ESPNU)
Game 2 -- LSU vs SEC Champs Florida (they've lost their last three road games and four of five away from the Sunshine State)

Saturday, March 16 -- noon (ABC)
Game 3 -- LSU vs winner of Alabama/Tennessee/South Carolina/Mississippi State

Sunday, March 17 -- noon (ABC)
Game 4 -- CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: LSU vs winner of Kentucky/Ole Miss/Missouri/Arkansas/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M/Auburn


SEC Teams By Overall Record
24-6 (80%) Florida (1 seed)
23-8 (74%) Ole Miss (3 seed)
22-9 (71%) Missouri (6 seed)
21-10 (68%) Kentucky (2 seed)
20-11 (65%) Alabama (4 seed)
19-11 (63%) Tennessee (5 seed)
18-11 (62%) LSU (9 seed)
19-12 (61%) Arkansas (7 seed)
17-14 (55%) Texas A&M (11 seed)
15-16 (48%) Georgia (8 seed)
14-16 (47%) Vanderbilt (10 seed)
14-17 (45%) South Carolina (12 seed)
9-21 (29%) Miss State (13 seed)
9-22 (28%) Auburn (14 seed)

SEC Teams By SEC Record and SECT Seed
14-4 Florida (1 seed)
12-6 Kentucky (2 seed)
12-6 Ole Miss (3 seed)
12-6 Alabama (4 seed)
11-7 Tennessee (5 seed)
11-7 Missouri (6 seed)
10-8 Arkansas (7 seed)
9-9 Georgia (8 seed)
9-9 LSU (9 seed)
8-10 Vanderbilt (10 seed)
7-11 Texas A&M (11 seed)
4-14 South Carolina (12 seed)
4-14 Miss State (13 seed)
3-13 Auburn (14 seed)


Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN

 

LSU Forward Johnny O' Bryant, III:

"The regular season is over. Every team is 0-0 now. When you go into the conference tournament, anything can happen. Last year, we played a good game against Arkansas then faced a good Kentucky team [the 2012 National Champions]. We had them and we stayed in the game. Like I said, the teams are 0-0 right now. It's a whole new season, so we're ready to put it in front of us. We're going to be ready to play."

 

Kentucky coach John Calipari:

--"This tournament is going to be crazy."

--"I wish none of us played in the (SEC) tournament."

--"I don't like three games in a row."

--"Three games in three days doesn't prepare you for anything."

--"We just played a whole league schedule. ... Three games in three days is like nothing (else). It's like playing in Maui (Invitational Thanksgiving week). It wears you out."

 

Assuming we get past UGA, I wonder how hard Florida plays us. Not sure winning the tourny improves their NCAA seeding and they only stand to lose starters to injury.

 

Driving Distance to the SEC Tournament
0 hours 11 mins -- Vanderbilt
2 hours 40 mins -- Tennessee (5 seed)
3 hours 16 mins -- Kentucky (2 seed)
3 hours 36 mins -- Alabama (4 seed)
4 hours 5 mins -- Ole Miss (3 seed)
4 hours 42 mins -- Georgia
4 hours 43 mins -- Auburn
4 hours 44 mins -- Miss State
6 hours 22 mins -- Missouri
6 hours 35 mins -- South Carolina
7 hours 49 mins -- Arkansas
8 hours 23 mins -- Florida
8 hours 28 mins -- LSU
12 hours 3 mins -- Texas A&M

 

NBC Sports named their All-SEC team:

Coach of the Year: Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss
Player of the Year: G Jordan McRae, Tennessee

All-SEC Team:
G Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss--19.7 ppg, 3.1 rbg, 1.8 apg, 1.4 spg, 0.0 bpg
G K. Caldwell-Pope, Georgia--18.0 ppg, 6.9 rbg, 2.1 spg, 1.8 apg, 0.5 bpg
G Jordan McRae, Tennessee--16.2 pgg, 4.2 rbg, 2.0 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.8 bpg
G Phil Pressey, Missouri--11.9 ppg, 7.1 apg, 3.4 rbg, 1.8 spg, 0.1 bpg
F Nerlens Noel, Kentucky--10.5 ppg, 9.5 rbg, 4.4 bpg, 2.1 spg, 1.6 apg

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/nbcsports-com-2012-2013-all-conference-teams/

 

LSU will get one more practice in tomorrow at their practice facility before leaving tomorrow night for Nashville

The Tigers will have the first press conference slot at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and then will have 45 minutes of practice time on the court beginning at 11:45 a.m.

 

Dari Nowkhah @ESPNDari 11h
Looking forward to getting to Nashville
Wednesday for SEC Network
coverage of the #SEC tourney. Talk
about BUBBLES.. Wow!

JJ @jjneer 11h
@ESPNDari Can't remember a tourney
where 1 or 2 wins could make or
break a team's NCAA tourney chances
for so many teams...

Dari Nowkhah @ESPNDari 10h
@jjneer that makes this so good...
Friday will be wild with Kentucky, Bama and
Ole Miss all playing... And likely Tenn too.

Dari Nowkhah @ESPNDari 9h
There is NO MORE IMPORTANT
conference tourney, as it pertains to
the NCAA Tournament, than the #SEC
in Nashville. #Bubblicious

Dari Nowkhah @ESPNDari 8h
Bubble teams: Kentucky, Ole Miss,
Tennessee, Alabama for sure.
Maybe Arkansas...

Dari Nowkhah @ESPNDari 8h
4, maybe 5 teams on edge of bubble

 

Brandon Spierto @bspier15 4h
I'll be in Nashville this weekend
covering the SEC Tournament for
ESPN Radio. Truly blessed to have
this opportunity #grateful

 

Pat Forde @YahooForde
SEC tournament in Nashville:
Bubble teams everywhere