The Georgia Bulldogs (14-11, 7-11 in SEC) will face No. 7 Missouri in its SEC Tournament opener Thursday in Nashville.
The Bulldogs staged a double-digit comeback last month in Athens to defeat the then-20th-ranked Tigers. It was the Bulldogs’ lone win over a ranked opponent this season. Georgia lost its last two games, including an 89-79 affair Saturday to Alabama, the SEC regular season champs.
The winner of Thursday’s game will face second-seeded Arkansas at 7 p.m. Friday. (Arkansas beat Georgia by 30 back in January.)
The SEC Tournament runs Wednesday through Sunday at Bridgestone Arena.
The Bulldogs will likely have to win the tournament in order to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The last time the Bulldogs won a conference title was in 2008 in Atlanta. A tournament made memorable by a tornado striking the game site, the former Georgia Dome.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
FIRST ROUND
Wednesday, March 10
Vanderbilt 79, Texas A&M 68
SECOND ROUND
Thursday, March 11
Mississippi State 74, Kentucky 73
Florida 69, Vanderbilt 63
Ole Miss 76, South Carolina 69
QUARTERFINALS
Friday, March 12
Alabama 85, Mississippi State 48
Tennessee 78, Florida 66
Arkansas 70, Missouri 64
LSU 76, Ole Miss 73
SEMIFINALS
Saturday, March 13
Alabama 73, Tennessee 68
LSU 78, Arkansas 71
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, March 14
Alabama 80, LSU 79
TOURNAMENT ODDS
- Alabama: +220
- Arkansas: +300
- Florida: +500
- Tennessee: +500
- LSU: +550
- Kentucky: +900
- Missouri: +900
- Ole Miss: +2200
- Mississippi State: +6600
- Georgia: +10000
- South Carolina: +15000
- Texas A&M: +25000
- Vanderbilt: +30000
