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2016 SEC men's basketball tournament

 
Published March 8, 2016

SEC tournament

When/where: Wednesday-Sunday; Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, Tenn.

Wednesday: Tennessee vs. Auburn, 8

Thursday: Arkansas vs. Florida, 1; Tennessee-Auburn winner vs. Vanderbilt, 3:30 (app.); Alabama vs. Ole Miss, 7; Mississippi State vs. Georgia, 9:30 (app.)

Friday: Arkansas-Florida winner vs. Texas A&M, 1; UT-Auburn-Vandy winner vs. LSU, 3:30 (app.); Alabama-Ole Miss winner vs. Kentucky, 7; Mississippi State-Georgia winner vs. South Carolina, 9:30 (app.)

Saturday: Semifinals, 1 and 3:30 (app.)

Sunday: Championship, 1

TV: Wednesday-Friday on SEC Network; Saturday-Sunday on ESPN

The favorite: No. 17 Texas A&M holds the top seed and has a solid group of seniors.

Other contenders: Sixteenth-ranked Kentucky is not as imposing as recent seasons but knows how to dominate this tournament.

Looking at Florida: The Gators had lost four in a row before beating Missouri Saturday. As the eighth seed, they're a long shot.