The 2024 SEC Tournament will take place from Wednesday, March 13 through Sunday, March 17 from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. All 14 of the conference’s programs will participate in this single-elimination bracket and the winner will receive the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Tennessee won the SEC’s regular season championship and will enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed with a double-bye straight to the quarterfinals. The Volunteers were picked as the preseason SEC favorite and lived up to the hype, being led by Northern Colorado transfer Dalton Knecht. The other three teams who received double byes are No. 2 Kentucky, No. 3 Alabama, and No. 4 Auburn, all of whom finished tied with a 13-5 record in conference play.
Also tying those teams was South Carolina, who was the odd team out due to tiebreakers and will only receive a single-bye as the No. 5 seed. The Gamecocks were the biggest surprise of the entire league after being picked to finish last. No. 6 Florida also made a huge leap under second-year head coach Todd Golden.
Here is the full list of odds and our pick for the 2024 SEC Tournament. All odds are courtesy
2024 SEC Tournament odds from DraftKings Sportsbook
Tennessee +130
Auburn +260
Kentucky +400
Alabama +450
Florida +2000
Mississippi State +6500
South Carolina +8000
Texas A&M +10000
Ole Miss +25000
LSU +30000
Arkansas +30000
Georgia +50000
Vanderbilt +100000
Missouri +100000
The Pick: Auburn +260
Tennessee is understandably the favorite heading into Nashville, but a team that could prevent it from even making the championship game is Auburn.
As mentioned before, the Tigers were in the logjam of teams that were in contention for the regular season title and their stats back them up. Bruce Pearl’s crew led the SEC in differential categories like points (+14.9), field goals made (6.3), field goal percentage (+8.5%), and assists (8.3), along with a -2.4 differential in turnovers. Combine this with a 4-1 record in neutral site games this year, and I see Auburn cutting down the nets on Sunday.