2017 March Madness Bracket Picks – SEC Tournament Odds, Predictions & Free Picks: The SEC Tournament joins the fray Conference Championship week when the SEC Tournament gets started from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Wedndesday, March 8th with two first round matchups. #12 seed Mississippi State takes on #13 seed LSU followed by #11 seed Auburn battling #14 seed Missouri Wednesday night starting at 6PM EST. The odds makers at Bovada Sportsbook have posted the betting odds to win the 2017 SEC Tournament and the Kentucky Wildcats are listed as +120 favorites to win their 3rd straight SEC Tournament Championship and 30th of all-time.
2017 March Madness Picks – SEC Tournament Odds, Predictions & Free Picks
2017 SEC Tournament Favorites
Kentucky Wildcats(26-5 overall, 16-2 in SEC) – This year’s Kentucky Wildcats squad isn’t the most hyped or talented team that head coach John Calipari has had since he took over as UK’s coach but it’s still a formidable squad that can make noise this March. Kentucky won the SEC regular season title by 2 games over Florida and come into the SEC Tournament as the 6th rated team in the latest RPI Index. Kentucky went just 2-4 against RPI Top 25 teams with wins over North Carolina and Florida but losses to UCLA, Louisville, Kansas and Florida. Kentucky is led by freshman guard Malik Monk who pumps in 21.1 points per game on 46.3 percent from the field and an impressive 40.9 percent from three point range. Kentucky has four players averaging double figures but their weakness is free throw shooting(176th nationally) and three point scoring(167th nationally). Kentucky is a talented team but have to play very well to advance this March because they lack the overall talent of teams they’ve had recently.
Florida Gators(24-7 overall, 14-4 in SEC) – The Florida Gators are back in business after missing the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons and head coach Mike White has gotten the naysayers off his back after a mediocre 21-15 debut last season. The Gators went an impressive 14-4 in the SEC and enter the SEC Tournament with a RPI rating of 5 nationally and an outside chance at earning as high as a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament if it can win the SEC Tournament this week in Nashville. Florida is looking to win it’s first SEC Tournament title since 2014 and 5th all-time and has the team to do it. Florida owns 8 wins over RPI Top 50 teams including a 88-66 thumping over Kentucky. Florida is a team that has no stars and only three players averaging in double figures. However, they have very good depth and a lot of interchangeable parts.
2017 SEC Tournament Prediction: Kentucky to win This has been a down year for SEC Men’s Basketball and the jury is out on how they will fare as a conference this 2017 March Madness. Kentucky and Florida are certainly the cream of crop and can make big runs in the NCAA Tournament but both will have to bring their “A” game each and every game if they want to advance. We see these two teams navigating their way to the SEC Tournament Championship Game against some weak competition and we think Kentucky ultimately cuts down the nets with their 30th SEC Tournament Title. Kentucky owns this conference and tournament and it’s not a good gamble betting against them. We won’t.
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Odds to Win 2017 SEC Tournament
Kentucky +120
Florida +170
South Carolina +1150
Arkansas +1600
Georgia +3300
Vanderbilt +3300
Alabama +3500
Texas A&M +4000
Mississippi +4500
Tennessee +6000
Auburn +6000
Mississippi State +8000
Missouri +15000
LSU +20000
2017 SEC Tournament Schedule/Bracket
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 6:00 PM #12 Mississippi State vs. #13 LSU SEC Network
2 8:30 PM #11 Auburn vs. #14 Missouri
Second round – Thursday, March 9
3 12:00 PM #8 Georgia vs. #9 Tennessee SEC Network
4 2:30 PM #5 Alabama vs. Winner of game 1
5 6:00 PM #7 Vanderbilt vs. #10 Texas A&M
6 8:30 PM #6 Ole Miss vs. Winner of game 2
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
7 12:00 PM #1 Kentucky vs. Winner of game 3 SEC Network
8 2:30 PM #4 South Carolina vs. Winner of game 4
9 6:00 PM #2 Florida vs. Winner of game 5
10 8:30 PM #3 Arkansas vs. Winner of game 6
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
11 12:00 PM Winner of game 7 vs Winner of game 8 ESPN
12 2:30 PM Winner of game 9 vs Winner of game 10
Championship – Sunday, March 12
13 12:00 PM Winner of game 11 vs Winner of game 12 ESPN
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