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9:30 a.m. -- Standings and other stuff

AUBURN, Ala. -- The SEC standings, today's schedule and the positioning of teams as they stand right now in the race for the
eight berths in the SEC tournament:
 
EASTERN DIVISION
Georgia 20-8-1 (.707)
Kentucky 16-13 (.552)
Florida 16-13 (.552)
Vanderbilt 15-13 (.536)
South Carolina 14-15 (.483)
Tennessee 12-17 (.414)
 
WESTERN DIVISION
LSU 17-11-1 (.603)
Alabama 15-14 (.517)
Ole Miss 14-15 (.483)
Arkansas 13-15 (.464)
Auburn 11-18 (.379)
Mississippi State 9-20 (.310)
 
Georgia is the SEC champion. LSU is the SEC West champion.
 
FRIDAY'S SCORES
Alabama 17, Georgia 13 (Game 1)
Georgia 5, Alabama 4 (Game 2)
Florida 5, Vanderbilt 4
Kentucky 9, Ole Miss 0
LSU 15, Auburn 6
South Carolina 7, Tennessee 5
Mississippi State 6, Arkansas 5
 
TODAY'S GAMES
Vanderbilt at Florida, noon.
Ole Miss at Kentucky, noon.
Alabama at Georgia, 2 p.m.
LSU at Auburn, 2 p.m.
Tennessee at South Carolina, 3 p.m.
Arkansas at Mississippi State, 3 p.m.
 
All times CDT.
 
SEC tournament race
 
Some of these seedings are temporary and can change today, but Georgia is locked in as the No. 1 seed, LSU the No. 2 seed. The top six teams in this order have clinched SEC tournament berths, meaning South Carolina, Ole Miss and Arkansas are competing today for the final two spots. Tennessee, Auburn and Mississippi State have been eliminated.
 
Parenthetical information on Kentucky and Florida deals with tiebreakers. For example, Kentucky and Florida have the same record, but Kentucky has the tiebreaker advantage over Florida because it won the series against Florida.
 
Parenthetical information on South Carolina, Ole Miss and Arkansas shows what must happen today for them to qualify for the eight-team SEC tournament.
 
  1. Georgia 
  2. LSU
  3. Kentucky (Defeated Florida 2 of 3)
  4. Florida (Lost to Kentucky 2 of 3)
  5. Vanderbilt
  6. Alabama
  7. South Carolina (In with a win or either Ole Miss or Arkansas loss)
  8. Ole Miss (In with a win or either USC or Arkansas loss)
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  9. Arkansas (In with a win and USC or Ole Miss loss)
10. Tennessee
11. Auburn
12. Mississippi State
 
 
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