The SEC's top four seeds lived up to the hype in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament on Friday at Bridgestone Arena as each advanced to create a semifinal slugfest on Saturday between squads that can all be regarded as national championship contenders.

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Tennessee Basketball has nothing to play for against Auburn on Saturday in the SEC Tournament semifinal, according to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi. His Bracketology update on Saturday had Auburn locked into the No.

Auburn begins its quest for its second-straight SEC Tournament championship on Friday when it faces the Ole Miss Rebels at noon CT in Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Would a solid showing against the Rebels lock in the top overall seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament?

"Auburn has locked up the No. 1 overall seed regardless of further results,” Lunardi said in his latest report. Auburn currently ranks No. 2 in the NCAA NET rankings, but has 16 Quad I wins, three more than Michigan State, who has the next most. Duke, who is No. 1 in the NET, has eight Quad I wins.

Texas A&M lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament Thursday. We analyze how the loss could change the Aggies seeding for March Madness.

Auburn, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama in the SEC conference tournament semi-finals. But it hasn’t been a boring tournament whatsoever. Oklahoma and Texas both helped their tournament resumes while Kentucky and Missouri fought hard but fell to the elites in the conference.