SEC Basketball Power Rankings: Several teams keeping NCAA Tournament hopes alive

Roll Tide Wire breaks down the SEC basketball power rankings heading into postseason play. Several teams have made recent splashes while others have fallen off.

With the SEC Tournament upon us, several programs within the conference have positioned themselves to reach the NCAA Tournament while others are completely out of it.

Some of the teams that have solidified tournament bids up to this point are Alabama, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. A few outside teams looking to make some noise are Auburn, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, and Mississippi State.

Meanwhile, other programs like Ole Miss, South Carolina, Florida, LSU, and Georgia have to win the SEC Tournament to receive an automatic bid. Otherwise, their seasons are over.

Today, Roll Tide Wire breaks down the latest SEC basketball power rankings ahead of the SEC Tournament.

SEC Basketball: 2023 SEC Tournament bracket, time, TV channel, full schedule

2023 SEC Tournament bracket and TV lineup!

The 2022-23 SEC men’s basketball regular season is finally complete and now all 14 programs will make the trip to Nashville to participate in the 2023 SEC Tournament.

After a mostly dominating performance throughout the league play, the Alabama Crimson Tide, led by freshmen sensation Brandon Miller, will be the top overall seed in the tournament. Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Missouri round out the top four seeds that receive a double-bye in the tournament and will not play until the quarterfinals, which are set for Friday, March 10.

The tournament is set to begin on Wednesday, March 8 from inside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Below is the complete schedule of games including tipoff times and TV lineup!

Two Alabama basketball players listed as Preseason All-SEC selections

On Wednesday, Alabama’s Jahvon Quinerly and Brandon Miller were listed as Preseason All-SEC selections.

Alabama has seen a fair amount of success within the basketball programs since Nate Oats became the team’s head coach in 2019. Not only has there been just success, but there has also been a lot of talent over the years.

On Wednesday, two current Alabama basketball players, Jahvon Quinerly and Brandon Miller, were named to the Preseason All-SEC Second Team. Both are expected to have key roles on the basketball team this season.

Miller was a McDonald’s All-American last season out of Cane Ridge High School in Antioch, Tennessee. The versatile forward has a similar frame to former Alabama fan-favorite Herb Jones. His skill set will likely be used in similar ways to Jones’s. However, he does bring a scoring prowess as well, so he has a lot of high expectations as he enters his freshman season.

As for Quinerly, this will not be his first season in an Alabama uniform. He has played in two seasons with the Crimson Tide and has cemented himself as one of the best scorers in the league. He attacks the glass and uses his finesse to create open-shot opportunities for his teammates.

Unfortunately, Alabama will be without Quinerly for non-conference play, At the end of last season, Quinerly suffered a torn ACL. As a result, his return is set for late December with hopes to have him back by the time conference play begins.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama basketball news.

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