The SEC is on pace to match or exceed the Big East's record of placing 11 teams in the NCAA Tournament, which was set in 2011 when the conference had 16 members. Entering conference tournament week, there are 14 SEC teams with legitimate at-large hopes.

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The bracket is set and the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament will officially tip off this week in Nashville, Tennessee. Here's everything you need to know.

As is, the SEC looks solid with 12 bids, which would beat the Big East record of 11 set in 2011. Arkansas locked itself in — and sent warning signals that this has become a dangerous team — with wins at Vanderbilt and in thrilling fashion over Mississippi State. Georgia won at South Carolina, then outlasted Vanderbilt on Saturday at home.

Basketball Tournament bracket will be set Saturday following the day's game results. Auburn clinched the 1-seed and the regular season championship last weekend but should be plenty motivated for Saturday’s rivalry game against Alabama.

Following disastrous late-game blunders, it now appears the Sooners are figuring it out when they need to most, surviving rival Texas 76-72.