The No. 4 Florida Gators men's basketball team entered the SEC Tournament on a roll. The defending national champions won 11 consecutive games to close the regular season. Consequently, they earned the top seed in the conference tourney and were projected as a No.

The Arkansas Razorbacks and Vanderbilt Commodores formed a rare pair of SEC tournament final participants. Arkansas ended the Cinderella story of the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday, while Vanderbilt upset the top-seeded Florida Gators.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/lsu as SEC Tournament Odds and Bracket: Florida Gators, Arkansas Razorbacks Early Favorites.

Arkansas guard Meleek Thomas (1) shoots, Saturday, March 14, 2026, during the second half of the Razorbacks' 93-90 overtime win over the Ole Miss Rebels in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. (Hank Layton/WholeHogSports)

The second semifinal features the No. 15 seed Ole Miss Rebels, who remarkably upset the second-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide on Friday night. John Calipari's Arkansas Razorbacks stand in the way of Ole Miss' shot at earning five wins in five days inside Bridgestone Arena.

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