There’s five games remaining in the college basketball regular season and after No. 1 Alabama, the SEC race is extremely tight. Four teams get a double bye in the conference tournament and don’t have to play until Saturday.
The 2018-19 Auburn team in the only school to win the SEC Tournament without receiving a double bye in the event since the conference expanded to 14 teams in 2012-13. If you want to win the SEC Tournament, earning a double bye is extremely impressive. There’s a log jam of teams that could finish in the top four with Texas A&M entering the weekend 11-2 and six teams between 9-4 and 7-6.
Let’s take a look at the remaining schedules of those seven teams and the most likely records according to KenPom.
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Texas A&M
Current SEC record-rank: 11-2, 2nd
Remaining games: at Missouri, vs. Tennessee, at Mississippi State, at Ole Miss, vs. Texas A&M
Number of losable games: 4.5
KenPom projected record: 2-3 for 13-5 overall record
Tennessee
Current SEC record-rank: 9-4, 3rd
Remaining games: at Kentucky, at Texas A&M, vs. South Carolina, vs. Arkansas, at Auburn
Number of losable games: 3.5
KenPom projected record: 4-1 for 13-5 overall record
Auburn
Current SEC record-rank: 8-5, Tied-4th
Remaining games: at Vanderbilt, vs. Ole Miss, at Kentucky, at Alabama, vs. Tennessee
Number of losable games: 4
KenPom projected record: 3-2 for 11-7 overall record
Kentucky
Current SEC record-rank: 8-5, Tied-4th
Remaining games: vs. Tennessee, at Florida, vs. Auburn, vs. Vanderbilt, at Arkansas
Number of losable games: 4
KenPom projected record: 2-3 for 10-8 overall record
Missouri
Current SEC record-rank: 7-6, Tied-6th
Remaining games: vs. Texas A&M, vs. Mississippi State, at Georgia, at LSU, vs. Ole Miss
Number of losable games: 4
KenPom projected record: 3-2 for 10-8 overall record
Vanderbilt
Current SEC record-rank: 7-6, Tied-6th
Remaining games: vs. Auburn, at LSU, vs. Florida, at Kentucky, vs. Mississippi State
Number of losable games: 5
KenPom projected record: 2-3 for 9-9 overall record
Florida
Current SEC record-rank: 7-6, Tied-6th
Remaining games: at Arkansas, vs. Kentucky, at Vanderbilt, at Georgia, vs. LSU
Number of losable games: 4
KenPom projected record: 3-2 for 10-8 overall record
