After Thursday’s loss to Georgia, Kentucky no longer controls its own fate in the race for the No. 2 seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. However, the Wildcats put themselves in good position for the second seed with a win vs. Florida on Saturday. In fact, there are only two ways in which UK would not be the No. 2 seed if the Cats win Saturday of the eight possible outcomes. The two seed, however, is out of the question with a loss to Florida. Here are all the scenarios heading into the final weekend of the regular season.1. UK defeats Florida.

  • If
    Missouri beats Tennessee, Ole Miss beats LSU and Alabama defeats
    Georgia, UK wins the four-way tiebreaker and receives the No. 2 seed
    based on its 2-1 record against Missouri, Ole Miss and Alabama. Missouri
    and Ole Miss are both 2-2 against tied teams in that case, Alabama 1-2.
  • If Missouri and Ole Miss win, UK wins the three-way tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed with a 2-0 record against tied teams.
  • If
    only Missouri and Alabama win, all three teams would have identical 1-1
    records against tied teams. Missouri and Kentucky would both have 1-1
    records against No. 1 seed Florida, while Alabama is 0-1. Missouri would
    then win the tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed with a 1-0 record against
    No. 4 seed Alabama. UK would be the No. 3 seed.
  • If only Ole Miss
    and Alabama win, all three teams would have identical 1-1 records
    against tied teams. UK would be the only team of the three with a win
    over Florida, so UK would win the tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed.
  • If only Missouri wins, UK wins the two-way tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed with a 1-0 head-to-head record against Missouri.
  • If only Ole Miss wins, UK wins the two-way tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed with a 1-0 head-to-head record against Ole Miss.
  • If
    only Alabama wins, Alabama wins the two-way tiebreaker for the No. 2
    seed with a 1-0 head-to-head record against UK. UK would receive the No.
    3 seed.
  • If Missouri, Ole Miss and Alabama all lose, UK finishes second outright and receives the No. 2 seed.

2. UK loses to Florida.

  • Florida wins SEC title.
  • If Missouri beats Tennessee, Ole Miss beats LSU and Alabama defeats Georgia, UK receives the No. 5 seed.
  • If
    only Missouri and Ole Miss win, Alabama wins the two-team tiebreaker
    for the No. 4 seed based on a 1-0 record against UK. UK would receive
    the No. 5 seed.
  • If only Missouri and Alabama win, UK wins the two-team tiebreaker for the No. 4 seed based on a 1-0 record against Ole Miss.
  • If
    only Ole Miss and Alabama win, a three-team tiebreaker between UK, Tennessee and Missouri
    would be decided based on combined records against tied teams. UK and
    Tennessee would both be 2-1 and Missouri 0-2, so it would return to a
    head-to-head tiebreaker between UK and Tennessee. The two teams split
    the season series, so Tennessee would receive the No. 4 seed based on a
    1-1 record against Florida. UK would be the No. 5 seed.
  • If
    only Missouri wins, UK, Ole Miss and Alabama would be tied at No. 3.
    Each team in the tiebreaker has a 1-1 record against other teams in the
    tiebreaker and all three teams are winless against Florida, so seeding
    would be determined based on records against No. 2 seed Missouri. UK
    would win the tiebreaker for the No. 3 seed based on its 1-0 record
    against the Tigers.
  • If only Ole Miss wins, Tennessee wins the four-team tiebreaker for the No. 3 seed based
    on a 3-2 record against UK, Missouri and Alabama. Alabama and UK would
    both be 2-2 against tied teams and Alabama would then win a head-to-head
    tiebreaker with UK for the No. 4 seed. UK would receive the No. 5 seed.
  • If
    only Alabama wins, UK, Tennessee, Missouri
    and Ole Miss would be tied for the No. 3 seed. UK would win the
    tiebreaker based on a 3-1 record against tied teams.
  • If Missouri, Ole Miss and
    Alabama all lose, there would be a five-way
    tie for the No. 2 seed. Ole Miss would win the tiebreaker with a 4-2
    record against tied teams. UK would receive the No. 3 seed based on a
    3-2 record against tied teams.

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