After another week of Southeastern Conference play there’s a change at the top of the weekly Heat Check as the league’s top three teams proved vulnerable (again) with losses to Alabama and Missouri and a close call against Ole Miss. With the start of the SEC tournament three weeks away the race to watch is for fourth place, a competition with serious NCAA Tournament bubble stakes in play as well.
If the regular season ended today, here’s what the SEC seeds would look like. Remember the bottom four seeds play each other on the first day of the tournament and the top four seeds earn a double bye on the bracket.