One of the most chaotic conferences in men's basketball produced a pair of eye-popping results Thursday.
As a result of wins by Alabama and Georgia, Friday's SEC tournament quarterfinals provide plenty of intrigue as both teams scrap for their respective NCAA men's basketball tournament lives.
Mississippi State, who handled LSU in the quarterfinals, is lumped into the bubble conversation with Alabama and Georgia, but it did what it was supposed to do Thursday.
Friday features the debut of the four top seeds at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Missouri. Auburn, Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky are all jockeying for the best seed possible in the Big Dance while in search of leaving St.