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SEC plans enhanced security at basketball championships

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Fans attending the 2017 SEC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments will be asked to enter those events with clear bags and should be prepared to arrive early and to see a law enforcement presence in and around the arenas in which those events take place, the Conference office has announced.

The SEC Women's Basketball Tournament will be held March 1-5 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C., followed by the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, March 8-12, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

The SEC strongly encourages fans not to bring any type of bags to the tournaments, but bags must be clear or otherwise a small clutch bag to be allowed into either tournament.