{"id":541033,"date":"2026-03-15T01:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/541033\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T01:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:37:14","slug":"sec-basketball-tournament-updates-scores-bracket-arkansas-holds-off-ole-miss-vanderbilt-routs-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/541033\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC basketball tournament updates, scores, bracket: Arkansas holds off Ole Miss; Vanderbilt routs Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just one day left until Selection Sunday<\/a> and March Madness<\/a> just around the corner, it\u2019s crunch time in conference tournaments around the country.<\/p>\n

In the SEC, it was about Florida and whether the Gators can run it back with another national title. The Gators struggled to start the season and then even fell out of the national rankings completely by early January. They looked strong entering the SEC tournament only to get routed by Vanderbilt in the semifinals. Now, it\u2019s up to the NCAA tournament selection committee to decide whether to award them a No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n

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Ole Miss almost continued its remarkable SEC tourney run in the semifinals against Arkansas, but the Razorbacks were able to survive in overtime to advance to the title game on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Follow along below for scores, highlights, bracketology and more (scroll for live updates).<\/p>\n

SEC men\u2019s basketball tournament<\/p>\n

When: March 11-15
Where: Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, Tennessee
TV: ESPN, SEC Network
SEC tournament bracket, scores<\/a><\/p>\n

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SEC schedule, results (all times ET)<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 14 \u2014 Semifinals<\/p>\n

Game 13 | No. 4 Vanderbilt 91, No. 1 Florida 74<\/a>
Game 14 | No. 3 Arkansas 93, No. 15 Ole Miss 90<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, March 15 \u2014 Championship<\/p>\n

Game 15 | No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 3 Arkansas | 1 p.m. | ESPN<\/p>\n

Live coverage has finished85 updatesSun 15 March 2026 at 3:50 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 9:15 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Rebels came oh-so-close to winning a fourth SEC tourney game in as many days and advancing to the championship. At No. 15, they were already the lowest-seeded team to reach the SEC semifinals.<\/p>\n

Ole Miss had lost 12 of 13 games entering the tournament. AJ Storr led the Rebels with 24 points, including a layup at the end of regulation that sent the game into OT.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 9:12 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Razorbacks survived to beat Ole Miss in overtime and reach the SEC tournament championship game.<\/p>\n

Barely.<\/p>\n

Poor free-throw shooting by Arkansas allowed the Rebels to send the game into OT \u2014 and then almost win it.<\/p>\n

Down two, AJ Storr pulled up for a 3-pointer and the potential game-winner but missed. Arkansas split another pair of FTs and Travis Perry\u2019s desperation heave at the buzzer clanged off the backboard.<\/p>\n

Maleek Thomas led Arkansas with 29 points and Darius Acuff Jr. scored 24.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 9:05 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Darius Acuff Jr. drove for a tough shot off the glass to put the Razorbacks up three and the Rebels followed by stepping out of bounds for a turnover.<\/p>\n

Arkansas 91, Ole Miss 88 with 27.3 seconds left.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 8:52 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Ole Miss\u2019 AJ Storr drove the length of the court for a layup just before the final buzzer to send the game into OT.<\/p>\n

After Arkansas split a pair of free throws, the Rebels inbounded down two with 5.8 seconds left. Storr took it from there.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 8:49 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Down 3, Ole Miss had a chance to tie only to have Arkansas intentionally foul. Ilias Kamardine made both free throws but the Rebels still trail by a point with 7.2 seconds left and no timeouts.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 8:43 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Ole Miss is back within a single possession with 47.7 seconds left after a 3-pointer by Travis Perry.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 8:41 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

After the Rebels pulled within three, Acuff hit a baseline jumper while being fouled. The next time down the floor, he pulled up for a 3-pointer above the arc.<\/p>\n

Two possessions, six points.<\/p>\n

This could ultimately be enough to push Arkansas past Ole Miss.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 8:35 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Consecutive 3-pointers have pulled the Rebels \u2014 who were down 10 a couple of minutes earlier \u2014 within a single possession.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 8:21 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Back-to-back dunks by Malique Ewin have given the Razorbacks some momentum with less than eight minutes left. Ole Miss has struggled throughout the game to keep Arkansas from the rim.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 8:09 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Darius Acuff has missed eight of his 11 shots today after scoring 37 points in the Razorbacks\u2019 quarterfinal victory over Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 7:56 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Rebels have picked up five fouls in less than three minutes to start the second half.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 7:47 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The second half could be a test of stamina for both teams. Arkansas is playing with only seven players. The Rebels are playing their fourth game in as many days.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 7:34 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Razorbacks are clinging to a one-point lead, despite controlling the game for much of the first half. Ole Miss freshman Patton Pinkins drew a 3-point foul on a desperation attempt with 1.1 seconds left and made all three of his free throws.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 7:17 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Despite trailing by as many as 11 points, Ole Miss has continued to fight to keep this a game. Malik Dia is leading the Rebels with eight points.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 7:05 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Arkansas has found a way to slow the Rebels\u2019 run through the tourney: Dunk on them.<\/p>\n

Ole Miss hasn\u2019t had much of an answer for the Razorbacks\u2019 inside. Arkansas had five dunks in the first nine minutes, including four from Trevon Brazile.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 6:50 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

A lob dunk gave Arkansas an early 4-2 lead. It is the first time in four games in the SEC tournament that the Rebels have trailed.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 6:46 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Ole Miss entered the SEC tournament having lost 12 of its previous 13 games. It was seeded 15th among the 16 teams.<\/p>\n

Now?<\/p>\n

The Rebels are just two wins away from automatically qualifying for the NCAA tournament and stealing someone else\u2019s bid.<\/p>\n

Ole Miss beat Texas, Georgia and Alabama in three straight days to reach Saturday\u2019s semifinal against Arkansas. Now, the Rebels need a fourth victory in four days to make the final.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 6:14 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt is headed to the SEC tournament championship game after routing defending national champion Florida.<\/p>\n

Playing in front of a home crowd, the Commodores controlled much of the game, using their speed to negate the Gators\u2019 size advantage. Vandy\u2019s 25-point lead in the second half was the largest deficit Florida had faced in the past three seasons.<\/p>\n

Vandy\u2019s starting backcourt of Tyler Tanner and Duke Miles \u2014 who look like they could give plenty of opponents trouble in next week\u2019s NCAA tournament \u2014 totaled 35 points and 15 assists. Jalen Washington scored 17 points off the bench for the Commodores.<\/p>\n

Florida didn\u2019t shoot well for the second straight game and might now have to answer questions about whether it deserves a No. 1 seed from the NCAA tournament selection committee. UConn (Big East) and Houston (Big 12) could make cases to jump the Gators if they win their respective conference tournaments.<\/p>\n

Sun 15 March 2026 at 5:54 am AEDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The big question now isn\u2019t whether Florida can come back. It\u2019s whether the Gators can do enough in the final eight minutes to convince the NCAA selection committee that they deserve to hold onto a No. 1 seed for the tourney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just one day left until Selection Sunday and March Madness just around the corner, it\u2019s crunch time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[5809,64,63,726,2755,21890,85,20526],"class_list":["post-541033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-arkansas","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-florida","tag-sec","tag-sports","tag-vanderbilt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}