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SEC Basketball - Week 16 of 18

SEC Basketball Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a finishing spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of conference games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given finishing spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team's standings page.

SEC Basketball Losing Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Regular Season Finish
Team W L GPi
Games Played
18 game season
1*
First and Second
Round Byes
2*
First and Second
Round Byes
3*
First and Second
Round Byes
4*
First and Second
Round Byes
5**
First Round Bye
6**
First Round Bye
7**
First Round Bye
8**
First Round Bye
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Florida 10 2 12 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Arkansas 9 3 12 5 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Vanderbilt 8 4 12 5 5 5 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Kentucky 8 4 12 5 5 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Tennessee 8 4 12 5 5 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Alabama 8 4 12 5 5 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Texas A&M 7 5 12 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Texas 7 5 12 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Missouri 7 5 12 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Georgia 5 7 12 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Auburn 5 7 12 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Mississippi St.Miss. St. 4 8 12 X 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 MW MW MW MW MW
Oklahoma 3 9 12 X X 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 MW MW
Ole Miss 3 9 12 X X X 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 MW
LSU 2 10 12 X X X X 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 MW MW
South Carolina 2 10 12 X X X X 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 MW MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first and second round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • ** denotes first round bye in the post season conference tournament