The 2012 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament will be held this week at the Arena in New Orleans' games begin Thursday.

The Georgia Bulldogs finished the regular season as the 11th seed.  The Dawgs finished with a mark of 5-11 in conference play and 14-16 overall.  The Dawgs will face number six seed Mississippi State in the final game of the Thursday session.  Tip is set for 10:00 p.m. with an air time of 9:35 on News/Talk WSB.  The two teams met once during the regular season with the Dawgs pulling a 70-68 overtime win in Starkville on February 11.

The SEC Tournament bracket is below:

First Round - Thursday, March 8

#8 LSU vs. #9 Arkansas........................ 1:00 p.m.                                            

     SEC Network

#5 Alabama vs. #12 South Carolina.................. 3:30 p.m.

     SEC Network

#7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Auburn......................... 7:30 p.m.

     SEC Network

#6 Mississippi State vs. #11 Georgia ........................ 10:00 p.m.

     SEC Network

Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9

#1 Kentucky vs. 8/9 winner...................... 1:00 p.m.

     SEC Network

#4 Florida vs. 5/12 winner................................. 3:30 p.m.

     SEC Network

#2 Tennessee vs. 7/10 winner....................................... 7:30

    SEC Network

#3 Vanderbilt vs. 6/11 winner........................ 10:00 p.m.

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Semifinals - Saturday, March 10

Game 9 (game 5 & 6 winners).............................. 1:00 p.m.

     ABC

Game 10 (game 7 & 8 winners).......................... 3:30 p.m.

 ABC

Finals - Sunday, March 11

Game 11 (championship game)........................... 1:00 p.m.

     ABC