SEC Tournament 2017: Bracket, TV Schedule, Dates, Live Stream Info

The SEC men's basketball tournament has provided plenty of drama in the past 10 years.

In 2008, last-place Georgia won the SEC title after a tornado in downtown Atlanta forced the tournament to move from the damaged Georgia Dome to the Georgia Tech campus.

In 2012, Vanderbilt shocked Kentucky in the SEC title game. That Wildcats team, which went 38-2, eventually cruised to the national title behind future first and second overall NBA draft picks Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

This year, there isn't too much drama heading into the tournament, as noted by ESPN college basketball analyst Andy Katz:

That being said, anything can happen in March.

Below you'll find information about the tournament as well as the top three contenders for the SEC crown.

Bracket, Dates and TV Schedule

In addition to being televised on the ESPN family of networks, the tournament will also be live-streamed on WatchESPN.

No. 3: Arkansas

The Arkansas Razorbacks finished the regular season strong, winning six of their last seven games and finishing in third place in the SEC.

The Razorbacks are an offensive machine this year, averaging 80.5 points per game. Four players are in double figures, led by guard Dusty Hannahs with 14.6 per game.

Sometimes, teams score a lot of points simply because they run up and down the floor and chuck up shots early in the shot clock. That's not the case with Arkansas, as it ranks as the 19th-most efficient offensive team in the nation, per KenPom.com.

The Hogs also have upperclassman leadership. The aforementioned Hannahs is a senior, as is Moses Kingsley, who averages 11.9 points per game. Daryl Macon and Jaylen Barford, the other two players who average double digits, are juniors.

Arkansas' offensive efficiency, depth and experience should bode well for it this month.

No. 2: Florida

The Gators lost a tough one to Vanderbilt on Saturday, 73-71, although that shouldn't be held against them. The game took place in Nashville, Tennessee, on Vanderbilt's Senior Day in front of a raucous home crowd. Furthermore, Florida was up 12 in the second half and was a missed layup away from tying the game late in regulation.

After failing to make the NCAA tournament last season, Florida came back with a vengeance this year, going 24-7 in the regular season and 14-4 in the SEC, which was good enough for second place.

The Gators rank highly in the Pomeroy rankings, ranking fourth in adjusted defensive efficiency and sixth overall among 351 Division I teams.

Like Arkansas, the Gators have upperclassman leadership that should help them in March. Senior guard Canyon Barry (the son of NBA legend Rick Barry) averages 12.4 points per game and is shooting free throws underhanded like his father:

He's pretty good at them, too, making over 89.2 percent of his attempts this year.

Senior guard Kasey Hill, who was part of the 2014 Gators team that went undefeated in SEC play and made the Final Four, is also a key cog on this team. Hill leads all Gators with 4.7 assists and 1.7 steals.

Overall, the Gators are a tough team that will be hard to bounce out of the SEC and NCAA tournaments.

No. 1: Kentucky

The Wildcats are back at it again, winning thanks in part to future NBA talent driving the team toward another deep tournament run.

This year, three freshmen (guards De'Aaron Fox and Malik Monk and forward Edrice "Bam" Adebayo) and a sophomore (guard Isaiah Briscoe) are leading the way.

Monk is the primary scorer, averaging 21.7 points per game. Most impressively, he dropped 47 (on 18-of-28 shooting) in a 103-100 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels in December. Fox can do a little of everything, posting 15.4 points, 5.2 assists and 4.2 boards per game this year. Those two are currently projected as top-10 picks in this year's NBA draft, per DraftExpress.

Adebayo does the dirty work down low, with 7.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. He's also an efficient scorer, with 13.3 points on 61 percent shooting this season.

Lastly, Briscoe is in the same mold as Fox. He is also a 6'3" guard who does a little of everything, averaging 13.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists this season.

Together, those four (alongside senior forward Derek Willis) form the most talented starting lineup in the country. It's just a matter of whether they can defeat teams with more experience (specifically, more tournament experience a la Villanova and North Carolina) en route to a national title.

However, their elite, NBA-level skill will be good enough to win the SEC title over Florida, who will beat Arkansas in a close semifinal matchup.