SEC Tournament 2017: Round 2 Scores, Updated Bracket, Quarterfinals Schedule

Bubble watch was the name of the game Thursday at the 2017 SEC tournament.

Vanderbilt, Georgia and (kind of) Ole Miss each traveled to Nashville in hopes of impressing the committee enough to earn an at-large bid—or make a Cinderella run and clinch it themselves. The Commodores were one of the final byes predicted by ESPN's Joe Lunardi, while Georgia was among the next four out. Ole Miss would likely need to make the championship game to get consideration.

Along with Alabama, all three were in action against lower-seeded teams Thursday. The four so-called "home" teams truly kicked off the two-day period of all-day basketball in Nashville after the bottom four SEC teams had what were essentially play-ins Thursday.

Here is a look at how all the action played out.

Thursday Results

Matchup	Result
No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 9 Tennessee	Georgia 59, Tennessee 57
No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 12 Mississippi State	Alabama 75, Mississippi State 55
No. 7 Vanderbilt vs. No. 10 Texas A&M	Vanderbilt 66, Texas A&M 41
No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 14 Missouri	Ole Miss 86, Missouri 74

Friday Schedule

Matchup	Time (ET)	Network
No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 8 Georgia	12 p.m.	SEC Network
No. 4 South Carolina vs. No. 5 Alabama	2 p.m.	SEC Network
No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Vanderbilt	7 p.m.	SEC Network
No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 6	9 p.m.	SEC Network

Georgia 59, Tennessee 57

J.J. Frazier scored 17 points and Yante Maten added 12 as Georgia held on for an ugly 59-57 win over Tennessee.

The Bulldogs did not score for the game's final minute and 36 seconds, allowing Tennessee multiple opportunities to come back. The Vols instead made a grand total of one free throw as Jordan Bone and Admiral Schofield each missed critical shot attempts down the stretch.

Tennessee shot just 32.8 percent from the floor as a team. Bone and Lamonte Turner were the only Vols players in double figures.

Georgia will move on to play top-seeded Kentucky.

Alabama 75, Mississippi State 55

Dazon Ingram scored 17 points to lead four Alabama players in double figures as the Crimson Tide earned a 75-55 blowout win over Mississippi State.

The Tide never trailed and led for the game's final 38 minutes and 25 seconds. Mississippi State never got within single digits in the second half and trailed by as many as 30 points.

Corban Collins (14 points), Avery Johnson Jr. (10 points) and Donta Hall (10 points) were also in double figures off the bench. Forty-two of the Tide's 75 points came from reserves.

Mississippi State shot 39.1 percent from the floor, which included a 2-of-12 rate from beyond the arc. 

Alabama moves on to play fourth-seeded South Carolina.

Vanderbilt 66, Texas A&M 41

Joe Toye scored 18 points and Riley LaChance added 14 as Vanderbilt overcame a rough first half to score a 66-41 win over Texas A&M.

The Commodores scored just 23 points and led by three points at the break before turning things on in the final 20 minutes. They put together a dominant two-way performance down the stretch, pushing their lead to double digits within three minutes and leading by more than 10 points for the final 13-plus minutes.

Texas A&M shot just 33.3 percent as a team and got zero points from its bench. Tyler Davis had 18 points and eight rebounds, but he was the only Aggies starter with an above-average performance.

Vanderbilt knocked down 11 three-pointers, nine of which were by Toye or LaChance. Nolan Cressler added 11 points to round out scoring for the Commodores.

Ole Miss 86, Missouri 74

Deandre Burnett scored 23 points off the bench and Terence Davis added 19, as Ole Miss advanced with an 86-74 win over Missouri.

The Rebels went to the line 47 times, compared to just 13 for Ole Miss. The difference in fouls and free throws were enough to make all the difference in a game that was otherwise evenly played from a percentage standpoint.

Missouri actually shot a slightly better percentage (42.6) than Ole Miss (41.8) and knocked down 12 threes compared to the Rebels' nine. Kevin Puryear, Jordan Barnett and Terrence Phillips all scored 15 points for the Tigers. Three of their five starters fouled out, and Puryear finished with four fouls.

Sebastian Saiz finished with 14 points and 16 rebounds. Breein Tyree, who had 11 points, rounded out the double-figure scorers for the Rebels.