BTI's Rants and Ramblings: Path to a Double Bye...I Think

[caption id="attachment_338431" align="alignnone" width="2560"] (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)[/caption] With the news that Kentucky will get to play South Carolina to wrap up the season in a week, the reality of that added game makes getting to a double bye in the SEC Tournament far more plausible.  I've charted out the results over the next week on how the games would need to play out for Kentucky to be able to start it's tourney run on Friday instead of Thursday.  And I'm not so sure which of these results is that implausible. Saturday, February 27th Florida at Kentucky: KENTUCKY Tennessee at Auburn: AUBURN LSU at Arkansas: ARKANSAS Ole Miss at Vanderbilt: OLE MISS Alabama at Mississippi State: ALABAMA SEC Standings if These Results Occur: 3. LSU: 9-6 4. Florida: 8-6 5. Tennessee: 9-7 6. Ole Miss: 9-7 7. Kentucky: 8-7 8. Missouri: 7-7 9. Mississippi State: 7-9 (Eliminated) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, March 2nd and Wednesday, March 3rd Kentucky at Ole Miss: KENTUCKY Vanderbilt at LSU: LSU Missouri at Florida: MISSOURI SEC Standings if These Results Occur: 3. LSU: 10-6 4. Tennessee: 9-7 5. Kentucky: 9-7 6. Florida: 8-7 7. Missouri: 8-7 8. Ole Miss: 9-8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, March 6th and Sunday, March 7th South Carolina at Kentucky: KENTUCKY Vanderbilt at Ole Miss: OLE MISS LSU at Missouri: MISSOURI Florida at Tennessee: TENNESSEE FINAL SEC Standings if These Results Occur: Double Bye. Kentucky: 10-7 Double Bye. LSU: 10-7 Tennessee: 10-7 Missouri: 9-7 Ole Miss: 10-8 Florida: 8-8 Kentucky and LSU would secure the double bye based on round-robin record vs. Tennessee:

• Kentucky: 2-1
• LSU: 1-1
• Tennessee: 1-2

Why not?