The SEC Tournament – which starts Wednesday, March 8 and runs through Sunday – is back in Music City after a one-year detour to Florida. The tournament will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).

Eight teams currently are projected to make the NCAA Tournament when the bracket is announced Sunday, with Mississippi State on the bubble. The SEC has five ranked teams, led by No. 4 Alabama, with both Vanderbilt and Arkansas also receiving votes.

Alabama is in position to repeat the same double dip the Crimson Tide managed in Nashville in 2021 when they paired the SEC regular-season title with the tournament championship.

First, the Tide (26-5) must shake their slow-starting woes. They have faced double-digit deficits in each of the last three games, including a 67-61 loss in the regular-season finale at Texas A&M. Alabama won’t play until Friday against either Mississippi State or Florida.

No. 17 Tennessee (22-9) is the defending tournament champ after snapping its own 41-year drought. The Volunteers can only hope that experience, plus playing close to Knoxville, helps snap their five-game SEC road skid.

And then there’s AP SEC coach of the year Buzz Williams, who has No. 18 Texas A&M on the same side of the bracket as No. 23 Kentucky, which hasn’t won this event since 2018.

When is the SEC tournament?

The SEC tournament starts Wednesday, March 8 and runs through Sunday, March 12.

Will it be live streamed?

FuboTV

The SEC tournament will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo pro” package, which comprises 146-plus channels for $74.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

There is also the “fubo elite” package, which comprises 205-plus channels for $84.99 per month. It comes with fuboExtra (48 more channels) and News Plus (11 more channels). Plus, more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

The “fubo premiere” package is “fubo elite” with the addition of Showtime for $94.99 per month.

What TV channel will carry SEC tournament?

The SEC tournament games will be televised on the SEC Network and ESPN.

Tournament schedule

Wednesday, March 8

• Game 1: No. 12 South Carolina vs. No. 13 Ole Miss, 6 p.m., SEC Network
• Game 2: No. 11 Georgia vs. No. 14 LSU, 8 p.m., SEC Network

Thursday, March 9

• Game 3: No. 8 Florida vs. No. 9 Mississippi State, noon, SEC Network
• Game 4: No. 5 Tennessee vs. Winner Game 1, 2 p.m., SEC Network
• Game 5: No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 10 Arkansas, 6 p.m., SEC Network
• Game 6: No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. Winner Game 2, 8 p.m., SEC Network

Friday, March 10

• Game 7: No. 1 Alabama vs. Winner Game 3, noon, ESPN
• Game 8: No. 4 Missouri vs. Winner Game 4, 2 p.m., ESPN
• Game 9: No. 2 Texas A&M vs. Winner Game 5, 6 p.m., SEC Network
• Game 10: No. 3 Kentucky vs. Winner Game 6, 8 p.m., SEC Network

Saturday, March 11

• Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, noon, ESPN
• Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 2 p.m., ESPN

Sunday, March 12

• Championship game, noon, ESPN

Preview

KENTUCKY’S DROUGHT: The Wildcats haven’t won the SEC Tournament title since their 31st in 2018. They teetered on the NCAA bubble for much of the SEC slate before earning the No. 3 seed. They play the last game Friday night, giving coach John Calipari time to figure out a point guard.

Hours after Sahvir Wheeler underwent a medical procedure that Calipari said would sideline him for a couple of weeks, starting guard Cason Wallace hurt his left leg last week in a loss to Vanderbilt. Calipari hopes Wallace and CJ Fredrick (ribs) can practice this week. He also needs more from his reserves.

“The guys on the bench, the greatest thing is they’ve all had an opportunity now,” Calipari said on his radio show.

MISSING PLAYERS: Several teams will be missing key contributors in Nashville. The Volunteers lost starting point guard Zakai Zeigler to a torn ACL last week in a win over Arkansas. Vanderbilt lost M Liam Robbins to a lower leg injury requiring season-ending surgery in its win at Kentucky last week.

Florida big man Colin Castleton has missed the last five games with a broken right hand, with the Gators going 2-3 in his absence. He is the Gators’ leading scorer and rebounder and still ranks eighth nationally with 78 blocked shots and fourth averaging three blocks a game.

MILLER AT HOME: Alabama freshman Brandon Miller, the AP SEC player and newcomer of the year, will be playing in his hometown. Being back in Nashville won’t protect him from fans of opposing teams who have taunted the SEC’s leading scorer with a variety of chants.

Police said Miller delivered the gun used in the shooting death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris in January, though Miller’s attorney said he never handled it and didn’t know it was going to be used for a crime.

STREAKING: Coach Jerry Stackhouse has Vanderbilt playing its best at the right time. The Commodores have won three straight and eight of nine, a stretch including their first win at Rupp Arena since 2007, a buzzer-beating win over Tennessee and a sweep of Florida.

No. 25 Missouri won’t play until Friday after winning four straight in coach Dennis Gates’ debut season. Georgia has the league’s longest skid at five consecutive losses.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.