The SEC's top four seeds lived up to the hype in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament on Friday at Bridgestone Arena as each advanced to create a semifinal slugfest on Saturday between squads that can all be regarded as national championship contenders.

Bruce Pearl sarcastically implied that he’s pumped for tomorrow’s Selection Sunday to see where Auburn basketball will be seeded in the NCAA tournament. After dropping three of its last four games to Alabama, Texas A&M and Tennessee. Pearl knows what’s now at stake for his group heading into the peak of March Madness.