By the Associated Press

Tennessee, Kentucky earn top seeds in SEC bracket

DULUTH, Ga. — Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Texas A&M are the top four seeds in the Southeastern Conference women’s tournament which begins Wednesday night.

Missouri will face Vanderbilt on Thursday.

Each of the top four seeds – all ranked in the top 13 – has a bye until Friday’s quarterfinals. No. 10 Kentucky earned the No. 2 seed by beating No. 8 Tennessee 78-65 on Sunday.

The No. 12 seed, Mississippi State, plays No. 13 seed Alabama in Wednesday night’s opening game. The winner plays No. 5 seed South Carolina on Thursday. In other games Thursday, Arkansas plays Florida and Auburn plays LSU.

The championship game is set for Sunday night.