SEC primer: A return to Catlanta

ESPN has a breakdown of the SEC tournament today highlighting which teams need a win, what coaches are on the hot seat, and who is hot entering the tournament.  Some highlights include:

Dome sweet dome: Kentucky won each of the first three SEC tournaments played in the Georgia Dome in 1995, '98 and '99 and has won 26 SEC tournament titles overall (no other school has won more than six). The Wildcats enjoyed so much success in Atlanta over the years that UK faithful fondly referred to it as "Catlanta" and the Dome as "Rupp South."

On the hot seat: One-fourth of the league's coaches might be on the hot seat entering the SEC tournament. Tennessee's Bruce Pearl has been one of the league's most successful coaches, but he was suspended for half of the team's conference schedule by SEC commissioner Mike Slive for breaking NCAA rules and then lying to NCAA investigators.

First-round game to watch: Georgia can't afford an opening-round loss to Auburn if it wants to feel confident on Selection Sunday, but the Tigers are playing with a lot of confidence. AU came from way back to win each of its past two games, erasing a 15-point deficit in a 60-51 victory over LSU and a 20-point deficit in a 76-73 win over Ole Miss.