South Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament and will begin tournament play Friday at noon ET at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville. Here's where South Carolina stands in the latest NCAA Tournament projections.

Here are five things going right for South Carolina ahead of the SEC Tournament: South Carolina winning Sunday’s coin-flip tiebreaker is old news, but it’s still important to the Gamecocks in their quest for another title. Because the Gamecocks have the No. 1 seed, they’ll get the favorable matchups and game times throughout the tournament.