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.

It's Kentucky vs Alabama in an SEC Tournament quarterfinal at Bridgestone Arena. Follow for live UK basketball score and game updates from Nashville.

Tennessee basketball took control against Auburn with a monster second-half run to advance to the SEC Tournament title game.

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.

Auburn has been one of the consensus top teams in men's college basketball nearly the entire season, and head coach Bruce Pearl wants everyone to know that his group isn't to be messed with. RELATED: Cooper Flagg goes down in Duke's ACC Tournament win Following the Tigers' win over Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament on Friday,