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Kentucky will take on Mississippi State on Thursday in the SEC Tournament

Finishing the season 9-15 overall and 8-9 in league play, the Wildcats will take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Thursday, with tip-off scheduled for noon ET (11 a.m. CT) at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

UK locked up the No. 8 overall seed on Saturday with a blowout home victory over South Carolina, with MSU finishing as a No. 9 seed following its loss to Auburn.

The winner of the UK-MSU matchup will get top-seeded Alabama on Friday at noon ET, which will air live on ESPN.

The league will release the final SEC Tournament bracket on Sunday following the Florida-Tennessee game, which is scheduled for noon ET on ESPNU.