This season, the SEC Tournament is back in our backyard. Just down the road in Duluth this Thursday, teams and fans from all over the SEC will gather for four straight days of knock-down, drag-out competition. Don’t miss your opportunity to cheer on our Lady Bulldogs as they attempt to jump-start their postseason with an SEC Tournament championship. Ticket books for all Tournament sessions are $90 for reserved seats in the lower level or $60 general admission upstairs. Individual session tickets are $17 for a reserved seat and $12 general admission. Tickets can be purchased online via Ticketmaster or at The Arena at Gwinnett Center box office. (Detailed ticket buying information can be found by clicking the link below.) Here’s the slate of games for Thursday’s SEC Tournament first-round sessions:

Thursday, March 4 (All Times Eastern)

Game 1 – #8 South Carolina vs. #9 Ole Miss (12:00 Noon)

Game 2 – #7 Florida vs. #10 Auburn (2:30 PM)

Game 3 – #5 Vanderbilt vs. #12 Arkansas (6:30 PM)

Game 4 – #6 GEORGIA vs. #11 Alabama (9:00 PM)

All first-round games can be seen live on Fox Sports South.

We’ll have a Georgia/Alabama recap and game links posted here, along with a preview of Friday’s SEC Tournament second round action, sometime shortly after the final buzzer. And…remember…if you take your camera, we want to post your Tournament photos. Just send them to m.holcomb@charter.net (in .JPG/.JPEG format, please) and we’ll show the world just what a natural-born photographer you are!

Click here for a complete guide to the 2010 SEC Tournament (including printable brackets.)