In 2006 it became an eight-team, single-elimination tournament. In 2013, with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M into the SEC, the tournament moved to a ten-team, single-elimination tournament with the top 6 teams earning first round byes.
In 2006, the tournament expanded from an eight-team bracket to a single-elimination competition featuring eight teams. Two years later, with Missouri and Texas A&M joining the SEC, the tournament format changed again, this time to a ten-team, single-elimination event where the top six teams received first-round byes.