1984 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1984 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 7–10, 1984 at the Memorial Gymnasium on Vanderbilt University’s campus located in Nashville, Tennessee. The Kentucky Wildcats won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament by defeating the Auburn Tigers by a score of 51–49 in the championship game on March 10.[1] Kentucky’s tournament championship win marked the first time a regular season champion won the tournament championship since the revival of the SEC Tournament in 1979.[2]

1984 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1983–84
Teams10
SiteMemorial Gymnasium
Nashville, Tennessee [1]
ChampionsKentucky [1] (14th title)
Winning coachJoe B. Hall (1st title)
MVPCharles Barkley (Auburn)
Attendance136,046 (sellout)
TelevisionSports Productions, Inc. (SPI) (Entire tournament)
NBC (Championship game coverage outside the SEC footprint)

Television coverage

Television coverage of the entire tournament was produced and regionally syndicated by the now-defunct Sports Productions, Inc. (SPI), a division of Lorimar Productions. The broadcast crew consisted of Tom Hammond with the play-by-play announcing, and Joe Dean with the color analogy.[2] However, the championship game on Sunday, March 10, was televised by NBC in areas outside the SEC’s geographical footprint (with Don Criqui and Bucky Waters calling the action.), with the SPI broadcast being shown within the SEC footprint.

Bracket

[3][4]

  First Round
Wednesday, March 7		 Second Round
Thursday, March 8
Sports Productions, Inc.		 Semi-Finals
Friday, March 9
SPI		 Finals
Saturday, March 10
SPI, NBC
                                     
8 Georgia 52  
9 Mississippi State 49  
  1 #3 Kentucky 92  
    8 Georgia 79  
 
  1 #3 Kentucky 48  
  5 Alabama 46  
 
 
  4 LSU 70
    5 Alabama 72OT  
 
  1 #3 Kentucky 51
  2 Auburn 49
 
 
  6 Tennessee 80
    3 Florida 74  
 
  2 Auburn 60
  6 Tennessee 58  
 
 
  7 Vanderbilt 58
    2 Auburn 59  
7 Vanderbilt 77
10 Mississippi 57  

References
  1. 2014-2015 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 134
  2. Auburn vs. Kentucky - 1984 SEC Championship - via YouTube. Original SPI Broadcast of the 1984 SEC Tournament Championship Game.
  3. 1983-84 Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-reference.com
  4. 1983-84 Southeastern Conference Season Summary | at Sports-reference.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.