2016 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee March 9–13, 2016.

2016 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams13
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsKentucky (30th title)
Winning coachJohn Calipari (4th title)
MVPTyler Ulis (Kentucky)
Attendance105,799
TelevisionESPN and SEC Network
2015–16 SEC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 15 Texas A&M135 .722  289  .757
No. 10 Kentucky135 .722  279  .750
South Carolina117 .611  259  .735
Vanderbilt117 .611  1914  .576
LSU117 .611  1914  .576
Ole Miss108 .556  2012  .625
Georgia108 .556  2014  .588
Florida99 .500  2115  .583
Arkansas99 .500  1616  .500
Alabama810 .444  1815  .545
Mississippi State711 .389  1417  .452
Tennessee612 .333  1519  .441
Auburn513 .278  1120  .355
Missouri*315 .167  1021  .323
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban.
2016 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

This year's tournament involved only 13 of the league's 14 teams. On January 13, 2016, Missouri, then being investigated by the NCAA for rules violations that occurred under the tenure of former head coach Frank Haith, announced that it would not participate in any postseason play this season.[1] As a result, the #11 seed in the tournament was awarded a first-round bye, leaving the #12 seed–#13 seed game as the only game to be played on March 9.

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Texas A&M‡† 13–5 24–7 1–0 vs. Kentucky
2 Kentucky‡† 13–5 23–8 0–1 vs. Texas A&M
3 South Carolina† 11–7 24–7 2–0 vs. LSU/Vanderbilt
4 LSU 11–7 18–13 1–1 vs. South Carolina/Vanderbilt
5 Vanderbilt# 11–7 19–12 0–2 vs. South Carolina/LSU
6 Georgia# 10–8 17–12 2–0 vs. South Carolina
7 Ole Miss# 10–8 20–11 0–1 vs. South Carolina
8 Florida# 9–9 18–13 1–0 vs. Arkansas
9 Arkansas# 9–9 16–15 0–1 vs. Florida
10 Alabama# 8–10 17–13
11 Mississippi State# 7–11 14–16
12 Tennessee 6–12 13–18
13 Auburn 5–13 11–19
‡ – SEC regular season co-champions, and tournament No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1 7:00 pm #12 Tennessee vs. #13 Auburn 97–59 SEC Network 9,787
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2 12:00 pm #8 Florida vs. #9 Arkansas 68–61 SEC Network 12,270
3 2:30 pm #5 Vanderbilt vs. #12 Tennessee 65–67
4 6:00 pm #7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Alabama 73–81 11,750
5 8:30 pm #6 Georgia vs. #11 Mississippi State 79–69
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
6 12:00 pm #1 Texas A&M vs. #8 Florida 72–66 SEC Network 15,222
7 2:30 pm #4 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee 84–75
8 6:00 pm #2 Kentucky vs. #10 Alabama 85–59 18,049
9 8:30 pm #3 South Carolina vs. #6 Georgia 64–65
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
10 12:00 pm #1 Texas A&M vs #4 LSU 71–38 ESPN 19,108
11 2:30 pm #2 Kentucky vs #6 Georgia 93–80
Championship – Sunday, March 13
12 12:00 pm #1 Texas A&M vs #2 Kentucky 77–82OT ESPN 19,613
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 9
SEC Network
Second round
Thursday, March 10
SEC Network
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11
SEC Network
Semifinals
Saturday, March 12
ESPN
Championship
Sunday, March 13
ESPN
                                               
9 Arkansas 61  
8 Florida 68  
  8 Florida 66
  1 #17 Texas A&M 72  
  1 #17 Texas A&M 71  
  4 LSU 38  
13 Auburn 59  
12 Tennessee 97  
  12 Tennessee 67  
  5 Vanderbilt 65  
  12 Tennessee 75
  4 LSU 84  
1 #17 Texas A&M 77
2 #16 Kentucky 82*
10 Alabama 81  
7 Ole Miss 73  
  10 Alabama 59
  2 #16 Kentucky 85  
  2 #16 Kentucky 93
  6 Georgia 80  
11 Mississippi State 69  
6 Georgia 79  
  6 Georgia 65
  3 South Carolina 64  

* – denotes overtime period

See also

References

  1. "Major violations found at Missouri; penalties imposed by school". ESPN.com. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
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