2017 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee March 8–12, 2017.

2017 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams14
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsKentucky (31st title)
Winning coachJohn Calipari (5th title)
MVPDe'Aaron Fox (Kentucky)
TelevisionESPN and SEC Network
2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Kentucky162 .889  326  .842
No. 20 Florida144 .778  279  .750
Arkansas126 .667  2610  .722
South Carolina126 .667  2611  .703
Ole Miss108 .556  2214  .611
Alabama108 .556  1915  .559
Vanderbilt108 .556  1916  .543
Georgia99 .500  1915  .559
Texas A&M810 .444  1615  .516
Tennessee810 .444  1616  .500
Auburn711 .389  1814  .563
Mississippi State612 .333  1616  .500
LSU216 .111  1021  .323
Missouri216 .111  824  .250
2017 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Kentucky 16–2 26–5
2 Florida 14–4 24–7
3 Arkansas 12−6 23–8 1–0 vs. South Carolina
4 South Carolina 12–6 22–9 0–1 vs. Arkansas
5 Alabama# 10–8 17−13 1–0 vs. Ole Miss, 1–0 vs. Vanderbilt
6 Ole Miss# 10–8 19–12 0–1 vs. Alabama, 1–0 vs. Vanderbilt
7 Vanderbilt# 10–8 17–14 0–1 vs. Alabama, 0–1 vs. Ole Miss
8 Georgia# 9–9 18–13
9 Tennessee# 8–10 16−15 1–0 vs. Texas A&M
10 Texas A&M# 8–10 16–14 0–1 vs. Tennessee
11 Auburn 7–11 18–13
12 Mississippi State 6–12 15–15
13 LSU 2–16 10–20 1–0 vs. Missouri
14 Missouri 2–16 7–23 0–1 vs. LSU
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – 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# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 6:00 PM
#12 Mississippi State vs. #13 LSU
SEC Network 8,567
2 8:30 PM
#11 Auburn vs. #14 Missouri
Second round – Thursday, March 9
3 12:00 PM
#8 Georgia vs. #9 Tennessee
SEC Network 11,973
4 2:30 PM
#5 Alabama vs. #12 Mississippi State
5 6:00 PM
#7 Vanderbilt vs. #10 Texas A&M
13,112
6 8:30 PM
#6 Ole Miss vs. #14 Missouri
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
7 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs. #8 Georgia
SEC Network 18,130
8 2:30 PM
#4 South Carolina vs. #5 Alabama
9 6:00 PM
#2 Florida vs. #7 Vanderbilt
14,227
10 8:30 PM
#3 Arkansas vs. #6 Ole Miss
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
11 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs #5 Alabama
ESPN 19,196
12 2:30 PM
#7 Vanderbilt vs #3 Arkansas
Championship – Sunday, March 12
13 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs #3 Arkansas
ESPN 19,953
*Game times in CT.[lower-alpha 1] # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 8
SECN
Second round
Thursday, March 9
SECN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
SECN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
ESPN
Championship
Sunday, March 12
ESPN
                                               
1 Kentucky 71  
    8 Georgia 60  
8 Georgia 59
9 Tennessee 57  
  1 Kentucky 79  
  5 Alabama 74  
4 South Carolina 53
    5 Alabama 64  
5 Alabama 75
    12 Mississippi State 55  
12 Mississippi State 79
13 LSU 52  
1 Kentucky 82
3 Arkansas 65
2 Florida 62  
    7 Vanderbilt 72*  
7 Vanderbilt 66
10 Texas A&M 41  
  7 Vanderbilt 62
  3 Arkansas 76  
3 Arkansas 73
    6 Ole Miss 72  
6 Ole Miss 86
    14 Missouri 74  
11 Auburn 83
14 Missouri 86*  

* denotes overtime period

See also

Notes

  1. The United States began daylight saving time at 2:00 am on Sunday, March 12. As a result, times through the semifinal games are listed in Central Standard Time while the championship game is listed in Central Daylight Time.

References

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