Year: | 2016 |
Conference: | SEC |
Division: | 1 |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 13 |
Arena: | Bridgestone Arena |
City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
Champions: | Kentucky |
Titlecount: | 30th |
Coach: | John Calipari |
Coachcount: | 4th |
Mvp: | Tyler Ulis |
Mvpteam: | Kentucky |
Attendance: | 105,799 |
Television: | ESPN and SEC Network |
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.
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.
Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
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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. |
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television | Attendance | |
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First round – Wednesday, March 9 | ||||||
1 | 7:00 pm |
| 97–59 | SEC Network | 9,787 | |
Second round – Thursday, March 10 | ||||||
2 | 12:00 pm |
| 68–61 | SEC Network | 12,270 | |
3 | 2:30 pm |
| 65–67 | |||
4 | 6:00 pm |
| 73–81 | 11,750 | ||
5 | 8:30 pm |
| 79–69 | |||
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 | ||||||
6 | 12:00 pm |
| 72–66 | SEC Network | 15,222 | |
7 | 2:30 pm |
| 84–75 | |||
8 | 6:00 pm |
| 85–59 | 18,049 | ||
9 | 8:30 pm |
| 64–65 | |||
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
10 | 12:00 pm |
| 71–38 | ESPN | 19,108 | |
11 | 2:30 pm |
| 93–80 | |||
Championship – Sunday, March 13 | ||||||
12 | 12:00 pm |
| 77–82OT | ESPN | 19,613 | |
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* – denotes overtime period