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
Season2015–16
Teams13
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsKentucky (30th title)
Winning coachJohn Calipari (4th title)
MVPTyler Ulis (Kentucky)
Attendance105,799
TelevisionESPN and SEC Network
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2015–16 SEC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Texas A&M 13 5   .722 28 9   .757
No. 10 Kentucky 13 5   .722 27 9   .750
South Carolina 11 7   .611 25 9   .735
Vanderbilt 11 7   .611 19 14   .576
LSU 11 7   .611 19 14   .576
Ole Miss 10 8   .556 20 12   .625
Georgia 10 8   .556 20 14   .588
Florida 9 9   .500 21 15   .583
Arkansas 9 9   .500 16 16   .500
Alabama 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
Mississippi State 7 11   .389 14 17   .452
Tennessee 6 12   .333 15 19   .441
Auburn 5 13   .278 11 20   .355
Missouri* 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
2016 SEC tournament winner
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban.
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

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Seed School Conference
record
Overall
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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

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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

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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
8Florida66
9Arkansas611Texas A&M72
8Florida681Texas A&M71
4LSU38
12Tennessee75
12Tennessee674LSU84
13Auburn595Vanderbilt651Texas A&M77
12Tennessee972Kentucky82*
10Alabama59
10Alabama812Kentucky85
7Ole Miss732Kentucky93
6Georgia80
6Georgia65
11Mississippi State693South Carolina64
6Georgia79

* – denotes overtime period

See also

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References

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