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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Kentucky162 .889326  .842
No. 10 Florida144 .778279  .750
Arkansas126 .6672610  .722
No. 6 South Carolina126 .6672611  .703
Ole Miss108 .5562214  .611
Alabama108 .5561915  .559
Vanderbilt108 .5561916  .543
Georgia99 .5001915  .559
Texas A&M810 .4441615  .516
Tennessee810 .4441616  .500
Auburn711 .3891814  .563
Mississippi State612 .3331616  .500
LSU216 .1111021  .323
Missouri216 .111824  .250
2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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
1Kentucky71
8Georgia598Georgia60
9Tennessee571Kentucky79
5Alabama74
4South Carolina53
5Alabama755Alabama64
12Mississippi State7912Mississippi State551Kentucky82
13LSU523Arkansas65
2Florida62
7Vanderbilt667Vanderbilt72*
10Texas A&M417Vanderbilt62
3Arkansas76
3Arkansas73
6Ole Miss866Ole Miss72
11Auburn8314Missouri74
14Missouri86*

* 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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