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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 Texas A&M135 .722289  .757
No. 10 Kentucky135 .722279  .750
South Carolina117 .611259  .735
Vanderbilt117 .6111914  .576
LSU117 .6111914  .576
Ole Miss108 .5562012  .625
Georgia108 .5562014  .588
Florida99 .5002115  .583
Arkansas99 .5001616  .500
Alabama810 .4441815  .545
Mississippi State711 .3891417  .452
Tennessee612 .3331519  .441
Auburn513 .2781120  .355
Missouri*315 .1671021  .323
2016 SEC tournament winner
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban.
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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
8Florida66
9Arkansas611#17 Texas A&M72
8Florida681#17 Texas A&M71
4LSU38
12Tennessee75
12Tennessee674LSU84
13Auburn595Vanderbilt651#17 Texas A&M77
12Tennessee972#16 Kentucky82*
10Alabama59
10Alabama812#16 Kentucky85
7Ole Miss732#16 Kentucky93
6Georgia80
6Georgia65
11Mississippi State693South Carolina64
6Georgia79

* – 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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