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
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

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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SeedSchoolConference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1Texas A&M‡†13–524–71–0 vs. Kentucky
2Kentucky‡†13–523–80–1 vs. Texas A&M
3South Carolina11–724–72–0 vs. LSU/Vanderbilt
4LSU11–718–131–1 vs. South Carolina/Vanderbilt
5Vanderbilt#11–719–120–2 vs. South Carolina/LSU
6Georgia#10–817–122–0 vs. South Carolina
7Ole Miss#10–820–110–1 vs. South Carolina
8Florida#9–918–131–0 vs. Arkansas
9Arkansas#9–916–150–1 vs. Florida
10Alabama#8–1017–13
11Mississippi State#7–1114–16
12Tennessee6–1213–18
13Auburn5–1311–19
‡ – 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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GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
17:00 pm#12 Tennessee vs. #13 Auburn97–59SEC Network9,787
Second round – Thursday, March 10
212:00 pm#8 Florida vs. #9 Arkansas68–61SEC Network12,270
32:30 pm#5 Vanderbilt vs. #12 Tennessee65–67
46:00 pm#7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Alabama73–8111,750
58:30 pm#6 Georgia vs. #11 Mississippi State79–69
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
612:00 pm#1 Texas A&M vs. #8 Florida72–66SEC Network15,222
72:30 pm#4 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee84–75
86:00 pm#2 Kentucky vs. #10 Alabama85–5918,049
98:30 pm#3 South Carolina vs. #6 Georgia64–65
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
1012:00 pm#1 Texas A&M vs #4 LSU71–38ESPN19,108
112:30 pm#2 Kentucky vs #6 Georgia93–80
Championship – Sunday, March 13
1212:00 pm#1 Texas A&M vs #2 Kentucky77–82OTESPN19,613
*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.