1998 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
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1998 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1997–98 |
Site | Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia |
Champions | Kentucky (22nd title) |
Winning coach | Tubby Smith (1st title) |
MVP | Wayne Turner (Kentucky) |
Television | Jefferson Pilot Sports (First and Second Rounds, and semifinals) CBS (Championship Game) |
The 1998 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–8, 1998 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. Kentucky won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating the South Carolina Gamecocks on March 8, 1998.
Television coverage[]
Tournament coverage in the first and second rounds, and the semi-finals were provided by Jefferson Pilot Sports, who at the time was in its 11th season with regional syndication rights to the SEC. The championship game, however, was broadcast by CBS Sports.
Bracket[]
First round | Second Round | Semifinals | Championship Game | ||||||||||||||||
W4 | Mississippi State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Georgia | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | #10 Mississippi | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Georgia | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | #10 Mississippi | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | #15 South Carolina | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | #15 South Carolina | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Florida | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Auburn | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Florida | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | #15 South Carolina | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | #7 Kentucky | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Vanderbilt | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
W5 | Alabama | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | #7 Kentucky | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
W5 | Alabama | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | #7 Kentucky | 99 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | #16 Arkansas | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | #16 Arkansas | 102 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Tennessee | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Tennessee[3] | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
W6 | LSU | 62 |
Tournament notes[]
- This was Tubby Smith’s first SEC tournament title win as head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats.
References[]
Categories:
- SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1997–98 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
- March 1998 sports events in the United States
- 1998 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- 1998 in Atlanta
- College sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Basketball in Georgia (U.S. state)