2012 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

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2012 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
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ClassificationDivision I
Season2011–12
Teams12
SiteNew Orleans Arena
New Orleans, Louisiana
ChampionsVanderbilt (2nd title)
Winning coachKevin Stallings (1st title)
MVPJohn Jenkins (Vanderbilt)
Attendance154,526
TelevisionSEC Network, ABC
← 2011
2013 →
2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Kentucky 16 – 0   1.000 38 – 2   .950
No. 25 Florida 10 – 6   .625 26 – 11   .703
No. 20 Vanderbilt † 10 – 6   .625 25 – 11   .694
Tennessee 10 – 6   .625 19 – 15   .559
Alabama 9 – 7   .563 21 – 12   .636
Mississippi State 8 – 8   .500 21 – 12   .636
Ole Miss 8 – 8   .500 20 – 14   .588
LSU 7 – 9   .438 18 – 15   .545
Arkansas 6 – 10   .375 18 – 14   .563
Auburn 5 – 11   .313 15 – 16   .484
Georgia 5 – 11   .313 15 – 17   .469
South Carolina 2 – 14   .125 10 – 21   .323
† 2012 SEC Tournament winner
As of April 2, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from March 8–11, 2012 in New Orleans at the New Orleans Arena.[1] The first round and quarterfinal rounds were televised through the SEC Network and the semifinals and final were broadcast nationally on ABC. This was also the first year teams were seeded #1 through #12, as the conference eliminated divisional play prior to the season, although the 2011–12 schedule was still structured based upon the divisions used from 1991–92 through 2010–11.

This was the last SEC tournament to have 12 teams. The addition of Missouri and Texas A&M from the Big 12 Conference had been announced prior to the season.

Seeds[]

As of completed games on March 4. Applies tiebreaker as best as possible.
2012 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker[2]
1. Kentucky ‡ † 16–0 30–1
2. Tennessee † 10–6 18–13 1–1 vs VAN; 2–0 vs FLA; Total 3–1
3. Vanderbilt † 10–6 21–10 1–1 vs TEN; 1–1 vs FLA; Total 2–2
4. Florida † 10–6 22–9 1–1 vs VAN; 0–2 vs TEN; Total 1–3
5. Alabama 9–7 20–10
6. Mississippi State 8–8 21–10 1–1 vs MISS; 1–0 vs TEN
7. Ole Miss 8–8 18–12 1–1 vs MSU; 0–1 vs TEN
8. LSU 7–9 17–13
9. Arkansas 6–10 18–13
10. Auburn 5–11 15–15 1–0 vs UGA
11. Georgia 5–11 14–16 0–1 vs AUB
12. South Carolina 2–14 10–20
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule[]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 8
1
1
 12:00 PM
#8 LSU vs. #9 Arkansas
 SEC Network 10,703
2
 2:30 PM
#5 Alabama vs. #12 South Carolina
 SEC Network
2
3
 6:30 PM
#7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Auburn
 SEC Network 10,197
4
 9:00 PM
#6 Mississippi State vs. #11 Georgia
 SEC Network
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9
3
5
 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs. #8 LSU
 SEC Network 18,207
6
 2:30 PM
#4 Florida vs. #5 Alabama
 SEC Network
4
7
 6:30 PM
#2 Tennessee vs. #7 Ole Miss
 SEC Network 10,526
8
 9:00 PM
#3 Vanderbilt vs. #11 Georgia
 SEC Network
Semifinals - Saturday, March 10
5
9
 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs. #4 Florida
ABC
 18,523
10
 2:30 PM
#7 Ole Miss vs. #3 Vanderbilt
ABC
Championship Game - Sunday, March 11
6
11
 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs. #3 Vanderbilt
ABC
 18,114
*Game Times in CT[1]. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[]

First Round
March 8, 2012
SEC Network 		Quarterfinals
March 9, 2012
SEC Network 		Semifinals
March 10, 2012
ABC 		Championship Game
March 11, 2012
ABC
            
1 #1 Kentucky 60
8 LSU 51
8 LSU 70
9 Arkansas 54
1 #1 Kentucky 74
4 #22 Florida 71
4 #22 Florida 66
5 Alabama 63
5 Alabama 63
12 South Carolina 57
1 #1 Kentucky 64
3 Vanderbilt 71
2 Tennessee 72
7 Ole Miss 77OT
7 Ole Miss 68
10 Auburn 54
7 Ole Miss 53
3 Vanderbilt 65
3 Vanderbilt 63
11 Georgia 41
6 Mississippi State 61
11 Georgia 71

SEC All-tournament team[]

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Future SEC Tournament Dates & Sites". secdigitalnetwork.com. February 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "SEC Tournament Tie‐Breaker Procedures". secdigitalnetwork.com. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  3. ^ "Southeastern Conference".
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