2017 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

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2017 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
2017 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.jpg
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams14
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsKentucky (31st title)
Winning coachJohn Calipari (5th title)
MVPDe'Aaron Fox (Kentucky)
TelevisionESPN and SEC Network
← 2016
2018 →
2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Kentucky † 16 – 2   .889 32 – 6   .842
No. 20 Florida 14 – 4   .778 27 – 9   .750
Arkansas 12 – 6   .667 26 – 10   .722
South Carolina 12 – 6   .667 26 – 11   .703
Ole Miss 10 – 8   .556 22 – 14   .611
Alabama 10 – 8   .556 19 – 15   .559
Vanderbilt 10 – 8   .556 19 – 16   .543
Georgia 9 – 9   .500 19 – 15   .559
Texas A&M 8 – 10   .444 16 – 15   .516
Tennessee 8 – 10   .444 16 – 16   .500
Auburn 7 – 11   .389 18 – 14   .563
Mississippi State 6 – 12   .333 16 – 16   .500
LSU 2 – 16   .111 10 – 21   .323
Missouri 2 – 16   .111 8 – 24   .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.[a] # – 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
                                               
1 Kentucky 71  
    8 Georgia 60  
8 Georgia 59
9 Tennessee 57  
  1 Kentucky 79  
  5 Alabama 74  
4 South Carolina 53
    5 Alabama 64  
5 Alabama 75
    12 Mississippi State 55  
12 Mississippi State 79
13 LSU 52  
1 Kentucky 82
3 Arkansas 65
2 Florida 62  
    7 Vanderbilt 72*  
7 Vanderbilt 66
10 Texas A&M 41  
  7 Vanderbilt 62
  3 Arkansas 76  
3 Arkansas 73
    6 Ole Miss 72  
6 Ole Miss 86
    14 Missouri 74  
11 Auburn 83
14 Missouri 86*  

* 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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