2017 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2017 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	14
Site	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Kentucky (31st title)
Winning coach	John Calipari (5th title)
MVP	De'Aaron Fox (Kentucky)
Television	ESPN and SEC Network
SEC Men's Basketball Tournaments

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

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.[lower-alpha 1] # – 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

• 2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

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