| Year: | 1948 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Jefferson County Armory |
| City: | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Champions: | Kentucky |
| Titlecount: | 10th |
| Coach: | Adolph Rupp |
| Coachcount: | 10th |
The 1948 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament took place on March 4–6, 1949, in Louisville, Kentucky at the Jefferson County Armory. It was the fifteenth SEC basketball tournament.[1]
Kentucky won the tournament by beating Georgia Tech in the championship game. The Wildcats would go on to win the 1948 NCAA tournament.