2010 SEC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:SEC
Gender:Men's
Teams:12
Arena:Bridgestone Arena
City:Nashville, Tennessee
Champions:Kentucky
Titlecount:27th
Coach:John Calipari
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:John Wall
Mvpteam:Kentucky
Attendance:191,852
Television:SEC Network, ABC

The 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament was held March 11–14, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena.[1] The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by SEC Network and the semifinals and finals were broadcast nationwide on ABC, with the exception of the majority of South Carolina markets.

The weekend games did not air in the market of the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia. ABC affiliate WOLO pre-empted the game and aired the 2010 ACC men's basketball tournament semifinal and final matches instead, per syndication contract with Raycom Sports, with the current Raycom-WOLO contract continuing until the 2011 tournament. The games also did not air in the Greenville-Spartanburg area (also Asheville, NC), as ABC affiliate WLOS also aired the ACC tournament. Raycom had owned the syndication rights to SEC sports prior to this season.

Seeds

All twelve SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams in each division received a first round bye.

The seeds for the tournament were as follows:

SeedSchoolConf (Overall)
Eastern Division
  1. 1
Kentucky14-2 (29-2)
  1. 2
Vanderbilt 12-4 (23-7)
  1. 3
Tennessee11-5 (23-7)
  1. 4
Florida9-7 (20-11)
  1. 5
South Carolina6-10 (15-15)
  1. 6
Georgia 5-11 (13-16)
Western Division
  1. 1
Mississippi State9-7 (21-10)
  1. 2
Ole Miss9-7 (21-9)
  1. 3
Arkansas7-9 (14-17)
  1. 4
Alabama6-10 (16-14)
  1. 5
Auburn6-10 (16-16)
  1. 6
LSU2-14 (11-19)

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First Round - Thursday, March 11
1:00 PM
3:15 PM
7:30 PM
9:45 PM
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 12
1:00 PM
3:15 PM
7:30 PM
9:45 PM
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
1:00 PM20,207
3:15 PM
Championship Game - Sunday, March 14
1:00 PM20,082

Notes and References

  1. Web site: www.secsports.com - Future SEC Basketball Tournament Dates & Sites . 2010-06-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090415205155/http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=5634 . 2009-04-15 .