| Year: | 2011 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Georgia Dome |
| City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Champions: | Kentucky |
| Titlecount: | 28th |
| Coach: | John Calipari |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Darius Miller |
| Mvpteam: | Kentucky |
| Attendance: | 197,385 |
| Television: | SEC Network, ABC |
The 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament was held March 10–13, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Dome.[1] The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised through the SEC Network and the semifinals and finals were broadcast nationwide on ABC, with the exception of the majority of South Carolina markets.
All Southeastern Conference schools participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by 2010–11 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] The top two teams in each division receive a first round bye.
The seeding for the tournament is as follows:
| Seed | School | SEC Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Division | ||||
| Florida | 13–3 (24–6) | ||
| Kentucky | 10–6 (22–8) | ||
| Vanderbilt | 9–7 (21–9) | ||
| Georgia | 9–7 (20–10) | ||
| Tennessee | 8–8 (18–13) | ||
| South Carolina | 5–11 (14–15) | ||
| Western Division | ||||
| Alabama | 12–4 (20–10) | ||
| Mississippi State | 9–7 (17–13) | ||
| Ole Miss | 7–9 (19–12) | ||
| Arkansas | 7–9 (18–12) | ||
| Auburn | 4–12 (11–19) | ||
| LSU | 3–13 (11–20) | ||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round - Thursday, March 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1:00 PM | Auburn vs Georgia | SEC Network | 12,144 | |
| 2 | 3:30 PM | South Carolina vs Ole Miss | SEC Network | |||
| 2 | 3 | 7:30 PM | Tennessee vs Arkansas | SEC Network | 15,145 | |
| 4 | 10:00 PM | LSU vs Vanderbilt | SEC Network | |||
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 11 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 1:00 PM | Georgia vs Alabama | SEC Network | 21,875 | |
| 6 | 3:30 PM | Ole Miss vs Kentucky | SEC Network | |||
| 4 | 7 | 7:30 PM | Tennessee vs Florida | SEC Network | 17,096 | |
| 8 | 10:00 PM | Vanderbilt vs Mississippi State | SEC Network | |||
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM | Alabama vs. Kentucky | ABC | 21,728 | |
| 10 | 3:30 PM | Florida vs. Vanderbilt | ABC | |||
| Championship Game - Sunday, March 13 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 1:00 PM | Kentucky vs. Florida | ABC | 21,409 | |
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* Game went into Overtime