| Year: | 2015 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Division: | Division I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Arena: | Bridgestone Arena |
| City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Champions: | Kentucky |
| Titlecount: | 29th |
| Coach: | John Calipari |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Willie Cauley-Stein |
| Mvpteam: | Kentucky |
| Attendance: | 106,521 |
| Television: | ESPN and SEC Network |
The 2015 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee from March 11–15, 2015. The tournament consisted of five rounds and included all 14 SEC teams. Seeds 5 through 10 will receive a first-round bye, and the top four seeds will receive a "double bye" through the first round and second round. All games of the tournament were televised by the networks of ESPN, with the first three rounds on the SEC Network.[1] [2]
| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky‡† | 18–0 | 34–0 | |
| 2 | Arkansas† | 13–5 | 26–8 | |
| 3 | Georgia† | 11–7 | 21–11 | 3–1 vs. LSU, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss |
| 4 | LSU† | 11–7 | 22–10 | 3–2 vs. Georgia, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 11–7 | 20–11 | 2–2 vs. Georgia, LSU, and Ole Miss |
| 6 | Ole Miss | 11–7 | 20–12 | 1–4 vs. Georgia, LSU, and Texas A&M |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 9–9 | 19–13 | |
| 8 | Florida | 8–10 | 16–17 | 1–0 vs. Alabama |
| 9 | Alabama | 8–10 | 18–14 | 0–1 vs. Florida |
| 10 | Tennessee | 7–11 | 16–16 | |
| 11 | South Carolina | 6–12 | 17–16 | 1–0 vs. Mississippi State |
| 12 | Mississippi State | 6–12 | 13–19 | 0–1 vs. South Carolina |
| 13 | Auburn | 4–14 | 15–20 | |
| 14 | Missouri | 3–15 | 9–23 | |
| ‡ – 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. |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 6:00 p.m. |
| 68–74 | SEC Network | 10,039[3] | |
| 2 | 8:30 p.m. |
| 63–54 | |||
| Second round – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
| 3 | Noon |
| 69–61 | SEC Network | 10,563[4] | |
| 4 | 2:30 p.m. |
| 59–66 | |||
| 5 | 6:00 p.m. |
| 61–67 | 15,032[5] | ||
| 6 | 8:30 p.m. |
| 58–60 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
| 7 | Noon |
| 64–49 | SEC Network | 18,205[6] | |
| 8 | 2:30 p.m. |
| 70–73OT | |||
| 9 | 6:00 p.m. |
| 80–72 | 13,135[7] | ||
| 10 | 8:30 p.m. |
| 74–62 | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 11 | Noon |
| 91–67 | ESPN | 19,232[8] | |
| 12 | 2:30 p.m. |
| 60–49 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 15 | ||||||
| 13 | Noon |
| 78–63 | ESPN | 20,315[9] | |
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