| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Arena: | Amalie Arena |
| City: | Tampa, Florida |
| Champions: | Tennessee |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Rick Barnes |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Kennedy Chandler |
| Mvpteam: | Tennessee |
| Attendance: | 100,076 |
| Television: | SEC Network, ESPN |
The 2022 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, held on March 9–13, 2022 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.[1] The winner, the Tennessee Volunteers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.[2]
All 14 SEC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | ConferenceRecord | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 15–3 | ||
| 2 | Tennessee | 14–4 | 1–1 vs. Kentucky, 1–0 vs. Auburn | |
| 3 | Kentucky | 14–4 | 1–1 vs. Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Auburn | |
| 4 | Arkansas | 13–5 | ||
| 5 | LSU | 9–9 | 4–2 vs. Alabama/South Carolina/Texas A&M/Florida | |
| 6 | Alabama | 9–9 | 3–2 vs. LSU/South Carolina/Texas A&M/Florida | |
| 7 | South Carolina | 9–9 | 2–2 vs. LSU/Alabama/Texas A&M/Florida | |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 9–9 | 2–3 vs. LSU/Alabama/South Carolina/Florida | |
| 9 | Florida | 9–9 | 1–3 vs. LSU/Alabama/South Carolina/Texas A&M | |
| 10 | Mississippi State | 8–10 | ||
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 7–11 | ||
| 12 | Missouri | 5–13 | ||
| 13 | Ole Miss | 4–14 | ||
| 14 | Georgia | 1–17 |
| Game | Time (ET) | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 9 | ||||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 12 Missouri vs. No. 13 Ole Miss | 72–60 | SECN | 7,121 | |
| 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 11 Vanderbilt vs No. 14 Georgia | 86–51 | |||
| Second round – Thursday, March 10 | ||||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 9 Florida | 83–80 (OT) | SECN | 10,295 | |
| 4 | 2:00 pm | No. 5 LSU vs. No. 12 Missouri | 76–68 | |||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Mississippi State | 51–73 | 12,121 | ||
| 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 11 Vanderbilt | 76–82 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 | ||||||
| 7 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 8 Texas A&M | 62–67 | ESPN | 16,094 | |
| 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 LSU | 79–67 | |||
| 9 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Mississippi State | 72–59 | SECN | 17,132 | |
| 10 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 11 Vanderbilt | 77–71 | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
| 11 | 1:00 pm | No. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Arkansas | 82–64 | ESPN | 20,670 | |
| 12 | 3:00 pm | No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Kentucky | 69–62 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 13 | ||||||
| 13 | 1:00 pm | No. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 2 Tennessee | 50–65 | ESPN | 16,643 | |
* – Denotes overtime period