| Year: | 2023 |
| Attendance: | 112,388 |
| Mvpteam: | Alabama |
| Mvp: | Brandon Miller |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Nate Oats |
| Titlecount: | 8th |
| Champions: | Alabama |
| Conference: | SEC |
| City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Arena: | Bridgestone Arena |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Division: | I |
| Television: | SEC Network, ESPN |
The 2023 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 8 to 12, 2023.[1] [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 | Conference Record | Tiebreak 1 | Tiebreak 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 16–2 | |||
| 2 | Texas A&M | 15–3 | |||
| 3 | Kentucky | 12–6 | |||
| 4 | Missouri | 11–7 | 2–0 vs. Tennessee/Vanderbilt | ||
| 5 | Tennessee | 11–7 | 1–2 vs. Missouri/Vanderbilt | 1–0 vs. Alabama | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 11–7 | 1–2 vs. Missouri/Tennessee | 0–2 vs. Alabama | |
| 7 | Auburn | 10–8 | |||
| 8 | Florida | 9–9 | |||
| 9 | Mississippi State | 8–10 | 1–0 vs. Arkansas | ||
| 10 | Arkansas | 8–10 | 0–1 vs. Mississippi State | ||
| 11 | Georgia | 6–12 | |||
| 12 | South Carolina | 4–14 | |||
| 13 | Ole Miss | 3–15 | |||
| 14 | LSU | 2–16 |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | U.S.Viewers(Millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 8 | |||||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 12 South Carolina vs. No. 13 Ole Miss | 61–67 | SECN | 14,326 | TBA | |
| 2 | 8:20 pm | No. 11 Georgia vs. No. 14 LSU | 67–72 | TBA | |||
| Second round – Thursday, March 9 | |||||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Florida vs. No. 9 Mississippi State | 68–69OT | SECN | 13,165 | TBA | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Ole Miss | 70–55 | TBA | |||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 10 Arkansas | 73–76 | 14,583 | TBA | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 14 LSU | 77–68 | TBA | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10 | |||||||
| 7 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 9 Mississippi State | 72–49 | ESPN | 16,107 | 0.71[3] | |
| 8 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Missouri vs. No. 5 Tennessee | 79–71 | 1.44 | |||
| 9 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Arkansas | 67–61 | SECN | 17,989 | TBA | |
| 10 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt | 73–80 | TBA | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 11 | |||||||
| 11 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Missouri | 72–61 | ESPN | 17,528 | 1.51[4] | |
| 12 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt | 87–75 | 1.15 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 12 | |||||||
| 13 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Texas A&M | 82–63 | ESPN | 18,690 | 1.95[5] | |
* denotes overtime period