2024 SEC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:SEC
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:14
Arena:Bridgestone Arena
City:Nashville, Tennessee
Champions:Auburn
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Bruce Pearl
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Johni Broome
Mvpteam:Auburn
Attendance:112,300
Television:SEC Network, ESPN

The 2024 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from March13 through 17, 2024. Auburn defeated Florida, 86–67, in the championship game to earn an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[1]

Seeds

SeedSchoolConference
record
Tiebreaker
1Tennessee14–4
2Kentucky13–52–1 vs. Alabama, Auburn, South Carolina
3Alabama13–52–2 vs. Auburn, Kentucky, South Carolina, 1–1 vs. Florida
4Auburn13–52–2 vs. Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, 0–1 vs. Florida
5South Carolina13–51–2 vs. Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky
6Florida11–7
7Texas A&M9–91–1 vs. LSU, 1–1 vs. Tennessee
8LSU9–91–1 vs. Texas A&M, 0–1 vs. Tennessee
9Mississippi State8–10
10Ole Miss7–11
11Georgia6–121–1 vs. Arkansas, 1–1 vs. South Carolina
12Arkansas6–121–1 vs. Georgia, 0–1 vs. South Carolina
13Vanderbilt4–14
14Missouri0–18

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 13
16:00 pm90–85OTSEC Network16,539
28:30 pm64–59
Second round – Thursday, March 14
312:00 pm70–60SEC Network11,638
42:30 pm80–66
56:00 pm80–7113,771
68:30 pm85–80
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15
712:00 pm73–56ESPN17,137
82:30 pm86−55
96:00 pm97–87SEC Network 18,244
108:30 pm102–88
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16
1112:00 pm73–66ESPN16,499
122:30 pm95–90
Championship – Sunday, March 17
1312:00 pm86–67ESPN18,532
  • Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Game summaries

Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Championship - Men's Basketball . October 31, 2023. www.secsports.com.