2016 SEC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 2016 SEC 1 Men's 2016 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament logo.png 13 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Kentucky 30th John Calipari 4th Tyler Ulis Kentucky 105,799 ESPN and SEC Network The 2016 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee March 9–13, 2016. This year's tournament involved only 13 of the league's 14 teams. On January 13, 2016, Missouri, then being investigated by the NCAA for rules violations that occurred under the tenure of former head coach Frank Haith, announced that it would not participate in any postseason play this season.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14563798/missouri-tigers-forced-vacate-all-wins-2013-14-investigation-shows-major-violations Major violations found at Missouri; penalties imposed by school ESPN.com January 13, 2016 January 14, 2016 As a result, the #11 seed in the tournament was awarded a first-round bye, leaving the #12 seed–#13 seed game as the only game to be played on March 9. Seeds Seed School Conferencerecord Overallrecord Tiebreaker1Texas A&M‡†13–524–71–0 vs. Kentucky2Kentucky‡†13–523–80–1 vs. Texas A&M3South Carolina† 11–724–72–0 vs. LSU/Vanderbilt4LSU† 11–718–131–1 vs. South Carolina/Vanderbilt5Vanderbilt#11–719–120–2 vs. South Carolina/LSU6Georgia#10–817–122–0 vs. South Carolina7Ole Miss#10–820–110–1 vs. South Carolina8Florida#9–918–131–0 vs. Arkansas9Arkansas#9–916–150–1 vs. Florida10Alabama#8–1017–1311Mississippi State#7–1114–1612Tennessee6–1213–1813Auburn5–1311–19 ‡ – SEC regular season co-champions, and tournament No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.† – 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. Schedule Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television Attendance First round – Wednesday, March 917:00 pm#12 Tennessee vs. #13 Auburn97–59SEC Network9,787 Second round – Thursday, March 10212:00 pm#8 Florida vs. #9 Arkansas68–61 SEC Network 12,27032:30 pm#5 Vanderbilt vs. #12 Tennessee65–6746:00 pm#7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Alabama73–81 11,75058:30 pm#6 Georgia vs. #11 Mississippi State79–69 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11612:00 pm#1 Texas A&M vs. #8 Florida72–66 SEC Network 15,22272:30 pm#4 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee84–7586:00 pm#2 Kentucky vs. #10 Alabama85–59 18,04998:30 pm#3 South Carolina vs. #6 Georgia64–65 Semifinals – Saturday, March 121012:00 pm#1 Texas A&M vs #4 LSU71–38 ESPN 19,108112:30 pm#2 Kentucky vs #6 Georgia93–80 Championship – Sunday, March 131212:00 pm #1 Texas A&M vs #2 Kentucky77–82OT ESPN 19,613 *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket First roundWednesday, March 9SEC Network Second roundThursday, March 10SEC Network QuarterfinalsFriday, March 11SEC Network SemifinalsSaturday, March 12ESPN ChampionshipSunday, March 13ESPN 13 Auburn 59 12 Tennessee 97 9 Arkansas 61 8 Florida 68 12 Tennessee 67 5 Vanderbilt 65 10 Alabama 81 7 Ole Miss 73 11 Mississippi State 69 6 Georgia 79 8 Florida 66 1 Texas A&M 72 12 Tennessee 75 4 LSU 84 10 Alabama 59 2 Kentucky 85 6 Georgia 65 3 South Carolina 64 1 Texas A&M 71 4 LSU 38 2 Kentucky 93 6 Georgia 80 1 Texas A&M 77 2 Kentucky 82* * – denotes overtime period See also 2016 SEC women's basketball tournament References Category:2015–16 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season Category:SEC men's basketball tournament SEC men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Nashville, Tennessee Category:College basketball tournaments in Tennessee Category:2016 in Nashville, Tennessee