2006 SEC men's basketball tournament

none May 2026 August 2023 March 2026 2006 SEC Men's 2006SECBasketballTournament.png 200px 12 Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee Florida 2nd Billy Donovan 2nd Taurean Green, Florida 183,122 Jefferson Pilot Sports, CBS The 2006 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 9–12, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. The SEC Championship Game was televised by CBS. The top two teams in both the Eastern and Western Divisions received byes in the first round, which were Tennessee, Alabama, LSU, and Florida and played their second round games on March 10, 2006. The SEC Tournament winner (Florida) received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament en route to winning the 2006 NCAA National Championship. Final SEC Regular Season Standings SEC East School Coach W L Pct Seed Tennessee Bruce Pearl 12 4 .750 E1 Florida Billy Donovan 10 6 .625 E2 Kentucky Tubby Smith 9 7 .563 E3 Vanderbilt Kevin Stallings 7 9 .438 E4 South Carolina Dave Odom 6 10 .375 E5 Georgia Dennis Felton 5 11 .313 E6 SEC West School Coach W L Pct Seed LSU John Brady 14 2 .875 W1 Alabama Mark Gottfried 10 6 .625 W2 Arkansas Stan Heath 10 6 .625 W3 Mississippi State Rick Stansbury 5 11 .313 W4 Auburn Jeff Lebo 4 12 .250 W5 Mississippi Rod Barnes 4 12 .250 W6 Bracket Second Round Semifinals Championship game E5 South Carolina 59 W4 Mississippi State 44 E3 Kentucky 71 W6 Mississippi 57 E4 Vanderbilt 76 W5 Auburn 71 W3 Arkansas 80 E6 Georgia 67 E5 South Carolina 79 E1 #14 Tennessee 71 E3 Kentucky 68 W2 Alabama 61 W1 #18 LSU 92 E4 Vanderbilt 73 E2 #16 Florida 74 W3 Arkansas 71 E5 South Carolina 65 E3 Kentucky 61 E2 #16 Florida 81 W1 #18 LSU 65 E2 #16 Florida 49 E5 South Carolina 47 References Category:SEC men's basketball tournament - Category:Basketball competitions in Nashville, Tennessee Category:2006 in sports in Tennessee Category:College basketball tournaments in Tennessee Category:2006 in Nashville, Tennessee Category:March 2006 sports events in the United States