Year: | 2018 |
Conference: | SEC |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 14 |
Arena: | Scottrade Center |
City: | St. Louis, MO |
Champions: | Kentucky |
Titlecount: | 32nd |
Coach: | John Calipari |
Coachcount: | 6th |
Mvp: | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander |
Mvpteam: | Kentucky |
Attendance: | 103,733 |
Television: | SEC Network, ESPN |
The 2018 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Scottrade Center, now known as Enterprise Center, in St. Louis, Missouri, from March 7 through March 11, 2018. Kentucky defeated Tennessee, 77–72, in the championship game to earn an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Auburn‡† | 13–5 | 25–6 | 1–0 vs. Tennessee |
2 | Tennessee‡† | 13–5 | 23–7 | 0–1 vs. Auburn |
3 | Florida† | 11–7 | 20–11 | |
4 | Kentucky† | 10–8 | 21–10 | 2–1 vs. Arkansas and Missouri |
5 | Missouri | 10–8 | 20–11 | 2–2 vs. Arkansas and Kentucky |
6 | Arkansas | 10–8 | 21–10 | 1–2 vs. Kentucky and Missouri |
7 | Mississippi State | 9–9 | 21–10 | 1–0 vs. Texas A&M |
8 | Texas A&M | 9–9 | 20–11 | 0–1 vs. Mississippi State |
9 | Alabama | 8–10 | 17–14 | 2–0 vs. LSU |
10 | LSU | 8–10 | 17–13 | 0–2 vs. Alabama |
11 | South Carolina | 7–11 | 16–15 | 2–0 vs. Georgia |
12 | Georgia | 7–11 | 16–14 | 0–2 vs. South Carolina |
13 | Vanderbilt | 6–12 | 12–19 | |
14 | Ole Miss | 5–13 | 12–19 | |
‡ – 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. |
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | |
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First round – Wednesday, March 7 | ||||||
1 | 6:00 pm | No. 12 Georgia vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt | 78–62 | SEC Network | 8,190 | |
2 | 8:30 pm | No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 14 Ole Miss | 85–84 | |||
Second round – Thursday, March 8 | ||||||
3 | Noon | No. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 9 Alabama | 70–71 | SEC Network | 15,129 | |
4 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Missouri vs. No. 12 Georgia | 60–62 | |||
5 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Mississippi State vs. No. 10 LSU | 80–77 | 11,752 | ||
6 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 11 South Carolina | 69–64 | |||
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9 | ||||||
7 | Noon | No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 9 Alabama | 63–81 | ESPN | 16,364 | |
8 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Georgia | 62–49 | |||
9 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 Mississippi State | 62–59 | SEC Network | 14,596 | |
10 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Florida vs. No. 6 Arkansas | 72–80 | |||
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10 | ||||||
11 | Noon | No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Alabama | 86–63 | ESPN | 18,729 | |
12 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Tennessee vs No. 6 Arkansas | 84–66 | |||
Championship – Sunday, March 11 | ||||||
13 | Noon | No. 4 Kentucky vs No. 2 Tennessee | 77–72 | ESPN | 18,973 | |
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