2010 SEC men's basketball tournament

For the women's basketball tournament, see 2010 SEC women's basketball tournament.

The 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament was held March 11–14, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena. The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by SEC Network and the semifinals and finals were broadcast nationwide on ABC, with the exception of the majority of South Carolina markets.

2010 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	12
Site	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Kentucky (27th title)
Winning coach	John Calipari (1st title)
MVP	John Wall (Kentucky)
Attendance	191,852
Television	SEC Network (syndicated), ABC
SEC men's basketball tournaments

2009–10 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
No. 2 Kentucky†	14	–	2		.875			35	–	3		.921
No. 21 Vanderbilt	12	–	4		.750			24	–	9		.727
No. 15 Tennessee	11	–	5		.688			28	–	9		.757
Florida	9	–	7		.563			21	–	13		.618
South Carolina	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Georgia	5	–	11		.313			14	–	17		.452
West
Mississippi State	9	–	7		.563			24	–	12		.667
Mississippi	9	–	7		.563			24	–	11		.686
Arkansas	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
Alabama	6	–	10		.375			17	–	15		.531
Auburn	6	–	10		.375			15	–	17		.469
LSU	2	–	14		.125			11	–	20		.355
† 2010 SEC tournament winner As of March 30, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

The weekend games did not air in the market of the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia. ABC affiliate WOLO pre-empted the game and aired the 2010 ACC men's basketball tournament semifinal and final matches instead, per syndication contract with Raycom Sports, with the current Raycom-WOLO contract continuing until the 2011 tournament. The games also did not air in the Greenville-Spartanburg area (also Asheville, NC), as ABC affiliate WLOS also aired the ACC tournament. Raycom had owned the syndication rights to SEC sports prior to this season.

Seeds

All twelve SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams in each division received a first round bye.

The seeds for the tournament were as follows:

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)
Eastern Division
#1	Kentucky	14-2 (29-2)
#2	Vanderbilt	12-4 (23-7)
#3	Tennessee	11-5 (23-7)
#4	Florida	9-7 (20-11)
#5	South Carolina	6-10 (15-15)
#6	Georgia	5-11 (13-16)
Western Division
#1	Mississippi State	9-7 (21-10)
#2	Ole Miss	9-7 (21-9)
#3	Arkansas	7-9 (14-17)
#4	Alabama	6-10 (16-14)
#5	Auburn	6-10 (16-16)
#6	LSU	2-14 (11-19)

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 11
1	1	1:00 PM	Alabama vs South Carolina	SEC Network	15,152
	2	3:15 PM	Tennessee vs LSU	SEC Network
2	3	7:30 PM	Florida vs Auburn	SEC Network	14,789
	4	9:45 PM	Arkansas vs Georgia	SEC Network
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 12
3	5	1:00 PM	Kentucky vs Alabama	SEC Network	19,123
	6	3:15 PM	Ole Miss vs Tennessee	SEC Network
4	7	7:30 PM	Mississippi State vs Florida	SEC Network	16,614
	8	9:45 PM	Vanderbilt vs Georgia	SEC Network
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
5	9	1:00 PM	Kentucky vs Tennessee	ABC	20,207
	10	3:15 PM	Mississippi State vs Vanderbilt	ABC
Championship Game - Sunday, March 14
6	11	1:00 PM	Kentucky vs Mississippi State	ABC	20,082
*Game Times in ET[1]. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round March 11 SEC Network

Second round March 12 SEC Network

Semifinals March 13 ABC

SEC Championship Game March 14 ABC

E5

South Carolina

63

W4

Alabama

68

W4

Alabama

67

E1

#2 Kentucky

73

E1

#2 Kentucky

74

E3

#15 Tennessee

45

W2

Ole Miss

65

E3

#15 Tennessee

76

W6

LSU

49

E3

#15 Tennessee

59

E1

#2 Kentucky

75OT

W1

Mississippi State

74

W5

Auburn

69

E4

Florida

78

E4

Florida

69

W1

Mississippi State

75

W1

Mississippi State

62

E2

#20 Vanderbilt

52

E2

#20 Vanderbilt

78

E6

Georgia

66

E6

Georgia

77

W3

Arkansas

64