2013 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 2013 SEC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from March 13–17, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena. The first round and quarterfinal rounds were televised through the SEC Network and ESPNU, and the semifinals and finals were broadcast nationally on ABC.

2013 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	14
Site	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Ole Miss (2nd title)
Winning coach	Andy Kennedy (1st title)
MVP	Marshall Henderson (Ole Miss)
Television	SEC Network, ESPNU, ABC
SEC men's basketball tournaments

2012–13 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Florida	14	–	4		.778			29	–	8		.784
Ole Miss †	12	–	6		.667			27	–	9		.750
Alabama	12	–	6		.667			23	–	13		.639
Kentucky	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Missouri	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Tennessee	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Arkansas	10	–	8		.556			19	–	13		.594
LSU	9	–	9		.500			19	–	12		.613
Georgia	9	–	9		.500			15	–	17		.469
Vanderbilt	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
Texas A&M	7	–	11		.389			18	–	15		.545
South Carolina	4	–	14		.222			14	–	18		.438
Mississippi State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	22		.313
Auburn	3	–	15		.167			9	–	23		.281
† 2013 SEC tournament winner As of March 31, 2013 Rankings from AP poll

Format

With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M to the league, the tournament expanded to 14 teams. As in previous years, the top four teams received byes to the quarterfinals; these byes now became double-byes with the addition of a new round featuring the four lowest seeds (11 through 14; seeds 5 through 10 receive a single bye into the second round). After these matchups on the first day, the rest of the tournament proceeds as in previous years, with the 11/14 and 12/13 winners facing, respectively, seeds 6 and 5, and seeds 7 & 10 and 8 & 9 also squaring off in the second round. The four winners on the second day join the top four seeds in the quarterfinals.

Seeds

2013 SEC men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1.	‡Florida	14–4	26–7
2.	†Kentucky	12–6	21–11	1–1 vs ALA,MISS; 1–1 vs FLA
3.	†Ole Miss	12–6	26–8	1–1 vs ALA,KEN; 0–1 vs FLA; 2–0 vs TENN
4.	†Alabama	12–6	21–12	1–1 vs KEN,MISS; 0–1 vs FLA; 1–1 vs TENN
5.	#Tennessee	11–7	20–12	1–0 vs MIZZ
6.	#Missouri	11–7	23–10	0–1 vs TENN
7.	#Arkansas	10–8	19–13
8.	#Georgia	9–9	15–17	1–0 vs LSU
9.	#LSU	9–9	19–12	0–1 vs UGA
10.	#Vanderbilt	8–10	16–17
11.	Texas A&M	7–11	18–15
12.	South Carolina	4–14	14–18	1–1 vs MSST, 1–0 vs MISS
13.	Mississippi State	4–14	10–22	1–1 vs SCAR, 1–1 vs MISS
14.	Auburn	3–15	9–23
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – 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

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 13
1	1	6:30 PM	#13 Mississippi State vs. #12 South Carolina	SEC Network	7,879
	2	9:00 PM	#14 Auburn vs. #11 Texas A&M	SEC Network
Second Round – Thursday, March 14
2	3	12:00 PM	#9 LSU vs. #8 Georgia	SEC Network	10,065
	4	2:30 PM	#13 Mississippi State vs. #5 Tennessee	SEC Network
3	5	6:30 PM	#10 Vanderbilt vs. #7 Arkansas	SEC Network	11,798
	6	9:00 PM	#11 Texas A&M vs. #6 Missouri	SEC Network
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15
4	7	12:00 PM	#9 LSU vs. #1 Florida	ESPNU	15,649
	8	2:30 PM	#5 Tennessee vs. #4 Alabama	ESPNU
5	9	6:30 PM	#10 Vanderbilt vs. #2 Kentucky	SEC Network ESPNU (select markets)	18,192
	10	9:00 PM	#6 Missouri vs. #3 Ole Miss	SEC Network ESPNU (select markets)
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16
6	11	12:00 PM	#4 Alabama vs #1 Florida	ABC	14,574
	12	2:30 PM	#10 Vanderbilt vs. #3 Ole Miss	ABC
Championship Game – Sunday, March 17
7	13	12:00 PM	#1 Florida vs. #3 Ole Miss	ABC	12,138
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 13 SEC Network					Second round Thursday, March 14 SEC Network					Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 ESPNU/SEC Network					Semifinals Saturday, March 16 ABC					Championship Game Sunday, March 17 ABC
											9	LSU	58
						9	LSU	68			1	#13 Florida	80
						8	Georgia	63								1	#13 Florida	61
																4	Alabama	51
											5	Tennessee	48
						13	Mississippi State	53			4	Alabama	58
	12	South Carolina	59			5	Tennessee	69													1	#13 Florida	63
	13	Mississippi State	70																		3	Ole Miss	66
											10	Vanderbilt	64
						10	Vanderbilt	75			2	Kentucky	48
						7	Arkansas	72								10	Vanderbilt	52
																3	Ole Miss	64
											6	Missouri	62
						11	Texas A&M	50			3	Ole Miss	64
	11	Texas A&M	71			6	Missouri	62
	14	Auburn	62

^OT denotes overtime game

SEC All-tournament team

• Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss MVP
• Erik Murphy, Florida
• Kenny Boynton, Florida
• Reginald Buckner, Ole Miss
• Murphy Holloway, Ole Miss