2020 SEC men's basketball tournament

2020 SEC men's basketball tournament
2020 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Site	Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, Tennessee
Television	SEC Network, ESPN
	SEC men's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Kentucky	15	–	3	.833	25	–	6	.806
No. 20 Auburn	12	–	6	.667	25	–	6	.806
LSU	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Mississippi State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	11	.645
Florida	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
South Carolina	10	–	8	.556	18	–	13	.581
Texas A&M	10	–	8	.556	16	–	14	.533
Tennessee	9	–	9	.500	17	–	14	.548
Alabama	8	–	10	.444	16	–	15	.516
Arkansas	7	–	11	.389	20	–	12	.625
Missouri	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Ole Miss	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Georgia	5	–	13	.278	16	–	16	.500
Vanderbilt	3	–	15	.167	11	–	21	.344

Note: The 2020 SEC tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, scheduled for March 11–15, 2020.^[1] On March 12, after the tournament had begun, the SEC cancelled the remaining games due to the spread of COVID-19.^[2]

By rule, Kentucky was symbolically awarded the NCAA championship bid, even though it was not held, and officially was the SEC champions.

Seeds

All 14 SEC schools were slated to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2	Tiebreak 3
1	Kentucky	15–3
2	Auburn	12–6	1–0 vs. LSU
3	LSU	12–6	0–1 vs. Auburn
4	Mississippi State	11–7	1–0 vs. Florida
5	Florida	11–7	0–1 vs. Mississippi State
6	South Carolina	10–8	2–0 vs. Texas A&M
7	Texas A&M	10–8	0–2 vs. South Carolina
8	Tennessee	9–9
9	Alabama	8–10
10	Missouri	7–11	1–1 vs. Arkansas	0–1 vs. Kentucky	1–0 vs. Auburn
11	Arkansas	7–11	1–1 vs. Missouri	0–1 vs. Kentucky	0–1 vs. Auburn
12	Ole Miss	6–12
13	Georgia	5–13
14	Vanderbilt	3–15

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 12 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 Georgia	63–81	SEC Network	0
1	2	8:30 pm	No. 11 Arkansas vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt	86–73	SEC Network	0
Second round – Thursday, March 12
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 8 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Alabama	cancelled	SEC Network
2	4	2:30 pm	No. 5 Florida vs. No. 13 Georgia
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Missouri
3	6	8:30 pm	No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Arkansas
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
4	7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Kentucky vs. Game 3 winner	cancelled	ESPN
4	8	2:30 pm	No. 4 Mississippi State vs. Game 4 winner		ESPN
5	9	6:00 pm	No. 2 Auburn vs. Game 5 winner		SEC Network
5	10	8:30 pm	No. 3 LSU vs. Game 6 winner		SEC Network
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
6	11	12:00 pm	Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner	cancelled	ESPN
6	12	2:30 pm	Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner	cancelled	ESPN
Championship – Sunday, March 15
7	13	12:00 pm	Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner	cancelled	ESPN

*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket


First round Wednesday, March 11 SEC Network			Second round Thursday, March 12 SEC Network		Quarterfinals Friday, March 13 ESPN/SEC Network		Semifinals Saturday, March 14 ESPN	Championship Sunday, March 15 ESPN



					1	Kentucky

			8	Tennessee

			9	Alabama



					4	Mississippi State

			5	Florida

12	Ole Miss	63	13	Georgia

13	Georgia	81

					2	Auburn

			7	Texas A&M

			10	Missouri



					3	LSU

			6	South Carolina

11	Arkansas	86	11	Arkansas

14	Vanderbilt	73

Game summaries

First round

SECN

March 11
6:00 pm

No. 13 Georgia 81, No. 12 Ole Miss 63
Scoring by half: 41–30, 40–33
Pts: R. Hammonds 22 Rebs: R. Hammonds 11 Asts: S. Wheeler 8		Pts: B. Tyree 18 Rebs: K. Buffen 8 Asts: Tied 2

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
Attendance: 0
Referees: Don Daily, Bart Lenox, Josue Nieves

SECN

March 11
8:23 pm

No. 14 Vanderbilt 73, No. 11 Arkansas 86
Scoring by half: 26–38, 47–48
Pts: S. Lee 30 Rebs: D. Disu 10 Asts: M. Evans 4		Pts: M. Jones 22 Rebs: J. Whitt Jr. 7 Asts: M. Jones 6

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
Attendance: 0
Referees: Chuck Jones, Steven Anderson, Todd Austin

References

^ "Championship - Men's Basketball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "SEC cancels remainder of men's basketball tournament" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[1] "Championship - Men's Basketball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[2] "SEC cancels remainder of men's basketball tournament" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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