The 1986 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–8, 1986 at

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in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, home to the

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Wildcats men's basketball team. Kentucky won the SEC tournament championship title and the SEC's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournament by defeating Alabama 83–72.1985-86 Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results , College Basketball at Sports-reference.com
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/ref> Coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals and semifinals was produced and regionally syndicated by the

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, the sports broadcasting arm of Lorimar-Telepictures. The semifinals of this tournament marks the LSN's final broadcast before going defunct; Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions would win syndication rights to SEC Basketball before the following season. The championship game in this tournament was nationally televised by

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