SEC men's basketball tournament
The SEC men's basketball tournament is the conference tournament in basketball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools (currently 14). Its seeding is based on regular season re ...
was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the
Southeastern Conference
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New Orleans Arena
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. The first round and quarterfinal rounds were televised through the
SEC Network
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and the semifinals and final were broadcast nationally on
ABC
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. This was also the first year teams were seeded #1 through #12, as the conference eliminated divisional play prior to the season, although the 2011–12 schedule was still structured based upon the divisions used from 1991–92 through 2010–11.
This was the last SEC tournament to have 12 teams. The addition of
Missouri
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and
Texas A&M
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from the
Big 12 Conference
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had been announced prior to the season.
Seeds
;As of completed games on March 4. ''Applies tiebreaker as best as possible.''
Schedule
Bracket
SEC All-tournament team
* John Jenkins, Vanderbilt MVP
* Erik Murphy, Florida
*
Bradley Beal
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, Florida
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Terrence Jones
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, Kentucky
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Anthony Davis
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Basketball
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