The 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2024–25 season for the

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(SEC). The tournament was held from March 12–16, 2025, at

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. This was the first tournament since the conference expanded to 16 teams with the additions of

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and

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won its fifth tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 16 members of the SEC participated in the event, standing in contrast to the

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and the ACC who excluded the three lowest seeds from their tournaments. Teams were

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ed based on conference record. The top 4 seeds earned a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and seeds 5–8 earned a bye to the second round. Ties were broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top-seed and going on down until the tie was broken.

Schedule

Bracket

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Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

References

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