2015 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 2015 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee from March 11–15, 2015. The tournament consisted of five rounds and included all 14 SEC teams. Seeds 5 through 10 will receive a first-round bye, and the top four seeds will receive a "double bye" through the first round and second round. All games of the tournament were televised by the networks of ESPN, with the first three rounds on the SEC Network.

Seeds Seed School Conferencerecord Overallrecord Tiebreaker1Kentucky‡†18–034–02Arkansas†13–526–83Georgia†11–721–113–1 vs. LSU, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss4LSU†11–722–103–2 vs. Georgia, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss5Texas A&M#11–720–112–2 vs. Georgia, LSU, and Ole Miss6Ole Miss#11–720–121–4 vs. Georgia, LSU, and Texas A&M7Vanderbilt#9–919–138Florida#8–1016–171–0 vs. Alabama9 Alabama#8–1018–140–1 vs. Florida10Tennessee#7–1116–1611South Carolina6–1217–161–0 vs. Mississippi State12Mississippi State 6–12 13–190–1 vs. South Carolina13Auburn4–1415–20 14Missouri 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 GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 11 1 6:00 p.m. #12 Mississippi State vs. #13 Auburn 68–74 SEC Network 10,039SCAR–MIZZ boxscore 2 8:30 p.m. #11 South Carolina vs. #14 Missouri 63–54 Second round – Thursday, March 12 3 Noon #8 Florida vs. #9 Alabama 69–61 SEC Network 10,563TA&M–AUB boxscore 4 2:30 p.m. #5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Auburn 59–66 5 6:00 p.m. #7 Vanderbilt vs. #10 Tennessee 61–67 15,032MISS–SCAR boxscore 6 8:30 p.m. #6 Ole Miss vs. #11 South Carolina 58–60 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13 7 Noon #1 Kentucky vs. #8 Florida 64–49 SEC Network 18,205AUB–LSU boxscore 8 2:30 p.m. #4 LSU vs. #13 Auburn 70–73OT 9 6:00 p.m. #2 Arkansas vs. #10 Tennessee 80–72 13,135SCAR–UGA boxscore 10 8:30 p.m. #3 Georgia vs. #11 South Carolina 74–62 Semifinals – Saturday, March 14 11 Noon #1 Kentucky vs. #13 Auburn 91–67 ESPN 19,232UGA–ARK Boxscore 12 2:30 p.m. #2 Arkansas vs. #3 Georgia 60–49 Championship – Sunday, March 15 13 Noon #1 Kentucky vs. #2 Arkansas 78–63 ESPN 20,315UK–ARK Boxscore *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Game statistics

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship game

See also 2015 SEC women's basketball tournament

References