The 2022 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, held on March 9–13, 2022 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The winner, the Tennessee Volunteers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds All 14 SEC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system 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. SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreaker1Auburn15–32Tennessee14–41–1 vs. Kentucky, 1–0 vs. Auburn3Kentucky14–41–1 vs. Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Auburn4Arkansas13–55LSU9–94–2 vs. Alabama/South Carolina/Texas A&M/Florida6Alabama9–93–2 vs. LSU/South Carolina/Texas A&M/Florida7South Carolina9–92–2 vs. LSU/Alabama/Texas A&M/Florida8Texas A&M9–92–3 vs. LSU/Alabama/South Carolina/Florida9Florida9–91–3 vs. LSU/Alabama/South Carolina/Texas A&M10Mississippi State8–1011Vanderbilt7–1112 Missouri5–1313 Ole Miss4–1414 Georgia1–17

Schedule GameTime (ET)Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 916:00 pmNo. 12 Missouri vs. No. 13 Ole Miss 72–60SECN7,12128:00 pmNo. 11 Vanderbilt vs No. 14 Georgia86–51Second round – Thursday, March 10312:00 pmNo. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 9 Florida83–80 (OT)SECN10,29542:00 pmNo. 5 LSU vs. No. 12 Missouri76–6856:00 pmNo. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Mississippi State51–7312,12168:00 pmNo. 6 Alabama vs. No. 11 Vanderbilt76–82Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11712:00 pmNo. 1 Auburn vs. No. 8 Texas A&M62–67ESPN16,09482:00 pmNo. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 LSU79–6796:00 pmNo. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Mississippi State72–59SECN17,132108:00 pmNo. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 11 Vanderbilt77–71Semifinals – Saturday, March 12111:00 pmNo. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Arkansas82–64ESPN20,670123:00 pmNo. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Kentucky69–62Championship – Sunday, March 13131:00 pmNo. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 2 Tennessee50–65ESPN16,643

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

See also

2022 SEC women's basketball tournament

References