2020 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, scheduled for March 11–15, 2020.^[1] On March 12, after the tournament had begun, the SEC cancelled the remaining games due to the spread of COVID-19.^[2]

2020 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Site	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee
Television	SEC Network, ESPN
SEC men's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Kentucky	15	–	3		.833			25	–	6		.806
No. 20 Auburn	12	–	6		.667			25	–	6		.806
LSU	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Mississippi State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Florida	11	–	7		.611			19	–	12		.613
South Carolina	10	–	8		.556			18	–	13		.581
Texas A&M	10	–	8		.556			16	–	14		.533
Tennessee	9	–	9		.500			17	–	14		.548
Alabama	8	–	10		.444			16	–	15		.516
Arkansas	7	–	11		.389			20	–	12		.625
Missouri	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
Ole Miss	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Georgia	5	–	13		.278			16	–	16		.500
Vanderbilt	3	–	15		.167			11	–	21		.344
Note: The 2020 SEC tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll

By rule, Kentucky was symbolically awarded the NCAA championship bid, even though it was not held, and officially was the SEC champions.

Seeds

All 14 SEC schools were slated to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used 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.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2	Tiebreak 3
1	Kentucky	15–3
2	Auburn	12–6	1–0 vs. LSU
3	LSU	12–6	0–1 vs. Auburn
4	Mississippi State	11–7	1–0 vs. Florida
5	Florida	11–7	0–1 vs. Mississippi State
6	South Carolina	10–8	2–0 vs. Texas A&M
7	Texas A&M	10–8	0–2 vs. South Carolina
8	Tennessee	9–9
9	Alabama	8–10
10	Missouri	7–11	1–1 vs. Arkansas	0–1 vs. Kentucky	1–0 vs. Auburn
11	Arkansas	7–11	1–1 vs. Missouri	0–1 vs. Kentucky	0–1 vs. Auburn
12	Ole Miss	6–12
13	Georgia	5–13
14	Vanderbilt	3–15

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 12 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 Georgia	63–81	SEC Network	0
	2	8:30 pm	No. 11 Arkansas vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt	86–73
Second round – Thursday, March 12
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 8 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Alabama	cancelled	SEC Network
	4	2:30 pm	No. 5 Florida vs. No. 13 Georgia
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Missouri
	6	8:30 pm	No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Arkansas
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
4	7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Kentucky vs. Game 3 winner	cancelled	ESPN
	8	2:30 pm	No. 4 Mississippi State vs. Game 4 winner
5	9	6:00 pm	No. 2 Auburn vs. Game 5 winner		SEC Network
	10	8:30 pm	No. 3 LSU vs. Game 6 winner
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
6	11	12:00 pm	Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner	cancelled	ESPN
	12	2:30 pm	Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
Championship – Sunday, March 15
7	13	12:00 pm	Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner	cancelled	ESPN

*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 11 SEC Network					Second round Thursday, March 12 SEC Network					Quarterfinals Friday, March 13 ESPN/SEC Network					Semifinals Saturday, March 14 ESPN					Championship Sunday, March 15 ESPN
											1	Kentucky
						8	Tennessee
						9	Alabama
											4	Mississippi State
						5	Florida
	12	Ole Miss	63			13	Georgia
	13	Georgia	81
											2	Auburn
						7	Texas A&M
						10	Missouri
											3	LSU
						6	South Carolina
	11	Arkansas	86			11	Arkansas
	14	Vanderbilt	73

Game summaries

First round

SECN

March 11 6:00 pm

No. 13 Georgia 81, No. 12 Ole Miss 63
Scoring by half: 41–30, 40–33
Pts: R. Hammonds 22 Rebs: R. Hammonds 11 Asts: S. Wheeler 8		Pts: B. Tyree 18 Rebs: K. Buffen 8 Asts: Tied 2

Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Attendance: 0 Referees: Don Daily, Bart Lenox, Josue Nieves

SECN

March 11 8:23 pm

No. 14 Vanderbilt 73, No. 11 Arkansas 86
Scoring by half: 26–38, 47–48
Pts: S. Lee 30 Rebs: D. Disu 10 Asts: M. Evans 4		Pts: M. Jones 22 Rebs: J. Whitt Jr. 7 Asts: M. Jones 6

Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Attendance: 0 Referees: Chuck Jones, Steven Anderson, Todd Austin

See also

• 2020 SEC women's basketball tournament

References

1. "Championship - Men's Basketball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
2. "SEC cancels remainder of men's basketball tournament" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.