1993 SEC men's basketball tournament

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1993 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199293
Teams12
Site Rupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky
Champions Kentucky (18th title)
Winning coach Rick Pitino (2nd title)
MVP Travis Ford (Kentucky)
Attendance240,373 (sellout)
Television Jefferson Pilot Sports [1]
  1992
1994  
1992–93 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 8 Vanderbilt 142 .875286  .824
No. 2 Kentucky133 .813304  .882
Florida 97 .5631612  .571
Georgia 88 .5001514  .517
South Carolina 511 .313918  .333
Tennessee 412 .2501317  .433
West
No. 12 Arkansas 106 .625229  .710
LSU 97 .5632211  .667
Auburn 88 .5001512  .556
Alabama 79 .4381613  .552
Mississippi State 511 .3131316  .448
Ole Miss 412 .2501018  .357
1993 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [2]

The 1993 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 11–14, 1993 in downtown Lexington, Kentucky at Rupp Arena, the home court of the University of Kentucky Wildcats.

Contents

The Kentucky Wildcats won the SEC Tournament championship to, and received the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament by defeating the LSU Tigers by a score of 82–65.

Television broadcasts

Tournament coverage was provided in its entirety by Jefferson Pilot Sports, in its sixth season with regional syndication rights to the SEC. Tom Hammond and former Ole Miss Rebels basketball coach Ed Murphy provided play-by-play commentary.

Bracket

First round Second Round Semifinals Championship Game
E1 #5 Vanderbilt 76
W4 Alabama 87W4 Alabama 59
E5 South Carolina 79 E1 #5 Vanderbilt 62
W2 LSU 72
W2 LSU 89
E3 Florida 62 W6 Ole Miss 70
W6 Ole Miss 67W2 LSU 65
E2 #4 Kentucky 82
W1 #14 Arkansas 65
E4 Georgia 87E4 Georgia 60
W5 Mississippi State 56 W1 #14 Arkansas 81
E2 #4 Kentucky 92
E2 #4 Kentucky 101
W3 Auburn 76 E6 Tennessee 40
E6 Tennessee 78

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