2010 SEC men's basketball tournament

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2010 SEC men's basketball tournament
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Classification Division I
Season 2009–10
Teams12
Site Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Kentucky (27th title)
Winning coach John Calipari (1st title)
MVP John Wall (Kentucky)
Attendance191,852
Television SEC Network (syndicated), ABC
←  2009
2011  →
2009–10 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 2 Kentucky†14–2 .87535–3  .921
No. 21 Vanderbilt 12–4 .75024–9  .727
No. 15 Tennessee 11–5 .68828–9  .757
Florida 9–7 .56321–13  .618
South Carolina 6–10 .37515–16  .484
Georgia 5–11 .31314–17  .452
West
Mississippi State 9–7 .56324–12  .667
Mississippi 9–7 .56324–11  .686
Arkansas 7–9 .43814–18  .438
Alabama 6–10 .37517–15  .531
Auburn 6–10 .37515–17  .469
LSU 2–14 .12511–20  .355
† 2010 SEC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament was held March 11–14, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena. [1] The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by SEC Network and the semifinals and finals were broadcast nationwide on ABC, with the exception of the majority of South Carolina markets.

Contents

The weekend games did not air in the market of the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia. ABC affiliate WOLO pre-empted the game and aired the 2010 ACC men's basketball tournament semifinal and final matches instead, per syndication contract with Raycom Sports, with the current Raycom-WOLO contract continuing until the 2011 tournament. The games also did not air in the Greenville-Spartanburg area (also Asheville, NC), as ABC affiliate WLOS also aired the ACC tournament. Raycom had owned the syndication rights to SEC sports prior to this season.

Seeds

All twelve SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams in each division received a first round bye.

The seeds for the tournament were as follows:

SeedSchoolConf (Overall)
Eastern Division
#1 Kentucky 14-2 (29-2)
#2 Vanderbilt 12-4 (23-7)
#3 Tennessee 11-5 (23-7)
#4 Florida 9-7 (20-11)
#5 South Carolina 6-10 (15-15)
#6 Georgia 5-11 (13-16)
Western Division
#1 Mississippi State 9-7 (21-10)
#2 Ole Miss 9-7 (21-9)
#3 Arkansas 7-9 (14-17)
#4 Alabama 6-10 (16-14)
#5 Auburn 6-10 (16-16)
#6 LSU 2-14 (11-19)

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First Round - Thursday, March 11
1
1
1:00 PM
15,152
2
3:15 PM
SEC Network
2
3
7:30 PM
SEC Network
14,789
4
9:45 PM
SEC Network
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 12
3
5
1:00 PM
Kentucky vs Alabama
SEC Network
19,123
6
3:15 PM
Ole Miss vs Tennessee
SEC Network
4
7
7:30 PM
Mississippi State vs Florida
SEC Network
16,614
8
9:45 PM
Vanderbilt vs Georgia
SEC Network
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
5
9
1:00 PM
Kentucky vs Tennessee
ABC
20,207
10
3:15 PM
Mississippi State vs Vanderbilt
ABC
Championship Game - Sunday, March 14
6
11
1:00 PM
Kentucky vs Mississippi State
ABC
20,082
*Game Times in ET . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
March 11
SEC Network 		Second round
March 12
SEC Network 		Semifinals
March 13
ABC 		SEC Championship Game
March 14
ABC
E1 #2 Kentucky 73
W4 Alabama 68W4 Alabama 67
E5 South Carolina 63 E1 #2 Kentucky 74
E3 #15 Tennessee 45
W2 Ole Miss 65
E3 #15 Tennessee 59E3 #15 Tennessee 76
W6 LSU 49 E1 #2 Kentucky 75OT
W1 Mississippi State 74
W1 Mississippi State 75
E4 Florida 78E4 Florida 69
W5 Auburn 69 W1 Mississippi State 62
E2 #20 Vanderbilt 52
E2 #20 Vanderbilt 78
W3 Arkansas 64 E6 Georgia 66
E6 Georgia 77

References

  1. ↑ "www.secsports.com - Future SEC Basketball Tournament Dates & Sites". Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
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