The 2013 SEC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from March 13–17, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena. The first round and quarterfinal rounds were televised through the SEC Network and ESPNU, and the semifinals and finals were broadcast nationally on ABC.
Format With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M to the league, the tournament expanded to 14 teams. As in previous years, the top four teams received byes to the quarterfinals; these byes now became double-byes with the addition of a new round featuring the four lowest seeds (11 through 14; seeds 5 through 10 receive a single bye into the second round). After these matchups on the first day, the rest of the tournament proceeds as in previous years, with the 11/14 and 12/13 winners facing, respectively, seeds 6 and 5, and seeds 7 & 10 and 8 & 9 also squaring off in the second round. The four winners on the second day join the top four seeds in the quarterfinals.
Seeds 2013 SEC men's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1. ‡Florida 14–4 26–72. †Kentucky 12–6 21–11 1–1 vs ALA, MISS; 1–1 vs FLA3. †Ole Miss 12–6 26–8 1–1 vs ALA, KEN; 0–1 vs FLA; 2–0 vs TENN4. †Alabama 12–6 21–12 1–1 vs KEN, MISS; 0–1 vs FLA; 1–1 vs TENN5. #Tennessee 11–7 20–12 1–0 vs MIZZ6. #Missouri 11–7 23–10 0–1 vs TENN7. #Arkansas 10–8 19–13 8. #Georgia 9–9 15–17 1–0 vs LSU 9. #LSU 9–9 19–12 0–1 vs UGA10. #Vanderbilt 8–10 16–17 11. Texas A&M 7–11 18–15 12. South Carolina 4–14 14–18 1–1 vs MSST, 1–0 vs MISS13. Mississippi State 4–14 10–22 1–1 vs SCAR, 1–1 vs MISS14. Auburn 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 SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First Round – Wednesday, March 13116:30 PM#13 Mississippi State vs. #12 South CarolinaSEC Network7,87929:00 PM#14 Auburn vs. #11 Texas A&MSEC Network Second Round – Thursday, March 142312:00 PM#9 LSU vs. #8 GeorgiaSEC Network10,06542:30 PM#13 Mississippi State vs. #5 TennesseeSEC Network356:30 PM#10 Vanderbilt vs. #7 ArkansasSEC Network 11,79869:00 PM#11 Texas A&M vs. #6 MissouriSEC Network Quarterfinals – Friday, March 154712:00 PM#9 LSU vs. #1 FloridaESPNU15,64982:30 PM#5 Tennessee vs. #4 AlabamaESPNU596:30 PM#10 Vanderbilt vs. #2 KentuckySEC NetworkESPNU (select markets)18,192109:00 PM#6 Missouri vs. #3 Ole MissSEC NetworkESPNU (select markets) Semifinals – Saturday, March 1661112:00 PM#4 Alabama vs #1 FloridaABC14,574122:30 PM#10 Vanderbilt vs. #3 Ole MissABC Championship Game – Sunday, March 1771312:00 PM #1 Florida vs. #3 Ole MissABC12,138 *Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
OT denotes overtime game
SEC All-tournament team
Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss MVP Erik Murphy, Florida Kenny Boynton, Florida Reginald Buckner, Ole Miss Murphy Holloway, Ole Miss
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