SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournaments

SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

Section Title: Tournaments
Table Section Text: None

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	MVP	Venue

1933	Kentucky	46–27	Mississippi State	None	Atlanta Athletic Club (Atlanta, Georgia)

1934	Alabama	41–25	Florida	None	Atlanta Athletic Club (Atlanta, Georgia)

1936	Tennessee	41–25	Alabama	None	Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee)

1937	Kentucky	39–25	Tennessee	None	Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee)

1938	Georgia Tech	58–47	Mississippi	None	Huey Long Field House (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

1939	Kentucky	46–38	Tennessee	None	Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee)

1940	Kentucky	51–43	Georgia	None	Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee)

1941	Tennessee	36–33	Kentucky	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1942	Kentucky	36–34	Alabama	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1943	Tennessee	33–30	Kentucky	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1944	Kentucky	62–46	Tulane	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1945	Kentucky	39–35	Tennessee	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1946	Kentucky	59–36	LSU	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1947	Kentucky	55–38	Tulane	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1948	Kentucky	54–43	Georgia Tech	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1949	Kentucky	68–52	Tulane	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1950	Kentucky	95–58	Tennessee	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1951	Vanderbilt	61–57	Kentucky	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1952	Kentucky	44–43	LSU	None	Louisville Gardens (Louisville, Kentucky)

1979	Tennessee	75–69OT	Kentucky	Kyle Macy, UK	BJCC Coliseum (Birmingham, Alabama)

1980	LSU	80–78	Kentucky	DeWayne Scales, LSU	BJCC Coliseum (Birmingham, Alabama)

1981	Mississippi	66–62	Georgia	Dominique Wilkins, UGA	BJCC Coliseum (Birmingham, Alabama)

1982	Alabama	48–46	Kentucky	Dirk Minniefield, UK	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Kentucky)

1983	Georgia	86–71	Alabama	Vern Fleming, UGA	BJCC Coliseum (Birmingham, Alabama)

1984	Kentucky	51–49	Auburn	Charles Barkley, AUB	Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tennessee)

1985	Auburn	53–49OT	Alabama	Chuck Person, AUB	BJCC Coliseum (Birmingham, Alabama)

1986	Kentucky	83–72	Alabama	John Williams, LSU	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Kentucky)

1987	Alabama	69–62	LSU	Derrick McKey, ALA	Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia)

1988	Kentucky	62–57	Georgia	Rex Chapman, UK	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

1989	Alabama	72–60	Florida	Livingston Chatman, UF	Thompson–Boling Arena (Knoxville, Tennessee)

1990	Alabama	70–51	Mississippi	Melvin Cheatum, ALA	Orlando Arena (Orlando, Florida)

1991	Alabama	88–69	Tennessee	Allan Houston, UT	Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tennessee)

1992	Kentucky	80–54	Alabama	Jamal Mashburn, UK	BJCC Coliseum (Birmingham, Alabama)

1993	Kentucky	82–65	LSU	Travis Ford, UK	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Kentucky)

1994	Kentucky	73–60	Florida	Travis Ford, UK	The Pyramid (Memphis, Tennessee)

1995	Kentucky	95–93OT	Arkansas	Antoine Walker, UK	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

1996	Mississippi State	84–73	Kentucky	Dontae' Jones, MSU	Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)

1997	Kentucky	95–68	Georgia	Ron Mercer, UK	The Pyramid (Memphis, Tennessee)

1998	Kentucky	86–56	South Carolina	Wayne Turner, UK	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

1999	Kentucky	76–63	Arkansas	Scott Padgett, UK	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

2000	Arkansas	75–67	Auburn	Brandon Dean, ARK	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

2001	Kentucky	77–55	Mississippi	Tayshaun Prince, UK	Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, Tennessee)

2002	Mississippi State	61–58	Alabama	Mario Austin, MSU	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

2003	Kentucky	64–57	Mississippi State	Keith Bogans, UK	Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)

2004	Kentucky	89–73	Florida	Gerald Fitch, UK	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

2005	Florida	70–53	Kentucky	Matt Walsh, UF	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

2006	Florida	49–47	South Carolina	Taurean Green, UF	Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, Tennessee)

2007	Florida	77–56	Arkansas	Al Horford, UF	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

2008	Georgia	66–57	Arkansas	Sundiata Gaines, UGA	Georgia Dome/Alexander Memorial Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia)

2009	Mississippi State	64–61	Tennessee	Jarvis Varnado, MSU	St. Pete Times Forum (Tampa, Florida)

2010	Kentucky	75–74OT	Mississippi State	John Wall, UK	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2011	Kentucky	70–54	Florida	Darius Miller, UK	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

2012	Vanderbilt	71–64	Kentucky	John Jenkins, VAN	New Orleans Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana)

2013	Mississippi	66–63	Florida	Marshall Henderson, MISS	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2014	Florida	61–60	Kentucky	Scottie Wilbekin, UF	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)

2015	Kentucky	78–63	Arkansas	Willie Cauley-Stein, UK	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2016	Kentucky	82–77OT	Texas A&M	Tyler Ulis, UK	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2017	Kentucky	82–65	Arkansas	De'Aaron Fox, UK	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2018	Kentucky	77–72	Tennessee	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, UK	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)

2019	Auburn	84–64	Tennessee	Bryce Brown, AUB	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2020	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2021	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2022	Amalie Arena (Tampa, Florida)

2023	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2024	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2025	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2026	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2027	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2028	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2029	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

2030	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)

Sentence(s)

In 1985, Auburn defeated Alabama to win their first SEC tournament.

final_sentence: In 1985, Auburn defeated Alabama to win their first SEC tournament.