SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
History -- Tournament championships by school
Table:
School

# of Tournament Championships

Last Tournament Championship

Kentucky

31

2018

Alabama

6

1991

Florida

4

2014

Tennessee

4

1979

Mississippi State

3

2009

Auburn

2

2019

Mississippi

2

2013

Vanderbilt

2

2012

Georgia

2

2008

Arkansas

1

2000

LSU

1

1980

Georgia Tech†

1

1938

Missouri

0

-

South Carolina

0

-

Texas A&M

0

-

Tulane†

0

-

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The Kentucky Wildcats men 's basketball team is an American college basketball team that represents the University of Kentucky . Kentucky is the most successful NCAA Division I basketball program in history in terms of both all-time wins ( 2,293 ) and all-time winning percentage ( .765 ) . The Wildcats are currently coached by John Calipari . Kentucky leads all schools in total NCAA tournament appearances ( 59 ) , NCAA tournament wins ( 131 ) , NCAA Tournament games played ( 184 ) , NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances ( 45 ) , NCAA Elite Eight appearances ( 38 ) , and total postseason tournament appearances ( 68 ) . Further , Kentucky has played in 17 NCAA Final Fours ( tied for 2nd place all-time with UCLA ) , 12 NCAA Championship games , and has won 8 NCAA championships ( second only to UCLA 's 11 ) . In addition to these titles , Kentucky won the National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) in both 1946 and 1976 , making it the only school to win multiple NCAA and NIT championships . Kentucky also leads all schools with sixty-three 20-win seasons , sixteen 30-win seasons , and six 35-win seasons . Throughout its history , the Kentucky basketball program has featured many notable and successful players , both on the collegiate level and the professional level . Kentucky holds the record for the most overall NBA Draft selections ( 128 ) and three Wildcats have been selected as the first overall pick ( John Wall , Anthony Davis , and Karl Anthony-Towns ) . The Wildcats have also been led by many successful head coaches , including Adolph Rupp , Joe B . Hall , Eddie Sutton , Rick Pitino , Tubby Smith , and John Calipari . Kentucky is the only program with 5 different NCAA Championship coaches ( Rupp , Hall , Pitino , Smith , Calipari ) .
The Alabama Crimson Tide men 's basketball team represents the University of Alabama in NCAA Division I men 's basketball . The program plays in the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . In the conference it trails only long-time basketball powerhouse Kentucky in SEC tournament titles , is third behind Kentucky and Arkansas in wins , and is also third behind Kentucky and LSU in SEC regular season conference titles . Alabama was retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament national champion for the 1929-30 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll . The men 's basketball program has spent most of its history in the shadow of Alabama 's football team , but has risen in stature over the past several decades . Under former coach Mark Gottfried , the team achieved a No . 1 national ranking briefly in 2003 , and competed for an NCAA Regional Tournament Championship in 2004 . The program was notable as a regular conference basketball contender in the 1980s and early 1990s under the direction of coach Wimp Sanderson and in the 1970s under coach C. M. Newton . Alabama has eight NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearances . In the 2003-04 season , the team defeated # 1-seeded Stanford in the NCAA Tournament , and reached the Elite Eight round where they lost to the eventual national champion , Connecticut .
The Florida Gators men 's basketball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of basketball . The Gators compete in NCAA Division I 's Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . Home games are played in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the university 's Gainesville , Florida campus . The University of Florida 's first basketball team took the court in 1915 , but success was scarce for many years . The program did not have an adequate gymnasium until the Florida Gymnasium in 1950 , did not hire a full-time basketball coach until Norm Sloan in 1960 , and did not play in a modern arena until the O'Connell Center opened in 1980 . Florida made its first postseason tournament appearance in the 1969 National Invitation Tournament and first appeared in the NCAA tournament in 1987 , but consistent success was elusive , and the Gators often found themselves in the bottom half of the conference standings . Florida 's basketball program finally found consistent success under head coach Billy Donovan , who was hired in 1996 . In nineteen years as Florida 's coach , Donovan led the program to seven of its eight Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) regular season championships , all four SEC tournament championships , fourteen of twenty-two NCAA Tournament appearances , four out of five Final Four appearances , and back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007 . Florida 's head coach since 2015 has been Mike White , who has led the Gators to three NCAA Tournament bids in his first four seasons at the school .
The Tennessee Volunteers men 's basketball team is the collegiate men 's basketball program for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville . The Volunteers ( commonly referred to as the Vols ) compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . The Volunteers play their home games in Thompson-Boling Arena , on a court nicknamed the Summitt , after former Tennessee women 's basketball coach Pat Summitt . Pat Summitt was one of the greatest womens basketball coaches of all time . She died from Alzheimer 's Disease in 2016 . She won 8 national championships as the head coach of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball . With a current capacity of 21,678 ( formerly 24,535 ) , Tennessee has consistently ranked in the top fifteen in the nation in terms of volume of attendance , averaging 14,817 ( 60.39% capacity ) attendance from 1988 through 2006 , and averaging 17,194 ( 79.34% capacity ) attendance from 2007 through 2018 after reducing seating capacity prior to the 2007 season . Historically , Tennessee ranks third in the SEC in all-time wins . Many notable players have played collegiately at Tennessee - players such as Ernie Grunfeld , Bernard King , Dale Ellis , and Allan Houston who all played in the NBA . The Volunteers are currently coached by Rick Barnes , who was hired on March 31 , 2015 to replace Donnie Tyndall .
The Mississippi State Bulldogs men 's basketball program represents Mississippi State University in Starkville , Mississippi , in men 's NCAA Division I basketball . The Bulldogs play in the Southeastern Conference . On March 23 , 2015 , Mississippi State named former UCLA head coach , Ben Howland as its 20th head basketball coach .
The Auburn Tigers men 's basketball team is the intercollegiate men 's basketball program that represents Auburn University . The school competes in the Southeastern Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . The Tigers play their home games at Auburn Arena in Auburn , Alabama on the university campus . The program began in 1906 , and is currently coached by Bruce Pearl . Auburn has won four conference regular season championships and two SEC Tournament championships . Auburn has appeared in the NCAA Tournament ten times , making it as far as the Final Four in 2019 . 11 Auburn players have been named All-Americans and Auburn has had 92 All-SEC selections . Auburn has produced 30 NBA Draft picks , including Chuck Person ( 1986 ) and Chris Morris ( 1988 ) , both of whom were selected with the fourth overall pick , the highest in Auburn history . Two Auburn players have been named SEC Player of the Year : Charles Barkley in 1984 and Chris Porter in 1999 . Auburn has had five head coaches selected as SEC Coach of the Year a total of seven times , and former Auburn head coach Cliff Ellis was named National Coach of the Year by multiple outlets in 1999 . Former Auburn player Charles Barkley was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 .
The Ole Miss Rebels men 's basketball team represents the University of Mississippi in the sport of basketball . The Rebels compete in the NCAA Division I and the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . They started the 2015-16 season playing home games at Tad Smith Coliseum on the university 's Oxford , Mississippi campus , but played their final game in that facility on December 22 , 2015 . The Rebels opened a new on-campus arena , The Pavilion at Ole Miss , on January 7 , 2016 . The Rebels were led by 12-year head coach Andy Kennedy until his resignation on February 18 , 2018 . Tony Madlock , an assistant under Kennedy , served as the interim head coach for the remainder of the 2017-18 season . On March 15 , 2018 , the school hired former Middle Tennessee head coach Kermit Davis as the new head coach , and was formally introduced on March 19 . Ole Miss has made the NCAA Tournament on eight occasions and reached the Sweet Sixteen in 2001 . The Rebels have participated in the National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) 11 times . In 2008 and 2010 , they made it to the NIT Semifinals at Madison Square Garden . The Rebels have won the SEC Western Division five times .
The Vanderbilt Commodores men 's basketball team represents Vanderbilt University in the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . The Commodores have won three SEC regular-season titles ( 1965 , 1974 and 1993 ) and two SEC Tournament championships ( 1951 and 2012 ) . They have competed in fifteen NCAA Tournaments , making it to the Elite Eight once ( 1965 ) and the Sweet Sixteen six times ( 1965 , 1974 , 1988 , 1993 , 2004 , and 2007 ) . Vanderbilt has played in eleven National Invitation Tournaments , winning it in 1990 and finishing runners-up in 1994 .
The Georgia Bulldogs basketball program is the men 's college basketball team representing the University of Georgia in Athens , Georgia . Established in 1891 , the team has competed in the Southeastern Conference since its inception in 1932 . As of 2020 the Bulldogs have amassed a record of 1,434-1,319 . Though it has been historically overshadowed by the school 's football program , the Bulldogs ' basketball squad has had its share of successes , including a trip to the NCAA Final Four in 1983 under head coach Hugh Durham . The school has also produced a number of basketball greats , notably Basketball Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins .
The Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team represents the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville , Arkansas , United States in NCAA Division I men 's basketball competition . The school 's team currently competes in the Southeastern Conference . The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament in 2018 . They lost in the first round to Butler University . The basketball team plays its home games in Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus . Under the coaching leadership of Nolan Richardson , the Hogs won the national championship in 1994 , defeating Duke , and appeared in the championship game the following year , but were beaten by UCLA . The Razorbacks have made NCAA Final Four appearances in 1941 , 1945 , 1978 , 1990 , 1994 , and 1995 .
The LSU Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I men 's college basketball . The Tigers are currently coached by head coach Will Wade . They play their home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge , Louisiana . The team participates in the Southeastern Conference .
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Men 's Basketball team represents the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in NCAA Division I basketball . The team plays its home games in McCamish Pavilion on the school 's Atlanta campus and is currently coached by Josh Pastner . Under the tenure of Bobby Cremins , Georgia Tech established itself as a national force in basketball . Cremins led his team to the first ACC tournament victory in school history in 1985 and in 1990 he took Georgia Tech to the school 's first Final Four appearance ever . Cremins retired from Georgia Tech in 2000 with the school 's best winning percentage as a head coach . The Yellow Jackets returned to the Final Four in 2004 under Paul Hewitt and lost in the national title game , losing to UConn . Overall , the team has won 1,352 games and lost 1,226 games , a .524 win percentage .
The Missouri Tigers men 's basketball team represents the University of Missouri in the SEC . Prior to the 2012-2013 season , the basketball team represented the school in the Big 12 Conference . They are located in Columbia , Missouri , playing home games at Mizzou Arena ( 15,061 ) . The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament in 2018 . The past Tigers ' season in 2017-18 was their first under new head coach Cuonzo Martin , who was hired away from California to replace the fired Kim Anderson . The Missouri men 's basketball program was a charter member of the Big 12 Conference , formed from the Big Eight Conference in 1996 . Following the 2016-17 season , the Tigers had an all-time record of 1,593-1,133 and a winning percentage of .584 .
The South Carolina Gamecocks men 's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . The Gamecocks won Southern Conference titles in 1927 , 1933 , 1934 , and 1945 , and then they gained national attention under hall of fame coach Frank McGuire , posting a 205-65 record from 1967-1976 , which included the 1970 Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) championship , the 1971 ACC Tournament title , and four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 1971-1974 . The program also won the 1997 SEC championship , National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) titles in 2005 and 2006 , and a share of the 2009 SEC Eastern division title . Most recently , the Gamecocks won the 2017 NCAA East Regional Championship , reaching the Final Four for the first time in school history . Frank Martin is the current head coach , and the team plays at the 18,000-seat Colonial Life Arena .
The Texas A & M Aggies men 's basketball team represents Texas A & M University in NCAA Division I college basketball . The Aggies compete in the Southeastern Conference . Since 1998 , the teams has played its home games at Reed Arena , a 12,989-capacity arena in College Station , Texas on the campus of Texas A & M University . The Aggies are currently coached by Buzz Williams who was hired on April 3 , 2019 prior to the start of the 2019-2020 season .
The Tulane Green Wave men 's basketball team represents Tulane University in NCAA Division I college basketball . The team competes in the American Athletic Conference . They play home games on campus in Devlin Fieldhouse , the 9th-oldest active basketball venue in the nation . The team 's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament was in 1995 . Tulane is the only school from the original Metro Conference that remained in the conference through its 1975 founding , the 1991 breakup that saw several schools form the Great Midwest Conference , the 1995 reunification that created today 's Conference USA , and the 2004 realignment of conferences . It rejoined many of its previous conference mates when it became a member of the American Athletic Conference in 2014 .