2000 SEC men's basketball tournament

2000 SEC men's basketball tournament
2000 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1999–00
Teams	12
Site	Georgia Dome; Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Champions	Arkansas (1st title)
Winning coach	Nolan Richardson (1st title)
MVP	Brandon Dean (Arkansas)
Attendance	208,785
Television	Jefferson Pilot Sports (1st Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals) ; CBS (Championship game)
	SEC men's basketball tournaments ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 SEC men's basketball tournament took place on March 9–12, 2000 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Arkansas Razorbacks won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by defeating the Auburn Tigers in the championship game on March 12, 2000.

v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 13 Florida	12	–	4	.750	29	–	8	.784
No. 11 Tennessee	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 19 Kentucky	12	–	4	.750	23	–	10	.697
Vanderbilt	8	–	8	.500	19	–	11	.633
South Carolina	5	–	11	.313	15	–	17	.469
Georgia	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333
West
No. 10 LSU	12	–	4	.750	28	–	6	.824
No. 24 Auburn	9	–	7	.563	24	–	10	.706
Arkansas †	7	–	9	.438	19	–	15	.559
Alabama	6	–	10	.375	13	–	16	.448
Ole Miss	5	–	11	.313	19	–	14	.576
Mississippi State	5	–	11	.313	14	–	16	.467

† 2000 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Network	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
JP Sports (opening round; quarterfinals and semifinals)	Tim Brando (Mississippi–Florida, opening round; Florida–Auburn; quarterfinals)	Joe Dean, Jr. (Mississippi–Florida, opening round; Florida–Auburn; quarterfinals)
CBS (Championship game)	Dick Enberg	Bill Raftery

Tournament notes