2011 SEC men's basketball tournament

For the women's basketball tournament, see 2011 SEC women's basketball tournament.

The 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament was held March 10–13, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Dome.^[1] The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised through the SEC Network and the semifinals and finals were broadcast nationwide on ABC, with the exception of the majority of South Carolina markets.

2011 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2010–11
Teams	12
Site	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
Champions	Kentucky (28th title)
Winning coach	John Calipari (2nd title)
MVP	Darius Miller (Kentucky)
Attendance	197,385
Television	SEC Network, ABC
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2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
No. 15 Florida	13	–	3		.813			29	–	8		.784
No. 11 Kentucky †	10	–	6		.625			29	–	9		.763
No. 25 Vanderbilt	9	–	7		.563			23	–	11		.676
Georgia	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Tennessee	8	–	8		.500			19	–	15		.559
South Carolina	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
West
Alabama	12	–	4		.750			25	–	12		.676
Mississippi State	9	–	7		.563			17	–	14		.548
Ole Miss	7	–	9		.438			20	–	14		.588
Arkansas	7	–	9		.438			18	–	13		.581
Auburn	4	–	12		.250			11	–	20		.355
LSU	3	–	13		.188			11	–	21		.344
† 2011 SEC tournament winner As of April 2, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All Southeastern Conference schools participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by 2010–11 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.^[2] The top two teams in each division receive a first round bye.

The seeding for the tournament is as follows:

Seed	School	SEC Record
Eastern Division
#1	Florida	13–3 (24–6)
#2	Kentucky	10–6 (22–8)
#3	Vanderbilt	9–7 (21–9)
#4	Georgia	9–7 (20–10)
#5	Tennessee	8–8 (18–13)
#6	South Carolina	5–11 (14–15)
Western Division
#1	Alabama	12–4 (20–10)
#2	Mississippi State	9–7 (17–13)
#3	Ole Miss	7–9 (19–12)
#4	Arkansas	7–9 (18–12)
#5	Auburn	4–12 (11–19)
#6	LSU	3–13 (11–20)

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 10
1	1	1:00 PM	Auburn vs Georgia	SEC Network	12,144
	2	3:30 PM	South Carolina vs Ole Miss	SEC Network
2	3	7:30 PM	Tennessee vs Arkansas	SEC Network	15,145
	4	10:00 PM	LSU vs Vanderbilt	SEC Network
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 11
3	5	1:00 PM	Georgia vs Alabama	SEC Network	21,875
	6	3:30 PM	Ole Miss vs Kentucky	SEC Network
4	7	7:30 PM	Tennessee vs Florida	SEC Network	17,096
	8	10:00 PM	Vanderbilt vs Mississippi State	SEC Network
Semifinals - Saturday, March 12
5	9	1:00 PM	Alabama vs. Kentucky	ABC	21,728
	10	3:30 PM	Florida vs. Vanderbilt	ABC
Championship Game - Sunday, March 13
6	11	1:00 PM	Kentucky vs. Florida	ABC	21,409
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round March 10, 2011 SEC Network

Quarterfinals March 11, 2011 SEC Network

Semifinals March 12, 2011 ABC

Championship Game March 13, 2011 ABC

W1

Alabama

65*

E4

Georgia

69

E4

Georgia

59

W5

Auburn

51

W1

Alabama

58

E2

#15 Kentucky

72

E2

#15 Kentucky

75

W3

Ole Miss

66

W3

Ole Miss

66

E6

South Carolina

55

E2

#15 Kentucky

70

E1

#12 Florida

54

E1

#12 Florida

85

W4

Arkansas

68

E5

Tennessee

74

E5

Tennessee

74

E1

#12 Florida

77

E3

Vanderbilt

66

W2

Mississippi State

81

E3

Vanderbilt

62

E3

Vanderbilt

87

W6

LSU

50

* Game went into Overtime