The 2020 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, scheduled for March 11–15, 2020. On March 12, after the tournament had begun, the SEC cancelled the remaining games due to the spread of COVID-19.

By rule, Kentucky was symbolically awarded the NCAA championship bid, even though it was not held, and officially was the SEC champions.

Seeds All 14 SEC schools were slated to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreak 1Tiebreak 2Tiebreak 31Kentucky15–32Auburn12–61–0 vs. LSU3LSU12–60–1 vs. Auburn4Mississippi State11–71–0 vs. Florida5Florida11–70–1 vs. Mississippi State6South Carolina10–82–0 vs. Texas A&M7Texas A&M10–80–2 vs. South Carolina8Tennessee9–99Alabama8–1010Missouri7–111–1 vs. Arkansas0–1 vs. Kentucky1–0 vs. Auburn11Arkansas7–111–1 vs. Missouri0–1 vs. Kentucky0–1 vs. Auburn12Ole Miss6–1213Georgia5–1314Vanderbilt3–15

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1111 6:00 pmNo. 12 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 Georgia63–81SEC Network028:30 pmNo. 11 Arkansas vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt86–73 Second round – Thursday, March 122312:00 pmNo. 8 Tennessee vs. No. 9 AlabamacancelledSEC Network42:30 pmNo. 5 Florida vs. No. 13 Georgia356:00 pmNo. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Missouri68:30 pmNo. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Arkansas Quarterfinals – Friday, March 134712:00 pmNo. 1 Kentucky vs. Game 3 winnercancelledESPN82:30 pmNo. 4 Mississippi State vs. Game 4 winner596:00 pmNo. 2 Auburn vs. Game 5 winnerSEC Network108:30 pmNo. 3 LSU vs. Game 6 winner Semifinals – Saturday, March 1461112:00 pmGame 7 winner vs. Game 8 winnercancelledESPN122:30 pmGame 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner Championship – Sunday, March 1571312:00 pmGame 11 winner vs. Game 12 winnercancelledESPN *Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Game summaries

First round

See also

2020 SEC women's basketball tournament

References