The 2006 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 9–12, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. The SEC Championship Game was televised by CBS.
The top two teams in both the Eastern and Western Divisions received byes in the first round, which were Tennessee, Alabama, LSU, and Florida and played their second round games on March 10, 2006. The SEC Tournament winner (Florida) received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament en route to winning the 2006 NCAA National Championship.
Final SEC Regular Season Standings SEC East School Coach W L Pct Seed Tennessee Bruce Pearl 12 4 .750 E1 Florida Billy Donovan 10 6 .625 E2 Kentucky Tubby Smith 9 7 .563 E3 Vanderbilt Kevin Stallings 7 9 .438 E4 South Carolina Dave Odom 6 10 .375 E5 Georgia Dennis Felton 5 11 .313 E6
SEC West School Coach W L Pct Seed LSU John Brady 14 2 .875 W1 Alabama Mark Gottfried 10 6 .625 W2 Arkansas Stan Heath 10 6 .625 W3 Mississippi State Rick Stansbury 5 11 .313 W4 Auburn Jeff Lebo 4 12 .250 W5 Mississippi Rod Barnes 4 12 .250 W6
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