The 2009 SEC men's basketball tournament took place on March 12–15, 2009 in Tampa, Florida at the St. Pete Times Forum (now known as the Benchmark International Arena).
Television coverage The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by Raycom Sports; the semifinal round marked Raycom's final SEC Basketball telecast. The SEC Championship Game was aired nationwide on CBS.
SEC Regular Season Standings and Awards
Standings SEC East School Coach W L Seed Tennessee Bruce Pearl 10 6 E1 South Carolina Darrin Horn 10 6 E2 Florida Billy Donovan 9 7 E3 Kentucky Billy Gillispie 8 8 E4 Vanderbilt Kevin Stallings88 E5 Georgia Pete Herrmann 3 13 E6SEC West School Coach W L Seed LSU Trent Johnson 13 3 W1 Auburn Jeff Lebo 10 6 W2 Mississippi State Rick Stansbury 9 7 W3 Alabama Philip Pearson 7 9 W4 Mississippi Andy Kennedy 7 9 W5 Arkansas John Pelphrey 2 14 W6
Awards Award Recipient Class Team SEC Player of the Year (Media) SEC Player of the Year (Coaches) Marcus Thornton Sr. LSU SEC Coach of the Year (Media) SEC Coach of the Year (Coaches) Trent Johnson 1st year LSU SEC Freshman of the Year (Media) SEC Freshman of the Year (Coaches) Terrico White Fr. Ole Miss SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Media) Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches) Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC Sixth Man (Coaches) Brandis Raley-Ross Sr. South Carolina SEC Awards
All-Conference Team All-SEC First Team Position Player Class Team G Nick Calathes So. Florida G Jodie Meeks Jr. Kentucky G Devan Downey Jr. South Carolina G Marcus Thornton Sr. LSU F Tyler Smith Jr. Tennessee F Tasmin Mitchell Jr. LSU F Patrick Patterson So. Kentucky F Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC First Team
Bracket
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