The 2014 SEC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held from March 12–16, 2014 in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome. The tournament winner, Florida, received the SEC's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA men's basketball tournament. However, like most major NCAA Division I conference tournaments, the SEC Tournament does not determine the official conference champion, since the SEC has awarded its men's basketball championship to the team or teams with the best regular season record since the 1950–51 season. Florida, the #1 seed, beat #2 seed Kentucky in the championship game 61–60, with Florida stopping Kentucky from making a last second game-winning shot.
Seeds Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker1Florida‡ 18–0 32–22Kentucky† 12–6 24–101–0 vs. Georgia3Georgia† 12–6 18–130–1 vs. Kentucky4Tennessee† 11–7 21–125Arkansas# 10–8 21–11 6Ole Miss# 9–9 19–142–0 vs. LSU and Missouri7LSU# 9–9 19–131–1 vs. Ole Miss and Missouri8Missouri# 9–9 22–110–2 vs. Ole Miss and LSU9Texas A&M# 8–10 17–1510Alabama# 7–11 13–191–0 vs. Vanderbilt11Vanderbilt 7–11 15–160–1 vs. Alabama12Auburn 6–12 14–16 13South Carolina 5–13 14–20 14Mississippi State 3–15 14–19 ‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1217:00 pm#12 Auburn vs. #13 South CarolinaSEC TV7,13229:30 pm#11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Mississippi StateSEC TV Second round – Thursday, March 1331:00 pm#8 Missouri vs. #9 Texas A&MSEC TV9,30844:23 pm#5 Arkansas vs. #13 South CarolinaSEC TV57:10 pm#7 LSU vs. #10 AlabamaSEC TV69:25 pm#6 Ole Miss vs. #14 Mississippi StateSEC TV Quarterfinals – Friday, March 1471:00 pm#1 Florida vs. #8 MissouriESPNU15,27383:30 pm#4 Tennessee vs. #13 South CarolinaESPNU97:00 pm#2 Kentucky vs. #7 LSU SEC TV19,056109:45 pm#3 Georgia vs. #6 Ole MissSEC TV Semifinals – Saturday, March 15111:00 pm#1 Florida vs. #4 TennesseeABC20,330123:30 pm#2 Kentucky vs. #3 GeorgiaABC Championship – Sunday, March 16133:15 pm#1 Florida vs. #2 KentuckyESPN21,021 *Game times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* denote overtime period
Game statistics
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship game
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