The 2018 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Scottrade Center, now known as Enterprise Center, in St. Louis, Missouri, from March 7 through March 11, 2018. Kentucky defeated Tennessee, 77–72, in the championship game to earn an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Seeds Seed School Conferencerecord Overallrecord Tiebreaker1Auburn‡†13–525–61–0 vs. Tennessee2Tennessee‡†13–523–70–1 vs. Auburn3 Florida†11–720–114Kentucky†10–821–102–1 vs. Arkansas and Missouri5Missouri#10–820–112–2 vs. Arkansas and Kentucky6Arkansas#10–821–101–2 vs. Kentucky and Missouri7Mississippi State#9–921–101–0 vs. Texas A&M8Texas A&M#9–920–110–1 vs. Mississippi State9 Alabama#8–1017–142–0 vs. LSU10LSU#8–1017–130–2 vs. Alabama11South Carolina7–1116–152–0 vs. Georgia12Georgia7–1116–140–2 vs. South Carolina13Vanderbilt6–1212–1914Ole Miss5–1312–19 ‡ – SEC regular season co-champions, and tournament No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.† – 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#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 716:00 pmNo. 12 Georgia vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt78–62SEC Network8,19028:30 pmNo. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 14 Ole Miss85–84 Second round – Thursday, March 83NoonNo. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 9 Alabama70–71SEC Network15,12942:30 pmNo. 5 Missouri vs. No. 12 Georgia60–6256:00 pmNo. 7 Mississippi State vs. No. 10 LSU80–7711,75268:30 pmNo. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 11 South Carolina69–64 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 97NoonNo. 1 Auburn vs. No. 9 Alabama63–81ESPN16,36482:30 pmNo. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Georgia62–4996:00 pmNo. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 Mississippi State62–59SEC Network14,596108:30 pmNo. 3 Florida vs. No. 6 Arkansas72–80 Semifinals – Saturday, March 1011NoonNo. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Alabama86–63ESPN18,729122:30 pmNo. 2 Tennessee vs No. 6 Arkansas84–66 Championship – Sunday, March 1113NoonNo. 4 Kentucky vs No. 2 Tennessee77–72ESPN18,973 *Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed Source:

Bracket

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

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