The 2021 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, which took place March 10–14, 2021.

Seeds On November 22, 2020, Auburn announced a self-imposed, one year postseason ban due to former assistant coach Chuck Person's involvement in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal. As a result, the #11 seed in the tournament was awarded a first-round bye, leaving the #12 seed–#13 seed game as the only game to be played on March 10. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 11 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConference1Alabama16–22Arkansas13–43LSU11–64Tennessee10–75Florida9–76Ole Miss10–87Missouri8–88Kentucky8–99Mississippi State 8–1010Georgia7–1111South Carolina4–1212Vanderbilt3–1313Texas A&M2–8

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 10116:00 pmNo. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas A&M79–68SECN1,149 Second round – Thursday, March 112211:00 amNo. 8 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Mississippi State73–74SECN1,73331:30 pmNo. 5 Florida vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt69–63346:00 pmNo. 7 Missouri vs. No. 10 Georgia73–701,80958:30 pmNo. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 South Carolina76–59 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 124611:00 amNo. 1 Alabama vs. No. 9 Mississippi State85–48ESPN2,18671:30 pmNo. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 5 Florida78–66586:00 pmNo. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Missouri70–64SECN2,15598:30 pmNo. 3 LSU vs. No. 6 Ole Miss76–73 Semifinals – Saturday, March 1361012:00 pmNo. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Tennessee73–68ESPN3,164112:45 pmNo. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 3 LSU 71–78 Championship – Sunday, March 1471212:00 pmNo. 1 Alabama vs. No. 3 LSU80–79ESPN2,586 *Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

See also

2021 SEC women's basketball tournament

References