The 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2024–25 season for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The tournament was held from March 12–16, 2025, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. This was the first tournament since the conference expanded to 16 teams with the additions of Oklahoma and Texas. Florida won its fifth tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 16 members of the SEC participated in the event, standing in contrast to the Big Ten and the ACC who excluded the three lowest seeds from their tournaments. Teams were seeded based on conference record. The top 4 seeds earned a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and seeds 5–8 earned a bye to the second round. Ties were broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top-seed and going on down until the tie was broken.
SeedSchoolConference recordTiebreaker 1Tiebreak 21 Auburn 15–3 2 Florida14–4 3 Alabama 13–5 4 Tennessee 12–6 5 Texas A&M 11–7 6 Kentucky10–8 1–0 vs. Florida 1–0 vs. Missouri7 Missouri 10–8 1–0 vs. Florida 0–1 vs. Kentucky8 Ole Miss 10–8 0–1 vs. Florida 9 Arkansas 8–10 3–0 vs. MSST/UGA/VAND 10 Mississippi State 8–10 2–1 vs. ARK/UGA/VAND 11 Georgia 8–10 1–2 vs. ARK/MSST/VAND 12 Vanderbilt 8–10 0–3 vs. ARK/MSST/UGA 13 Texas 6–121–1 vs. Texas A&M 14 Oklahoma 6–120–2 vs. Texas A&M 15 LSU 3–15 16South Carolina 2–16
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 12112:00 pmNo. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 16 South Carolina 72–68SECN13,84022:30 pmNo. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas72–7936:00 pmNo. 10 Mississippi State vs. No. 15 LSU91–62 13,91248:30 pmNo. 11 Georgia vs. No. 14 Oklahoma75–81Second round – Thursday, March 13512:00 pmNo. 8 Ole Miss vs. No. 9 Arkansas83–80SECN 13,55862:30 pmNo. 5 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 Texas89–942OT76:00 pmNo. 7 Missouri vs. No. 10 Mississippi State 85–73 16,34788:30 pmNo. 6 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Oklahoma 85–84Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14912:00 pmNo. 1 Auburn vs. No. 8 Ole Miss62–57ESPN17,526102:30 pmNo. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Texas83–72116:00 pmNo. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Missouri95–81SECN18,608128:30 pmNo. 3 Alabama vs. No. 6 Kentucky99–70Semifinals – Saturday, March 151312:00 pmNo. 1 Auburn vs. No. 4 Tennessee65–70ESPN19,049142:30 pmNo. 2 Florida vs. No. 3 Alabama104–82Championship – Sunday, March 161512:00 pmNo. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 2 Florida77–86ESPN19,151Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket * – denotes overtime
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Game summaries
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
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