Editing Southeastern Conference (section)

==Men's basketball==
[[File:Basketball current event.svg|40px|alt=|link=2023–24 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season]] ''For the most recent season, see [[2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season]].''

Since the 2012–13 season, SEC teams have played an 18-game conference schedule, which includes two games (home and away) against each of three permanent rivals and single games against the remaining ten teams in the conference. Men's basketball formerly used the East/West divisional alignment for regular-season scheduling and seeding the conference tournament, but it no longer does.

Before expansion to 14 teams, the conference schedule was 16 games. Although the divisions were eliminated beginning with the 2011–12 season, that season's schedule was still set according to the divisional alignments, with each team facing each team from its own division twice and each team from the opposite division once. As part of the proposal by SEC head coaches that led to the scrapping of the divisional structure, a task force of four coaches and four athletic directors was set to discuss future conference scheduling. At that time, options included a revamped 16-game schedule, an 18-game schedule, or a full double round-robin of 22 conference games.<ref name="MBB changes">{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/SECNation/SECTraditions/tabid/1073/Article/226326/destin-recap-day-two.aspx |title=Destin Recap: Day Two |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=June 3, 2011}}</ref> However, these discussions came before Texas A&M and Missouri were announced in late 2011 as incoming members for the 2012–13 season, which required a format that could support 14 teams rather than twelve.

At the 2012 SEC spring meetings, league athletic directors adopted an 18-game conference schedule. Each school had one permanent opponent that it played home and away every season, and faced four other opponents in a home-and-home series during a given season, and then the remaining teams one each (four home, four away). The permanent opponents were Alabama–Auburn, Arkansas–Missouri, Florida–Kentucky, Georgia–South Carolina, LSU–Texas A&M, Ole Miss–Mississippi State, and Tennessee–Vanderbilt. The home-and-home opponents, apart from the permanent opponent, rotated each season.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/235185/sec-mens-basketball-scheduletournament-formats.aspx |title=SEC Men's Basketball Schedule/Tournament Formats |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2012}}</ref>

The 2014 SEC spring meetings saw a further change to the scheduling format. While the athletic directors voted to stay with an 18-game conference schedule, they increased the number of permanent opponents for each school from one to three. Each school retained its permanent opponent from the 2012–2014 period while adding two others.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/251321/sec-spring-meetings-tuesday-notebook.aspx |title=SEC Spring Meetings – Tuesday Notebook |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 28, 2014}}</ref>

From 1966 to 1967, following Tulane's departure, through 1990–91, the year prior to the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina, teams played a double round-robin, 18-game conference schedule. No team was undefeated in this period, though three teams went 17–1 (Kentucky in 1970 and 1986, LSU in 1981; ironically, a loss to the Wildcats at Lexington in the regular season finale prevented the [[1980–81 LSU Tigers basketball team|1980–81 Tigers]] from an 18–0 conference record). During the period from 1992 to 2012 when the league slate was 16 games, Kentucky went undefeated in SEC play in 1996, 2003, and 2012 (although only the 2003 team went on to win the conference tournament).

Since the return to an 18-game conference schedule following the 2012 conference expansion, two teams have gone undefeated in SEC play: Florida in 2013–14 and Kentucky in 2014–15.

The scheduling format will change again with the arrival of Oklahoma and Texas in 2024. The conference schedule will remain at 18 games, but each team will play three opponents home and away—two permanent and one rotating. The remaining 12 games will be single games against all other conference members, evenly divided between home and away games.<ref name=SixSports />

===Scheduling partners===
The table below lists each school's permanent men's basketball-only scheduling partners from 2014–15 through 2023–24.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:200px;"| School
! style="width:200px;"| Partner 1
! style="width:200px;"| Partner 2
! style="width:200px;"| Partner 3
|-
| Alabama
| Auburn
| LSU
| Mississippi State
|-
| Arkansas
| LSU
| Missouri
| Texas A&M
|-
| Auburn
| Alabama
| Georgia 
| Ole Miss
|-
| Florida
| Georgia
| Kentucky
| Vanderbilt
|-
| Georgia
| Auburn
| Florida
| South Carolina
|-
| Kentucky
| Florida
| Tennessee
| Vanderbilt
|-
| LSU
| Alabama
| Arkansas
| Texas A&M
|-
| Ole Miss
| Mississippi State
| Auburn
| Missouri
|-
| Mississippi State
| Alabama
| Ole Miss
| South Carolina
|-
| Missouri
| Arkansas
| Ole Miss
| Texas A&M
|-
| South Carolina
| Georgia
| Mississippi State
| Tennessee
|-
| Tennessee
| Kentucky
| South Carolina
| Vanderbilt
|-
| Texas A&M
| Arkansas
| LSU
| Missouri
|-
| Vanderbilt
| Kentucky
| Tennessee
| Florida
|}

===National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearances===
Southeastern Conference basketball programs have combined to win 12 NCAA men's basketball championships as SEC member. Kentucky has won eight, Florida has won three, and Arkansas has won one national championship each as SEC members. Eleven teams have advanced to the Final Four at least once in their history. Nine SEC schools (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas) are among the national top 50 in all-time NCAA tournament appearances.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | School
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Championships}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Final Fours}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Elite Eights}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Sweet Sixteens}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Tournament Appearances}}
|-
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball|Alabama]]
|
| 
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2024)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2004, 2024, 2025)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1976, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2004, 2021, 2023-25)}}
| '''25'''<br/>{{small|(1975, 1976, 1982-86, 1989-92, 1994, 1995, 2002-06, 2012, 2018, 2021-25)}}
|-
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball|Arkansas]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1994)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1995)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1941, 1945, 1978, 1990,'' 1994, 1995)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1941, 1945, 1949, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1991,'' 1994, 1995, 2021, 2022)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(''1958, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991,'' 1993-96, 2021-23, 2025)}}
| '''36'''<br/>{{small|(''1941, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1977-85, 1988-91,'' 1992-96, 1998-2001, 2006-08, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021-23, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Auburn Tigers men's basketball|Auburn]]
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2019, 2025)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1986, 2019, 2025)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2019, 2025)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1984-88, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2022-25)}}
|-
| [[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida]]
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2006, 2007, 2025)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2000)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2025)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011-14, 2017, 2025)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1994, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011-14, 2017, 2025)}}
| '''23'''<br/>{{small|(1989, 1994, 1995, 1999-2007, 2010-14, 2017-19, 2021, 2024, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Georgia Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]
| 
| 
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1983)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1983)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(1983, 1986)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]]
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1966, 1975, 1997, 2014)}}
| '''17'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1966, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1993, 1996-98, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)}}
| '''38'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956-58, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995-99, 2003, 2005, 2010-12, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)}}
| '''49'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955-59, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968-73, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983-86, 1992, 1993, 1995-99, 2001-03, 2005, 2010-12, 2014, 2015, 2017-19, 2025)}}
| '''62'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955-59, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968-73, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980-87, 1992-2008, 2010-12, 2014-19, 2022-25)}}
|-
| [[LSU Tigers men's basketball|LSU]]
|
|
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1981, 1986, 2006)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 2006)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1954, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2006, 2019)}}
| '''24'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1954, 1979-81, 1984-93, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022)}}
|-
| [[Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball|Ole Miss]]
|
|
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2001, 2025)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1981, 1997-99, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball|Mississippi State]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1996)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1996)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1963, 1995, 1996)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1963, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002-05, 2008, 2009, 2019, 2023-25)}}
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|Missouri]]
|
|
|
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1944, 1976, 2002, 2009'')}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1976, 1980, 1982, 1989, 2002, 2009'')}}
| '''29'''<br/>{{small|(''1944, 1976, 1978, 1980-83, 1986-90, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999-2003, 2009-12,'' 2013, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball|Oklahoma]]
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1947, 1988'')}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1947, 1988, 2002, 2016'')}}
| '''9'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1943, 1947, 1985, 1988, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2016'')}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1979, 1985, 1987-89, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2016'')}}
| '''34'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1943, 1947, 1979, 1983-90, 1992, 1995-2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013-16, 2018, 2019, 2021,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball|South Carolina]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2017)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2017)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1971-73,'' 2017)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(''1971-74, 1989,'' 1997, 1998, 2004, 2017, 2024)}}
|-
| [[Tennessee Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|
|
|
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2010, 2024, 2025)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1967, 1981, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023-25)}}
| '''27'''<br/>{{small|(1967, 1976, 1977, 1979-83, 1989, 1998-2001, 2006-11, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021-25)}}
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]]
|
|
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1943, 1947, 2003'')}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1943, 1947, 1990, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2023'')}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1960, 1963, 1972, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2023'')}}
| '''39'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1943, 1947, 1960, 1963, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1989-92, 1994-97, 1999-2012, 2014-16, 2018, 2021-24,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball|Texas A&M]]
|
|
|
|
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1969, 1980, 2007,'' 2016, 2018)}}
| '''17'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1964, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1987, 2006-11,'' 2016, 2018, 2023-25)}}
|-
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
|
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1965)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1965, 1974, 1988, 1993, 2004, 2007)}}
| '''16'''<br/>{{small|(1965, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2025)}}
|}

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. ''Italics'' indicate honors earned before the school competed in the SEC.

===Basketball tournament===
{{Main|SEC men's basketball tournament|}}

The ''[[SEC men's basketball tournament]]'' (also known simply as the ''[[SEC tournament]]'') is the competition that determines the SEC's automatic bid to the [[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship|NCAA men's basketball tournament]]. Notably, it does not determine the SEC conference champion in men's basketball—the conference has awarded its championship to the team(s) with the best regular-season record since the 1950–51 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/Portals/3/SEC%20Website/menshoops/SECMBBGuide.pdf |title=Through the Years: SEC Champions |work=2012–13 SEC Men's Basketball Media Guide |publisher=Southeastern Conference |page=67 |access-date=May 16, 2013 |quote=Since 1951, when the round-robin schedule was introduced, the title has been decided by a winning percentage on the conference schedule.}}</ref> It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

With the expansion to 14 members in 2012, the 2013 tournament was the first with a new format covering five days. The teams seeded eleven through fourteen play on the first day, with the winners advancing to play the No.{{nbsp}}5 and No.{{nbsp}}6 seeds on Thursday. The top four teams receive a "double bye" and do not play until the quarterfinals on Friday. The expansion to 16 teams in 2024 will result in two additional tournament games, but the top four teams will continue to receive "double byes" into the quarterfinals.<ref name=SixSports/>

As of the 2022–23 season, the tournament has most often been held at two venues that have each hosted twelve times. [[Louisville Gardens]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], served as the regular host from 1941 until the tournament was discontinued after the 1952 edition. The [[Georgia Dome]] in [[Atlanta]] first hosted the tournament in 1995 and most recently hosted in 2014. [[Bridgestone Arena]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], is now the regular host, with that venue hosting the tournament from 2015 through 2030, except in 2018 and 2022 (years in which it instead hosted the SEC women's basketball tournament).<ref name="Nashville 2015–2025">{{cite press release|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/247151/nashville-to-host-sec-basketball-tournaments.aspx |title=Nashville To Host SEC Basketball Tournaments |publisher=Southeastern Conference |date=October 15, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2013}}</ref> Sometimes, the tournament will take place at the [[Smoothie King Center]] in [[New Orleans]], or [[Amalie Arena]] in [[Tampa, Florida]]. The 2018 tournament was held at Scottrade Center, now [[Enterprise Center]], in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]], and the 2022 tournament was at Amalie Arena.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10992358/sec-tabs-st-louis-tampa-2018-2022-tournaments |title=St. Louis, Tampa to play SEC hosts |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 28, 2014}}</ref>

Prior to moving to the Georgia Dome, the tournament (during its modern, post-1979 era) was most often contested at the venue now known as [[Legacy Arena]] in Birmingham, Alabama, home of the SEC's headquarters and centrally located prior to the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina. Other sites to host include on-campus arenas at LSU, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt; [[Rupp Arena]] in Lexington; and the [[Orlando Arena]].

===NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations===
''† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! colspan=2|Champion
! colspan=2|Runner-up
! colspan=2|Venue and city
|-
|[[1947 NCAA basketball tournament|1947]]<!--NCAA didn't split into divisions until 1956-->
|[[1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team|Holy Cross]] || '''58'''
|'''''[[1946–47 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team|Oklahoma]]''''' || 47
|[[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] || [[New York City, New York]]
|-
|[[1948 NCAA basketball tournament|1948]]
|'''[[1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || '''58'''
|[[Baylor Bears basketball|Baylor]] || 42
|[[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] || [[New York City, New York]]
|-
|[[1949 NCAA basketball tournament|1949]]
|'''[[1948–49 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''46'''
|[[Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball|Oklahoma A&M]] || 36
|[[Hec Edmundson Pavilion]] || [[Seattle, Washington]]
|-
|[[1951 NCAA basketball tournament|1951]]
|'''[[1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(3)}} || '''68'''
|[[Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball|Kansas State]] || 58
|[[Williams Arena]] || [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
|[[1958 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1958]]<!--Split into "University Division" and "College Division" in 1956-->
|'''[[1957–58 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(4)}} || '''84'''
|[[1957–58 Seattle Chieftains men's basketball team|Seattle]] || 72
|[[Freedom Hall]] || [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
|-
|[[1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1966]]
|[[1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team|Texas Western]] || '''72'''
|'''[[1965–66 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || 65
|[[Cole Field House]] || [[College Park, Maryland]]
|-
|[[1975 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|1975]]<!--Divisions I, II, III created in 1973-->
|[[1974–75 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] {{small|(10)}} || '''92'''
|'''[[1974–75 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || 85
|[[San Diego Sports Arena]] || [[San Diego, California]]
|-
|[[1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|1978]]
|'''[[1977–78 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(5)}} || '''94'''
|[[1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] || 88
|[[The Checkerdome]] || [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
|-
|[[1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1988]]<!--First NCAA women's championships in 1982-->
|[[1993–94 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] {{small|(2)}} || '''83'''
|'''''[[1987–88 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team|Oklahoma]]''''' || 79
|[[Kemper Arena]] || [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|-
|[[1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1994]]
|'''[[1993–94 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team|Arkansas]]''' || '''76'''
|[[1993–94 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] || 72
|[[Charlotte Coliseum]] || [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
|-
|[[1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1995]]
|[[1994–95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] {{small|(11)}} || '''89'''
|'''[[1994–95 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team|Arkansas]]''' || 78
|[[Kingdome]] || [[Seattle, Washington]]
|-
|[[1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1996]]
|'''[[1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(6)}} || '''76'''
|[[1995–96 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team|Syracuse]] || 67
|[[Continental Airlines Arena]] || [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]]
|-
|[[1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1997]]†
|[[1996–97 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team|Arizona]] || '''84'''
|'''[[1996–97 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || 79
|[[RCA Dome]] || [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
|[[1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1998]]
|'''[[1997–98 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(7)}} || '''78'''
|[[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah]] || 69
|[[Alamodome]] || [[San Antonio, Texas]]
|-
|[[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2000]]
|[[1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]] {{small|(2)}} || '''89'''
|'''[[1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' || 76
| [[RCA Dome]] || [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
|[[2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2006]]
|'''[[2005–06 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' || '''73'''
|[[2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] || 57
|[[RCA Dome]] || [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
|[[2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2007]]
|'''[[2006–07 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''84'''
|[[2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]] || 75
|[[Georgia Dome]] || [[Atlanta, Georgia]] 
|-
|[[2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2012]]
|'''[[2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' {{small|(8)}} || '''67'''
|[[2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] || 59
|[[Mercedes-Benz Superdome]] || [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|-
|[[2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2014]]
|[[2013–14 UConn Huskies men's basketball team|UConn]] {{small|(4)}} || '''60'''
|'''[[2013–14 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]''' || 54
|[[AT&T Stadium]] || [[Arlington, Texas]]
|-
|[[2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2025]]
|'''[[2024-25 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' {{small|(3)}} || '''65'''
|[[2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team|Houston]] || 63
|[[Alamodome]] || [[San Antonio, Texas]]
|}

===Awards===
The [[SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year]] is awarded to the player who has proven himself, throughout the season, to be the most exceptional talent in the Southeastern Conference. Various other awards, such as the best tournament player in the [[SEC men's basketball tournament|SEC tournament]] and all conference honors are given out throughout the year.