2006 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2005–06
Teams 12
Site Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Florida (2 title)
Winning coach Billy Donovan (2 title)
MVP Taurean Green, Florida
Attendance 183,122
Television Jefferson Pilot Sports, CBS
SEC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2005  2007»

The 2006 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 9-12, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. The SEC Championship Game was televised by CBS.

The top two teams in both the Eastern and Western Divisions received byes in the first round, which were Tennessee, Alabama, LSU, and Florida and played their second round games on March 10, 2006. The SEC Tournament winner (Florida) received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament en route to winning the 2006 NCAA National Championship.

Final SEC Regular Season Standings

SEC East
School Coach W L Pct Seed
Tennessee Bruce Pearl 12 4 .750 E1
Florida Billy Donovan 10 6 .625 E2
Kentucky Tubby Smith 9 7 .563 E3
Vanderbilt Kevin Stallings 7 9 .438 E4
South Carolina Dave Odom 6 10 .375 E5
Georgia Dennis Felton 5 11 .313 E6
SEC West
School Coach W L Pct Seed
LSU John Brady 14 2 .875 W1
Alabama Mark Gottfried 10 6 .625 W2
Arkansas Stan Heath 10 6 .625 W3
Mississippi State Rick Stansbury 5 11 .313 W4
Auburn Jeff Lebo 4 12 .250 W5
Mississippi Rod Barnes 4 12 .250 W6

2006 SEC Tournament

  First round Second Round Semifinals Championship Game
                                     
E5  South Carolina 59  
W4  Mississippi State 44  
  E5  South Carolina 79  
    E1  Tennessee 71  
      
        
  E5  South Carolina 65  
  E3  Kentucky 61  
        
        
  E3  Kentucky 68
    W2  Alabama 61  
E3  Kentucky 71
W6  Mississippi 57  
  E2  Florida 49
  E5  South Carolina 47
E4  Vanderbilt 76  
W5  Auburn 71  
  W1  LSU 92
    E4  Vanderbilt 73  
      
        
  E2  Florida 81
  W1  LSU 65  
        
        
  E2  Florida 74
    W3  Arkansas 71  
W3  Arkansas 80
E6  Georgia 67  

See also

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