1986 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1985–86
Teams10
SiteRupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky[1]
ChampionsKentucky[1] (15th title)
Winning coachEddie Sutton (1st title)
MVPJohn Williams (LSU)
Attendance148,005
TelevisionLorimar Sports Network (First and Second Rounds, and semifinals)
NBC (Championship Game)
1985–86 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Kentucky †17–1 .94432–4  .889
Alabama13–5 .72224–9  .727
Auburn13–5 .72222–11  .667
Florida10–8 .55619–14  .576
LSU9–9 .50026–12  .684
Georgia9–9 .50017–13  .567
Vanderbilt7–11 .38913–15  .464
Tennessee5–13 .27812–16  .429
Ole Miss4–14 .22212–17  .414
Mississippi State3–15 .1676–22  .214
† 1986 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–8, 1986 at Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, home to the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team. Kentucky won the SEC tournament championship title and the SEC's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournament by defeating Alabama 83–72.[1][2][3]

Coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals and semifinals was produced and regionally syndicated by the Lorimar Sports Network, the sports broadcasting arm of Lorimar-Telepictures. The semifinals of this tournament marks the LSN's final broadcast before going defunct; Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions would win syndication rights to SEC Basketball before the following season. The championship game in this tournament was nationally televised by NBC, through its sports division, NBC Sports.

Bracket

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First Round
Wednesday, March 5
Lorimar Sports Network 		Second Round
Thursday, March 6
Lorimar Sports Network 		Semi-Finals
Friday, March 7
Lorimar Sports Network 		Finals
Saturday, March 8
NBC
            
8 Tennessee 56
9 Mississippi 73
9 Mississippi 69
1 #3 Kentucky 95
1 #3 Kentucky 61
5 LSU 58
5 LSU 72
4 Florida 66
1 #3 Kentucky 83
3 Alabama 72
6 Georgia 59
3 Alabama 77
3 Alabama 77
10 Mississippi State 65
2 Auburn 63
10 Mississippi State 65
7 Vanderbilt 54
10 Mississippi State 62

References

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