1982 SEC men's basketball tournament

1982 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1981–82
Teams10
SiteRupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky[1]
ChampionsAlabama Crimson Tide[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachWimp Sanderson (1st title)
MVPDirk Minnefield (Kentucky)
Attendance154,624
TelevisionTVS Television Network
NBC
← 1981
1983 →
1981–82 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Kentucky 13 5   .722 22 8   .733
Tennessee 13 5   .722 20 10   .667
No. 13 Alabama 12 6   .667 24 7   .774
Ole Miss 11 7   .611 18 12   .600
LSU 11 7   .611 14 14   .500
Georgia 10 8   .556 19 12   .613
Vanderbilt 7 11   .389 15 13   .536
Auburn 7 11   .389 14 14   .500
Mississippi State 4 14   .222 8 19   .296
Florida 2 16   .111 5 22   .185
1982 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 1982 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 3–6, 1982 at Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, home to the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team. The Alabama Crimson Tide won the tournament and the SEC's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament by defeating Kentucky by a score of 48–46.[1][3][4][5] The tournament win was Alabama's second SEC tournament win, but it was the program's first tournament win since the 1934 tournament.

Coverage of the entire tournament was produced and regionally syndicated by the TVS Television Network,[3] with NBC covering the championship game for areas outside the SEC geographical footprint.