2010 SEC men's basketball tournament

2010 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams12
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsKentucky (27th title)
Winning coachJohn Calipari (1st title)
MVPJohn Wall (Kentucky)
Attendance191,852
TelevisionSEC Network (syndicated), ABC
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2011 →
2009–10 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 2 Kentucky 14 2   .875 35 3   .921
No. 21 Vanderbilt 12 4   .750 24 9   .727
No. 15 Tennessee 11 5   .688 28 9   .757
Florida 9 7   .563 21 13   .618
South Carolina 6 10   .375 15 16   .484
Georgia 5 11   .313 14 17   .452
West
Mississippi State 9 7   .563 24 12   .667
Mississippi 9 7   .563 24 11   .686
Arkansas 7 9   .438 14 18   .438
Alabama 6 10   .375 17 15   .531
Auburn 6 10   .375 15 17   .469
LSU 2 14   .125 11 20   .355
2010 SEC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament was held March 11–14, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena.[1] The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by SEC Network and the semifinals and finals were broadcast nationwide on ABC, with the exception of the majority of South Carolina markets.

The weekend games did not air in the market of the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia. ABC affiliate WOLO pre-empted the game and aired the 2010 ACC men's basketball tournament semifinal and final matches instead, per syndication contract with Raycom Sports, with the current Raycom-WOLO contract continuing until the 2011 tournament. The games also did not air in the Greenville-Spartanburg area (also Asheville, NC), as ABC affiliate WLOS also aired the ACC tournament. Raycom had owned the syndication rights to SEC sports prior to this season.

  1. ^ "www.secsports.com - Future SEC Basketball Tournament Dates & Sites". Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2010.