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1992 SEC men's basketball tournament

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1992 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1991–92
Teams11
SiteBirmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
Birmingham, Alabama[1]
ChampionsKentucky (17th title)
Winning coachRick Pitino (1st title)
MVPJamal Mashburn (Kentucky)
Attendance163,812 (sellout)
TelevisionJefferson Pilot Sports
ESPN (Championship Game, Outside the SEC Footprint)
← 1991
1993 →
1991–92 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 6 Kentucky 12 4   .750 29 7   .806
Florida 9 7   .563 19 14   .576
Tennessee 8 8   .500 19 15   .559
Georgia 7 9   .438 15 14   .517
Vanderbilt 6 10   .375 15 15   .500
South Carolina 3 13   .188 11 17   .393
West
No. 9 Arkansas 13 3   .813 26 8   .765
No. 25 LSU 12 4   .750 21 10   .677
No. 13 Alabama 10 6   .625 26 9   .743
Mississippi State 7 9   .438 15 13   .536
Auburn 5 11   .313 12 15   .444
Ole Miss 4 12   .250 11 17   .393
1992 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 1992 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 12–15, 1992 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The Kentucky Wildcats, who returned to the tournament after a two-year NCAA-sanctioned ban, won the tournament and received the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 80–54. That win would be Kentucky’s 17th overall SEC tournament title. Auburn did not participate, leaving only 11 teams in the field.

Television coverage of the tournament was produced and regionally syndicated entirely by Jefferson Pilot Sports (known on air as JP Sports due to the initials used on the logo at the time), in its fifth year as the syndicated rightsholder of SEC Basketball. However, ESPN broadcast the championship game outside the SEC footprint.

Bracket

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First round Second Round Semifinals Championship Game
            
9 Vanderbilt 77
7 Mississippi State 55
2 #9 Kentucky 76
9 Vanderbilt 57
2 #9 Kentucky 80
3 #23 LSU 74
3 #23 LSU 99
6 Tennessee 89
6 Tennessee 70
11 South Carolina 63
2 #9 Kentucky 80
4 #17 Alabama 54
4 #17 Alabama 62
5 Florida 60
4 #17 Alabama 90
1 #6 Arkansas 89
1 #6 Arkansas 73
8 Georgia 60
8 Georgia 85
10 Ole Miss 66

References

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  1. ^ 2014-2015 Southeaastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 134
  2. ^ sports-reference.com 1991-92 Southeastern Conference Season Summary