List of Southeastern Conference men's basketball champions
Below is a list of SEC Men's Basketball Champions and Award Winners.
Champions and Award Winners
[edit]Official SEC champions in bold. From 1933 to 1952, except 1935, the SEC only awarded a championship to the winner of the conference tournament. In 1935 and from 1953 to 1978, the SEC did not hold a conference tournament and awarded its championship to the team with the best conference winning percentage. Since 1979, the SEC has held a conference tournament but continues to award the SEC Championship to the team with the best conference winning percentage.
From the 1939 to 1950, the NCAA tournament did not guarantee bids to conferences, and the SEC champion only participated in four tournaments. Starting in 1951, the NCAA has guaranteed a bid to the SEC champion. From 1951 to 1974, the team with the best conference winning percentage was awarded the SEC's sole bid to the NCAA tournament. Two teams in the 1950s declined the bid after players were declared ineligible for the tournament by the NCAA, and four champions declined the bid between 1959 and 1962 due to segregationist policies banning the schools from playing teams with black players; in these cases the other co-champion or the runner-up represented the SEC in the NCAA tournament. In 1972 and 1974, two ties were broken by head-to-head results or rankings. In 1975, the NCAA expanded the tournament field and allowed multiple teams from each conference, making tiebreakers between co-champions unnecessary. Since 1979, the SEC Tournament Champion is awarded the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The SEC Player of the Year was first awarded in 1965.
For the years when the SEC held the conference tournament and did not officially award a regular season champion, this table uses the modern definition of the regular season championship of having the best winning percentage.
| Year | Regular Season Champion(s) | SEC Tournament Champion | SEC Player of the Year | NCAA Tournament Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Kentucky | Kentucky | ||
| 1934 | Kentucky | Alabama | ||
| 1935 | Kentucky LSU |
No Tournament | ||
| 1936 | Kentucky | Tennessee | ||
| 1937 | Georgia Tech | Kentucky | ||
| 1938 | Kentucky | Georgia Tech | ||
| 1939 | Alabama | Kentucky[a] | ||
| 1940 | Alabama | Kentucky[b] | ||
| 1941 | Kentucky | Tennessee[c] | ||
| 1942 | Tennessee | Kentucky[d] | Kentucky 1942 Final Four | |
| 1943 | Kentucky | Tennessee[e] | ||
| 1944 | Georgia Tech Tulane |
Kentucky[f] | ||
| 1945 | Kentucky Tennessee |
Kentucky[g] | ||
| 1946 | Kentucky LSU |
Kentucky[h] | ||
| 1947 | Kentucky | Kentucky[i] | ||
| 1948 | Kentucky | Kentucky[j] | Kentucky 1948 NCAA Champions | |
| 1949 | Kentucky | Kentucky[k] | Kentucky 1949 NCAA Champions | |
| 1950 | Kentucky | Kentucky[l] | ||
| 1951 | Kentucky | Vanderbilt | Kentucky 1951 NCAA Champions | |
| 1952 | Kentucky | Kentucky | ||
| 1953 | LSU | No Tournament | LSU 1953 Final Four | |
| 1954 | Kentucky LSU[m] |
No Tournament | ||
| 1955 | Kentucky | No Tournament | ||
| 1956 | Alabama[n] | No Tournament | ||
| 1957 | Kentucky | No Tournament | ||
| 1958 | Kentucky | No Tournament | Kentucky 1958 NCAA Champions | |
| 1959 | Mississippi State[o] | No Tournament | ||
| 1960 | Auburn[p] | No Tournament | ||
| 1961 | Mississippi State[q] | No Tournament | ||
| 1962 | Kentucky[r] Mississippi State |
No Tournament | ||
| 1963 | Mississippi State[s] | No Tournament | ||
| 1964 | Kentucky | No Tournament | ||
| 1965 | Vanderbilt | No Tournament | Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt | |
| 1966 | Kentucky | No Tournament | Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt Pat Riley, Kentucky |
Kentucky 1966 NCAA Runner-Up |
| 1967 | Tennessee | No Tournament | Ron Widby, Tennessee | |
| 1968 | Kentucky | No Tournament | Pete Maravich, LSU | |
| 1969 | Kentucky | No Tournament | Pete Maravich, LSU | |
| 1970 | Kentucky | No Tournament | Pete Maravich, LSU | |
| 1971 | Kentucky | No Tournament | Johnny Neumann, Ole Miss | |
| 1972 | Kentucky[t] Tennessee |
No Tournament | Mike Edwards, Tennessee Tom Parker, Kentucky |
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| 1973 | Kentucky | No Tournament | Kevin Grevey, Kentucky Wendell Hudson, Alabama |
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| 1974 | Alabama Vanderbilt[u] |
No Tournament | Jan van Breda Kolff, Vanderbilt | |
| 1975 | Alabama Kentucky |
No Tournament | Kevin Grevey, Kentucky Bernard King, Tennessee |
Kentucky 1975 NCAA Runner-Up |
| 1976 | Alabama | No Tournament | Bernard King, Tennessee | |
| 1977 | Kentucky Tennessee |
No Tournament | Ernie Grunfeld, Tennessee Bernard King, Tennessee |
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| 1978 | Kentucky | No Tournament | Reggie King, Alabama | Kentucky 1978 NCAA Champions |
| 1979 | LSU | Tennessee | Reggie King, Alabama | |
| 1980 | Kentucky | LSU | Kyle Macy, Kentucky | |
| 1981 | LSU | Ole Miss | Dominique Wilkins, Georgia | LSU 1981 Final Four |
| 1982 | Kentucky Tennessee |
Alabama | Dale Ellis, Tennessee | |
| 1983 | Kentucky | Georgia | Dale Ellis, Tennessee Jeff Malone, Mississippi State |
Georgia 1983 Final Four |
| 1984 | Kentucky | Kentucky | Charles Barkley, Auburn | Kentucky 1984 Final Four |
| 1985 | LSU | Auburn | Kenny Walker, Kentucky | |
| 1986 | Kentucky | Kentucky | Kenny Walker, Kentucky | LSU 1986 Final Four |
| 1987 | Alabama | Alabama | Derrick McKey, Alabama Tony White, Tennessee |
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| 1988 | Kentucky (stripped)[v] | Kentucky (stripped)[v] | Will Perdue, Vanderbilt | |
| 1989 | Florida | Alabama | Chris Jackson, LSU | |
| 1990 | Georgia | Alabama | Chris Jackson, LSU | |
| 1991 | LSU Mississippi State[w] |
Alabama | Shaquille O'Neal, LSU | |
| 1992 | Arkansas | Kentucky | Shaquille O'Neal, LSU | |
| 1993 | Vanderbilt | Kentucky | Billy McCaffrey, Vanderbilt Jamal Mashburn, Kentucky |
Kentucky 1993 Final Four |
| 1994 | Arkansas | Kentucky | Corliss Williamson, Arkansas | Arkansas 1994 NCAA Champions Florida 1994 Final Four |
| 1995 | Kentucky | Kentucky | Corliss Williamson, Arkansas | Arkansas 1995 NCAA Runner-Up |
| 1996 | Kentucky | Mississippi State | Tony Delk, Kentucky | Kentucky 1996 NCAA Champions Mississippi State 1996 Final Four |
| 1997 | South Carolina | Kentucky | Ron Mercer, Kentucky | Kentucky 1997 NCAA Runner-Up |
| 1998 | Kentucky | Kentucky | Ansu Sesay, Ole Miss | Kentucky 1998 NCAA Champions |
| 1999 | Auburn | Kentucky | Chris Porter, Auburn | |
| 2000 | Florida Kentucky LSU Tennessee |
Arkansas | Dan Langhi, Vanderbilt Stromile Swift, LSU |
Florida 2000 NCAA Runner-Up |
| 2001 | Florida Kentucky |
Kentucky | Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky | |
| 2002 | Alabama | Mississippi State | Erwin Dudley, Alabama | |
| 2003 | Kentucky | Kentucky | Keith Bogans, Kentucky Ron Slay, Tennessee |
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| 2004 | Mississippi State | Kentucky | Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State | |
| 2005 | Kentucky | Florida | Brandon Bass, LSU | |
| 2006 | LSU | Florida | Glen Davis, LSU | Florida 2006 NCAA Champions LSU 2006 Final Four |
| 2007 | Florida | Florida | Derrick Byars, Vanderbilt Chris Lofton, Tennessee |
Florida 2007 NCAA Champions |
| 2008 | Tennessee | Georgia | Shan Foster, Vanderbilt | |
| 2009 | LSU | Mississippi State | Marcus Thornton, LSU | |
| 2010 | Kentucky | Kentucky | John Wall, Kentucky | |
| 2011 | Florida | Kentucky | Chandler Parsons, Florida | Kentucky 2011 Final Four |
| 2012 | Kentucky | Vanderbilt | Anthony Davis, Kentucky | Kentucky 2012 NCAA Champions |
| 2013 | Florida | Ole Miss | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia | |
| 2014 | Florida | Florida | Scottie Wilbekin, Florida | Kentucky 2014 NCAA Runner-up Florida 2014 Final Four |
| 2015 | Kentucky | Kentucky | Bobby Portis, Arkansas | Kentucky 2015 Final Four |
| 2016 | Texas A&M | Kentucky | Tyler Ulis, Kentucky | |
| 2017 | Kentucky | Kentucky | Malik Monk, Kentucky Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina |
South Carolina 2017 Final Four |
| 2018 | Auburn Tennessee |
Kentucky | Yante Maten, Georgia Grant Williams, Tennessee |
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| 2019 | LSU | Auburn | Grant Williams, Tennessee | Auburn 2019 Final Four |
| 2020 | Kentucky | Cancelled[x] | Mason Jones, Arkansas Reggie Perry, Mississippi State Immanuel Quickley, Kentucky |
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| 2021 | Alabama | Alabama | Herb Jones, Alabama | |
| 2022 | Auburn | Tennessee | Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky | |
| 2023 | Alabama | Alabama | Brandon Miller, Alabama | |
| 2024 | Tennessee | Auburn | Dalton Knecht, Tennessee | Alabama 2024 Final Four |
| 2025 | Auburn | Florida | Johni Broome, Auburn | Florida 2025 NCAA Champions Auburn 2025 Final Four |
Divisional Championships
[edit]From 1992 to 2011 the SEC was organized into two divisions and divisional championships were awarded. Bold denotes the conference regular season champion(s).
| Year | Eastern Division Champion(s) | Western Division Champion(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Kentucky | Arkansas |
| 1993 | Vanderbilt | Arkansas |
| 1994 | Florida Kentucky |
Arkansas |
| 1995 | Kentucky | Arkansas Mississippi State |
| 1996 | Kentucky | Mississippi State |
| 1997 | South Carolina | Ole Miss |
| 1998 | Kentucky | Ole Miss |
| 1999 | Tennessee | Auburn |
| 2000 | Florida Kentucky Tennessee |
LSU |
| 2001 | Kentucky Florida |
Ole Miss |
| 2002 | Georgia (vacated)[y] Kentucky Florida |
Alabama |
| 2003 | Kentucky | Mississippi State |
| 2004 | Kentucky | Mississippi State |
| 2005 | Kentucky | Alabama LSU |
| 2006 | Tennessee | LSU |
| 2007 | Florida | Mississippi State Ole Miss |
| 2008 | Tennessee | Mississippi State |
| 2009 | Tennessee South Carolina |
LSU |
| 2010 | Kentucky | Mississippi State Ole Miss |
| 2011 | Florida | Alabama |
Regular season championships by school
[edit]From 1933 to 1952, except 1935, regular season championships are unofficial and defined by the current SEC standard of best conference winning percentage.
| School | Number | Last | List |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 50[v] | 2020 | 1933, 1934, 1935[z], 1936, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1945[z], 1946[z], 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954[z], 1955, 1957, 1958, 1962[z], 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972[z], 1973, 1975[z], 1977[z], 1978, 1980, 1982[z], 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000[z], 2001[z], 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016[z], 2017, 2020 |
| LSU | 12 | 2019 | 1935[z], 1946[z], 1953, 1954[z], 1979, 1981, 1985, 1991[z], 2000[z], 2006, 2009, 2019 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 2024 | 1942, 1943, 1945[z], 1967, 1972[z], 1977[z], 1982[z], 2000[z], 2008, 2018[z], 2024 |
| Alabama | 10 | 2023 | 1939, 1940, 1956, 1974[z], 1975[z], 1976, 1987, 2002, 2021, 2023 |
| Florida | 7 | 2014 | 1989, 2000[z], 2001[z], 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
| Mississippi State | 6 | 2004 | 1959, 1961, 1962[z], 1963, 1991[z], 2004 |
| Auburn | 5 | 2025 | 1960, 1999, 2018[z], 2022, 2025 |
| Vanderbilt | 3 | 1993 | 1965, 1974[z], 1993 |
| Arkansas[aa] | 2 | 1994 | 1992, 1994 |
| Georgia Tech[ab] | 2 | 1944 | 1937, 1944[z] |
| Texas A&M[ac] | 1 | 2016 | 2016[z] |
| South Carolina[ad] | 1 | 1997 | 1997 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Tulane[ae] | 1 | 1944 | 1944[z] |
| Missouri[af] | 0 | — | |
| Oklahoma[ag] | 0 | — | |
| Ole Miss | 0 | — | |
| Sewanee[ah] | 0 | — | |
| Texas[ai] | 0 | — |
Divisional championships by school
[edit]| School | Division | Number | Last | List |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | Eastern | 12 | 2010 | 1992, 1994[z], 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000[z], 2001[z], 2002[z], 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 |
| Mississippi State | Western | 7 | 2010 | 1995[z], 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007[z], 2008, 2010[z] |
| Florida | Eastern | 6 | 2011 | 1994[z], 2000[z], 2001[z], 2002[z], 2007, 2011 |
| Ole Miss | Western | 5 | 2010 | 1997, 1998, 2001, 2007[z], 2010[z] |
| Tennessee | Eastern | 5 | 2008 | 1999, 2000[z], 2006, 2008, 2009[z] |
| Arkansas | Western | 4 | 1995 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995[z] |
| LSU | Western | 4 | 2009 | 2000, 2005[z], 2006, 2009 |
| Alabama | Western | 3 | 2011 | 2002, 2005[z], 2011 |
| South Carolina | Eastern | 2 | 2009 | 1997, 2009[z] |
| Auburn | Western | 1 | 1999 | 1999 |
| Vanderbilt | Eastern | 1 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Georgia | Eastern | 0[y] | — |
Tournament championships by school
[edit]No tournament was held in 1935 or from 1953 to 1978.
| School | Number | Last | List |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 31[v] | 2018 | 1933, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Alabama | 8 | 2023 | 1934, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2021, 2023 |
| Florida | 5 | 2025 | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2025 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 2022 | 1936, 1941, 1943, 1979, 2022 |
| Auburn | 3 | 2024 | 1985, 2019, 2024 |
| Mississippi State | 3 | 2009 | 1996, 2002, 2009 |
| Ole Miss | 2 | 2013 | 1981, 2013 |
| Vanderbilt | 2 | 2012 | 1951, 2012 |
| Georgia | 2 | 2008 | 1983, 2008 |
| Arkansas[aa] | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
| LSU | 1 | 1980 | 1980 |
| Georgia Tech[ab] | 1 | 1938 | 1938 |
| Missouri[af] | 0 | — | |
| Oklahoma[ag] | 0 | — | |
| Sewanee[ah] | 0 | — | |
| South Carolina[ad] | 0 | — | |
| Texas[ai] | 0 | — | |
| Texas A&M[ac] | 0 | — | |
| Tulane[ae] | 0 | — |
Player of the year award winners by school
[edit]Player of the year first awarded in 1965. Two people have been awarded player of the year in the same season 13 times, one of which was to players on the same team. In 2020 three people were awarded player of the year, the only time more than two have received the award in the same season.
| School | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 18 | 1966[aj], 1972[aj], 1973[aj], 1975[aj], 1980, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003[aj], 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017[aj], 2020[ak], 2022 |
| Tennessee | 14 | 1967, 1972[aj], 1975[aj], 1976, 1977 (×2)[aj], 1982, 1983[aj], 1987[aj], 2003[aj], 2007[aj], 2018[aj], 2019, 2024 |
| LSU | 11 | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000[aj], 2005, 2006, 2009 |
| Vanderbilt | 8 | 1965, 1966†, 1974, 1988, 1993[aj], 2000[aj], 2007[aj], 2008 |
| Alabama | 7 | 1973[aj], 1978, 1979, 1987[aj], 2002, 2021, 2023 |
| Arkansas[aa] | 4 | 1994, 1995, 2015, 2020[ak] |
| Auburn | 3 | 1984, 1999, 2025 |
| Mississippi State | 3 | 1983[aj], 2004, 2020[ak] |
| Georgia | 3 | 1981, 2013, 2018[aj] |
| Florida | 2 | 2011, 2014 |
| Ole Miss | 2 | 1971, 1998 |
| South Carolina[ad] | 1 | 2017[aj] |
| Missouri[af] | 0 | |
| Oklahoma[ag] | 0 | |
| Texas[ai] | 0 | |
| Texas A&M[ac] | 0 | |
| Tulane[ae] | 0 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Kentucky was not selected for the 1939 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky declined a bid to the 1940 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Tennessee was not selected for the 1941 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky was selected for the 1942 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Tennessee was not selected for the 1943 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky was not selected for the 1944 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky was selected for the 1945 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky was not selected for the 1946 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky was not selected for the 1947 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky was selected for the 1948 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky was selected for the 1949 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky was not selected for the 1950 NCAA tournament.
- ^ Kentucky beat LSU in a playoff game for the SEC's NCAA tournament bid, but declined the bid because the NCAA ruled three players ineligible for the tournament. As a result, LSU represented the SEC in the 1954 tournament.
- ^ Alabama declined the bid to the NCAA tournament after the NCAA deemed their starting lineup ineligible for having played as freshmen. Runner-up Kentucky represented the SEC in the 1956 tournament.
- ^ Mississippi State declined the NCAA bid due to their segregationist policy against playing teams with black players. Runner-up Kentucky represented the SEC in the 1959 tournament.
- ^ Auburn declined the NCAA bid due to their segregationist policy against playing teams with black players. Runner-up Georgia Tech represented the SEC in the 1960 tournament.
- ^ Mississippi State declined the NCAA bid due to their segregationist policy against playing teams with black players. Runner-up Kentucky represented the SEC in the 1961 tournament.
- ^ Mississippi State declined the NCAA bid due to their segregationist policy against playing teams with black players. Co-champion Kentucky represented the SEC in the 1962 tournament.
- ^ See Game of Change.
- ^ As a result of Kentucky beating Tennessee in both regular-season matchups, Kentucky represented the SEC in the 1972 tournament.
- ^ Vanderbilt received the SEC's bid to the 1974 NCAA tournament because they were ranked higher than co-champion Alabama.
- ^ a b c d The presidents of the Southeastern Conference voted to strip Kentucky of their 1988 regular season and conference tournament championships due to NCAA violations. Note that these games were not vacated by the NCAA; only Kentucky's 1988 NCAA Tournament games were vacated.
- ^ Kentucky had the best conference record at 14–4, one game ahead of the co-champions, but they were not eligible for the championship due to NCAA sanctions.
- ^ The tournament was cancelled before the start of the second day due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kentucky, the regular season champions, was awarded the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but that was subsequently cancelled as well. Two first round games were completed on the first day.
- ^ a b Georgia later vacated their 2002 Eastern Division Co-Championship
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- ^ a b c Arkansas joined the SEC in the 1992–93 season.
- ^ a b Georgia Tech was a member of the SEC from 1932 to 1964.
- ^ a b c Texas A&M joined the SEC in the 2012–13 season.
- ^ a b c South Carolina joined the SEC in the 1992–93 season.
- ^ a b c Tulane was a member of the SEC from 1932 to 1966.
- ^ a b c Missouri joined the SEC in the 2012–13 season.
- ^ a b c Oklahoma joined the SEC in the 2024–25 season.
- ^ a b Sewanee was a member of the SEC from 1932 to 1940.
- ^ a b c Texas joined the SEC in the 2024–25 season.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Co-player of the year with one other person.
- ^ a b c Co-player of the year with two other people.