2009 SEC men's basketball tournament

For the women's basketball tournament, see 2009 SEC women's basketball tournament.

2009 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	12
Site	St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida
Champions	Mississippi State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Rick Stansbury (2nd title)
Television	Raycom Sports, CBS
SEC men's basketball tournaments

2008–09 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
South Carolina	10	–	6		.625			21	–	10		.677
Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			21	–	13		.618
Florida	9	–	7		.563			25	–	11		.694
Vanderbilt	8	–	8		.500			19	–	12		.613
Kentucky	8	–	8		.500			22	–	14		.611
Georgia	3	–	13		.188			12	–	20		.375
West
No. 21 LSU	13	–	3		.813			27	–	8		.771
Auburn	10	–	6		.625			24	–	12		.667
Mississippi State†	9	–	7		.563			23	–	13		.639
Alabama	7	–	9		.438			18	–	14		.563
Ole Miss	7	–	9		.438			16	–	15		.516
Arkansas	2	–	14		.125			14	–	16		.467
† SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 SEC men's basketball tournament took place on March 12–15, 2009 in Tampa, Florida at the St. Pete Times Forum (now known as the Amalie Arena).

Television coverage

The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by Raycom Sports; the semifinal round marked Raycom's final SEC Basketball telecast. The SEC Championship Game was seen on CBS.

SEC Regular Season Standings and Awards

Standings

SEC East
School	Coach	W	L	Seed
Tennessee	Bruce Pearl	10	6	E1
South Carolina	Darrin Horn	10	6	E2
Florida	Billy Donovan	9	7	E3
Kentucky	Billy Gillispie	8	8	E4
Vanderbilt	Kevin Stallings	8	8	E5
Georgia	Pete Herrmann	3	13	E6
SEC West
School	Coach	W	L	Seed
LSU	Trent Johnson	13	3	W1
Auburn	Jeff Lebo	10	6	W2
Mississippi State	Rick Stansbury	9	7	W3
Alabama	Philip Pearson	7	9	W4
Mississippi	Andy Kennedy	7	9	W5
Arkansas	John Pelphrey	2	14	W6

Awards

Award Recipient Class Team SEC Player of the Year (Media) SEC Player of the Year (Coaches) Marcus Thornton Sr. LSU SEC Coach of the Year (Media) SEC Coach of the Year (Coaches) Trent Johnson 1st year LSU SEC Freshman of the Year (Media) SEC Freshman of the Year (Coaches) Terrico White Fr. Ole Miss SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Media) Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches) Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC Sixth Man (Coaches) Brandis Raley-Ross Sr. South Carolina SEC Awards

All-Conference Team

All-SEC First Team

Position Player Class Team G Nick Calathes So. Florida G Jodie Meeks Jr. Kentucky G Devan Downey Jr. South Carolina G Marcus Thornton Sr. LSU F Tyler Smith Jr. Tennessee F Tasmin Mitchell Jr. LSU F Patrick Patterson So. Kentucky F Jarvis Varnado Jr. Mississippi State SEC First Team

Bracket

First round March 12

Second round March 13

Semifinals March 14

SEC Championship Game March 15

W5

Ole Miss

58

E4

Kentucky

71

E4

Kentucky

58

W1

#20 LSU

67

W1

#20 LSU

57

W3

Mississippi State

67

E2

South Carolina

68

W3

Mississippi State

82

E6

Georgia

60

W3

Mississippi State

79

W3

Mississippi State

64

E1

Tennessee

61

E5

Vanderbilt

75

W4

Alabama

82

W4

Alabama

62

E1

Tennessee

86

E1

Tennessee

94

W2

Auburn

85

W2

Auburn

61

E3

Florida

58

W6

Arkansas

58

E3

Florida

73