1996 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1996 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1995–96
Teams 12
Site Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) [1]
Champions Mississippi State Bulldogs [1] (1st title)
Winning coach Richard Williams
[2] (1st title)
MVP Dontae’ Jones (Mississippi State)
Attendance 195,836
Television Jefferson Pilot Sports (Entire tournament)
ESPN2 (Championship game; available nationally and outside the SEC footprint)
SEC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1995  1997»

The 1996 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 7-10, 1996, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Mississippi State Bulldogs won the tournament title and received the SEC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating the Kentucky Wildcats by a score of 84-73. [3] [4] This was the first time the Mississippi State men’s basketball team won the SEC tournament.

Television Coverage

Jefferson Pilot Sports regionally broadcast and syndicated coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semi-finals. Play-by-play commentary was done by Tom Hammond with color analyst Joe Dean, Jr.[5] The championship game was broadcast nationally on CBS, called by play-by-play commentator Sean McDonough and color analyst Bill Raftery.

Bracket

  First round Second Round Semifinals Championship Game
                                     
E5  Florida 75  
W4  Ole Miss 62  
  E1  Kentucky 100  
    E5  Florida 76  
      
        
  E1  Kentucky 95  
  W2  Arkansas 75  
        
        
  W2  Arkansas 80
    E3  South Carolina 58  
E3  South Carolina 85
W6  LSU 76  
  E1  Kentucky 73
  W1  Mississippi State 84
W5  Auburn 68  
E4  Vanderbilt 65  
  W1  Mississippi State 69
    W5  Auburn 58  
      
        
  W1  Mississippi State 86
  E2  Georgia 68  
        
        
  E2  Georgia 74
    E6  Tennessee 63  
E6  Tennessee [5] 77
W3  Alabama 65  

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 2014-2015 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 134
  2. 2014-15 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 163.
  3. 1995-96 Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-reference.com
  4. 1995-96 Southeastern Conference Season Summary | at Sports-reference.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 1996 Tennessee 73 Alabama 56 (SEC Tournament) JP Sports on YouTube

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