1984 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 1984 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 7–10, 1984 at the Memorial Gymnasium on Vanderbilt University’s campus located in Nashville, Tennessee. The Kentucky Wildcats won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament by defeating the Auburn Tigers by a score of 51–49 in the championship game on March 10. Kentucky’s tournament championship win marked the first time a regular season champion won the tournament championship since the revival of the SEC Tournament in 1979.

1984 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198384
Teams10
SiteMemorial Gymnasium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsKentucky (14th title)
Winning coachJoe B. Hall (1st title)
MVPCharles Barkley (Auburn)
Attendance136,046 (sellout)
TelevisionSports Productions, Inc. (Entire tournament)
NBC (Championship game coverage outside the SEC footprint)
SEC men's basketball tournaments
1983–84 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Kentucky144 .778295  .853
Auburn126 .6672011  .645
Florida117 .6111613  .552
LSU117 .6111811  .621
Alabama108 .5561812  .600
Tennessee99 .5002114  .600
Vanderbilt810 .4441415  .483
Georgia810 .4441713  .567
Mississippi State414 .222919  .321
Ole Miss315 .167820  .286
1984 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
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