1986 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 1986 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–8, 1986 at Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, home to the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team. Kentucky won the SEC tournament championship title and the SEC's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournament by defeating Alabama 83–72.

1986 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198586
Teams10
SiteRupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky
ChampionsKentucky (15th title)
Winning coachEddie Sutton (1st title)
MVPJohn Williams (LSU)
Attendance148,005
TelevisionLorimar Sports Network (First and Second Rounds, and semifinals)
NBC (Championship Game)
SEC men's basketball tournaments
1985–86 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Kentucky171 .944324  .889
Alabama135 .722249  .727
Auburn135 .7222211  .667
Florida108 .5561914  .576
LSU99 .5002612  .684
Georgia99 .5001713  .567
Vanderbilt711 .3891315  .464
Tennessee513 .2781216  .429
Ole Miss414 .2221217  .414
Mississippi State315 .167622  .214
1986 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals and semifinals was produced and regionally syndicated by the Lorimar Sports Network, the sports broadcasting arm of Lorimar-Telepictures. The semifinals of this tournament marks the LSN's final broadcast before going defunct; Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions would win syndication rights to SEC Basketball before the following season. The championship game in this tournament was nationally televised by NBC, through its sports division, NBC Sports.

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