1989 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 1989 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 9–12, 1989 at the University of Tennessee’s Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Alabama Crimson Tide won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament by defeating Florida by a score of 72–60 in the championship game on March 12, 1989.

1989 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198889
Teams10
SiteThompson–Boling Arena
Knoxville, Tennessee
ChampionsAlabama (4th title)
Winning coachWimp Sanderson (2nd title)
MVPLivingston Chatman (Florida)
Attendance134,280 (average 14,920 per game)
TelevisionJP Sports (First and Second Rounds, and semifinals)
ABC (Championship Game)
SEC men's basketball tournaments
1988–89 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Florida135 .7222113  .618
No. 20 Alabama126 .667238  .742
Vanderbilt126 .6671914  .576
LSU117 .6112012  .625
Tennessee117 .6111911  .633
Kentucky810 .4441319  .406
Ole Miss810 .4441515  .500
Mississippi State711 .3891315  .464
Georgia612 .3331516  .484
Auburn216 .111919  .321
1989 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

JP Sports (in its third season of producing regionally syndicated SEC basketball games) provided television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals. Coverage of the championship game was broadcast on the ABC Television Network through its sports division, ABC Sports.

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