1997 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1997 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Site |
Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee | ||||
| Champions | Kentucky Wildcats (21st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Rick Pitino (5th title) | ||||
| MVP | Ron Mercer (Kentucky) | ||||
| Attendance | 172,027 | ||||
| Television |
Jefferson Pilot Sports (1st Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals) CBS (Championship game) | ||||
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The 1997 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 6-9, 1997 at The Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team won the tournament and the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating the Georgia Bulldogs by a score of 95-68 in the championship game. [1] [2]
Television Coverage
The first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals were regionally televised and syndicated by Jefferson Pilot Sports. The championship game was televised nationally on CBS.
Tournament notes
- This was the second time that the Pyramid hosted the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament.
- The 1997 tournament was Rick Pitino’s final tournament title win before he left the University of Kentucky to take a coaching job with the Boston Celtics.
Bracket
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship Game | |||||||||||||||
| W4 | Alabama | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Florida | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | South Carolina | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Alabama | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | South Carolina | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Georgia | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Arkansas | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Georgia | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Georgia | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| W6 | LSU | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Georgia | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Kentucky | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Vanderbilt | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Mississippi State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Ole Miss | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Vanderbilt | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Ole Miss | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Kentucky | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Kentucky | 92 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Auburn | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Auburn | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Tennessee | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
References
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