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List of Southeastern Conference men's basketball champions
Below is a list of SEC Men's Basketball Champions and Award Winners.
Champions and Award Winners
Official SEC champions in bold.
| Year
|
Regular Season Champion(s)
|
SEC Tournament Champion
|
SEC Player of the Year
|
Postseason Honors
|
| 1933
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1934
|
Kentucky
Alabama
|
Alabama
|
–
|
|
| 1935
|
Kentucky
LSU
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1936
|
Kentucky
Tennessee
|
Tennessee
|
–
|
|
| 1937
|
Georgia Tech
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1938
|
Kentucky
|
Georgia Tech
|
–
|
|
| 1939
|
Alabama
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1940
|
Alabama
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1941
|
Kentucky
Tennessee
|
Tennessee
|
–
|
|
| 1942
|
Kentucky
Tennessee
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1943
|
Kentucky
Tennessee
|
Tennessee
|
–
|
|
| 1944
|
Georgia Tech
Tulane
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1945
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1946
|
Kentucky
LSU
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1947
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1948
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
Kentucky 1948 NCAA Champions
|
| 1949
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
Kentucky 1949 NCAA Champions
|
| 1950
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1951
|
Kentucky
|
Vanderbilt
|
–
|
Kentucky 1951 NCAA Champions
|
| 1952
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
–
|
|
| 1953
|
LSU
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
LSU 1953 Final Four
|
| 1954
|
Kentucky
LSU
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1955
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1956
|
Alabama
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1957
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1958
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
Kentucky 1958 NCAA Champions
|
| 1959
|
Mississippi State
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1960
|
Auburn
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1961
|
Mississippi State
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1962
|
Kentucky
Mississippi State
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1963
|
Mississippi State
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1964
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
–
|
|
| 1965
|
Vanderbilt
|
No Tournament
|
Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt
|
|
| 1966
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt
Pat Riley, Kentucky
|
Kentucky 1966 NCAA Runner-Up
|
| 1967
|
Tennessee
|
No Tournament
|
Ron Widby, Tennessee
|
|
| 1968
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Pete Maravich, LSU
|
|
| 1969
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Pete Maravich, LSU
|
|
| 1970
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Pete Maravich, LSU
|
|
| 1971
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Johnny Neumann, Ole Miss
|
|
| 1972
|
Kentucky
Tennessee
|
No Tournament
|
Mike Edwards, Tennessee
Tom Parker, Kentucky
|
|
| 1973
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Kevin Grevey, Kentucky
Wendell Hudson, Alabama
|
|
| 1974
|
Alabama
Vanderbilt
|
No Tournament
|
Jan van Breda Kolff, Vanderbilt
|
|
| 1975
|
Alabama
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Kevin Grevey, Kentucky
Bernard King, Tennessee
|
Kentucky 1975 NCAA Runner-Up
|
| 1976
|
Alabama
|
No Tournament
|
Bernard King, Tennessee
|
|
| 1977
|
Kentucky
Tennessee
|
No Tournament
|
Ernie Grunfeld, Tennessee
Bernard King, Tennessee
|
|
| 1978
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Reggie King, Alabama
|
Kentucky 1978 NCAA Champions
|
| 1979
|
LSU
|
Tennessee
|
Reggie King, Alabama
|
|
| 1980
|
Kentucky
|
LSU
|
Kyle Macy, Kentucky
|
|
| 1981
|
LSU
|
Ole Miss
|
Dominique Wilkins, Georgia
|
LSU 1981 Final Four
|
| 1982
|
Kentucky
Tennessee
|
Alabama
|
Dale Ellis, Tennessee
|
|
| 1983
|
Kentucky
|
Georgia
|
Dale Ellis, Tennessee
Jeff Malone, Mississippi State
|
Georgia 1983 Final Four
|
| 1984
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
Charles Barkley, Auburn
|
Kentucky 1984 Final Four
|
| 1985
|
LSU
|
Auburn
|
Kenny Walker, Kentucky
|
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| 1986
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
Kenny Walker, Kentucky
|
LSU 1986 Final Four
|
| 1987
|
Alabama
|
Alabama
|
Derrick McKey, Alabama
Tony White, Tennessee
|
|
| 1988
|
Kentucky (vacated)
|
Kentucky (vacated)
|
Will Perdue, Vanderbilt
|
|
| 1989
|
Florida
|
Alabama
|
Chris Jackson, LSU
|
|
| 1990
|
Georgia
|
Alabama
|
Chris Jackson, LSU
|
|
| 1991
|
LSU
Mississippi State
|
Alabama
|
Shaquille O'Neal, LSU
|
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| 1992
|
Arkansas
|
Kentucky
|
Shaquille O'Neal, LSU
|
|
| 1993
|
Vanderbilt
|
Kentucky
|
Billy McCaffrey, Vanderbilt
Jamal Mashburn, Kentucky
|
Kentucky 1993 Final Four
|
| 1994
|
Arkansas
|
Kentucky
|
Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
|
Arkansas 1994 NCAA Champions
Florida 1994 Final Four
|
| 1995
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
|
Arkansas 1995 NCAA Runner-Up
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| 1996
|
Kentucky
|
Mississippi State
|
Tony Delk, Kentucky
|
Kentucky 1996 NCAA Champions
Mississippi State 1996 Final Four
|
| 1997
|
South Carolina
|
Kentucky
|
Ron Mercer, Kentucky
|
Kentucky 1997 NCAA Runner-Up
|
| 1998
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
Ansu Sesay, Ole Miss
|
Kentucky 1998 NCAA Champions
|
| 1999
|
Auburn
|
Kentucky
|
Chris Porter, Auburn
|
|
| 2000
|
Florida
Kentucky
LSU
Tennessee
|
Arkansas
|
Dan Langhi, Vanderbilt
Stromile Swift, LSU
|
Florida 2000 NCAA Runner-Up
|
| 2001
|
Florida
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky
|
|
| 2002
|
Alabama
|
Mississippi State
|
Erwin Dudley, Alabama
|
|
| 2003
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
Keith Bogans, Kentucky
Ron Slay, Tennessee
|
|
| 2004
|
Mississippi State
|
Kentucky
|
Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State
|
|
| 2005
|
Kentucky
|
Florida
|
Brandon Bass, LSU
|
|
| 2006
|
LSU
|
Florida
|
Glen Davis, LSU
|
Florida 2006 NCAA Champions
LSU 2006 Final Four
|
| 2007
|
Florida
|
Florida
|
Derrick Byars, Vanderbilt
Chris Lofton, Tennessee
|
Florida 2007 NCAA Champions
|
| 2008
|
Tennessee
|
Georgia
|
Shan Foster, Vanderbilt
|
|
| 2009
|
LSU
|
Mississippi State
|
Marcus Thornton, LSU
|
|
| 2010
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
John Wall, Kentucky
|
|
| 2011
|
Florida
|
Kentucky
|
Chandler Parsons, Florida
|
Kentucky 2011 Final Four
|
| 2012
|
Kentucky
|
Vanderbilt
|
Anthony Davis, Kentucky
|
Kentucky 2012 NCAA Champions
|
| 2013
|
Florida
|
Ole Miss
|
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
|
|
| 2014
|
Florida
|
Florida
|
Scottie Wilbekin, Florida
|
Kentucky 2014 NCAA Runner-up
Florida 2014 Final Four
|
| 2015
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
Bobby Portis, Arkansas
|
Kentucky 2015 Final Four
|
| 2016
|
Texas A&M
|
Kentucky
|
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
|
|
| 2017
|
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
Malik Monk, Kentucky
Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina
|
South Carolina 2017 Final Four
|
| 2018
|
Auburn
Tennessee
|
Kentucky
|
Yante Maten, Georgia
Grant Williams, Tennessee
|
|
| 2019
|
LSU
|
Auburn
|
Grant Williams, Tennessee
|
Auburn 2019 Final Four
|
| 2020
|
Kentucky
|
No Tournament
|
Mason Jones, Arkansas
Reggie Perry, Mississippi State
Immanuel Quickley, Kentucky
|
|
| 2021
|
Alabama
|
Alabama
|
Herb Jones, Alabama
|
|
| 2022
|
Auburn
|
Tennessee
|
Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
|
|
| 2023
|
Alabama
|
Alabama
|
Brandon Miller, Alabama
|
|
| 2024
|
Tennessee
|
Auburn
|
Dalton Knecht, Tennessee
|
Alabama 2024 Final Four
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Regular season championships by school
- †Former member of the SEC
Tournament championships by school
- †Former member of the SEC
- Kentucky defeated Georgia in the 1988 SEC Tournament final, but the tournament title was vacated later because of NCAA violations.[1]
Player of the year award winners by school
| School (year joined) |
Winners |
Years
|
| Kentucky (1932) |
18 |
1966†, 1972†, 1973†, 1975†, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003†, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017†, 2020†, 2022
|
| Tennessee (1932) |
14 |
1967, 1972†, 1975†, 1976, 1977 (×2)[c]†, 1982, 1983†, 1987†, 2003†, 2007†, 2018†, 2019, 2024
|
| LSU (1932) |
11 |
1968, 1969, 1970, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000†, 2005, 2006, 2009
|
| Vanderbilt (1932) |
8 |
1965, 1966†, 1974, 1988, 1993†, 2000†, 2007†, 2008
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| Alabama (1932) |
7 |
1973†, 1978, 1979, 1987†, 2002, 2021, 2023
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| Arkansas (1991) |
4 |
1994, 1995, 2015, 2020†
|
| Mississippi State (1932) |
3 |
1983†, 2004, 2020†
|
| Georgia (1932) |
3 |
1981, 2013, 2018†
|
| Florida (1932) |
2 |
2011, 2014
|
| Auburn (1932) |
2 |
1984, 1999
|
| Ole Miss (1932) |
2 |
1971, 1998
|
| South Carolina (1991) |
1 |
2017†
|
| Missouri (2012) |
0 |
—
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| Texas A&M (2012) |
0 |
—
|
- †Multiple players of the year awarded that season.
References
- ^ Kentucky defeated Georgia in the 1988 SEC Tournament final, but the tournament title was vacated later because of NCAA violations.
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