1984 SEC men's basketball tournament

1984 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1983–84
Teams	10
Site	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Kentucky (14th title)
Winning coach	Joe B. Hall (1st title)
MVP	Charles Barkley (Auburn)
Attendance	136,046 (sellout)
Television	Sports 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

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Kentucky †	14	–	4		.778			29	–	5		.853
Auburn	12	–	6		.667			20	–	11		.645
Florida	11	–	7		.611			16	–	13		.552
LSU	11	–	7		.611			18	–	11		.621
Alabama	10	–	8		.556			18	–	12		.600
Tennessee	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Vanderbilt	8	–	10		.444			14	–	15		.483
Georgia	8	–	10		.444			17	–	13		.567
Mississippi State	4	–	14		.222			9	–	19		.321
Ole Miss	3	–	15		.167			8	–	20		.286
† 1984 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Television coverage

Television coverage of the entire tournament was produced and regionally syndicated by the now-defunct Sports Productions, Inc. (SPI), a division of Lorimar Productions. The broadcast crew consisted of Tom Hammond with the play-by-play announcing, and Joe Dean with the color analogy. However, the championship game on Sunday, March 10, was televised by NBC in areas outside the SEC’s geographical footprint (with Don Criqui and Bucky Waters calling the action.), with the SPI broadcast being shown within the SEC footprint.

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 7 Sports Productions, Inc.					Second Round Thursday, March 8 SPI					Semi-Finals Friday, March 9 SPI					Finals Saturday, March 10 SPI, NBC
	8	Georgia	52
	9	Mississippi State	49
						1	#3 Kentucky	92
						8	Georgia	79
											1	#3 Kentucky	48
											5	Alabama	46
						4	LSU	70OT
						5	Alabama	72
																1	#3 Kentucky	51
																2	Auburn	49
						6	Tennessee	80
						3	Florida	74
											6	Tennessee	58
											2	Auburn	60
						7	Vanderbilt	58
						2	Auburn	59
	7	Vanderbilt	77
	10	Ole Miss	57