2009 SEC men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2009
| Conference=SEC
| Division=I
| Gender=Men's
| Image=2009SECBasketballTournament.png
| ImageSize=125px
| Caption=
| Teams=12
| Arena=St. Pete Times Forum
| City=Tampa, Florida
| Champions=Mississippi State
| TitleCount=3rd
| Coach=Rick Stansbury
| CoachCount=2nd
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| Television=Raycom Sports, CBS
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{{2008–09 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 2009 SEC men's basketball tournament took place on March 12–15, 2009 in Tampa, Florida at the St. Pete Times Forum (now known as the Amalie Arena).{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2012 |title=2009 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament |url=https://www.tampabaysports.org/MajorEvents/Article_Rich/2009_SEC_Basketball |website=Tampa Sports Bay Commission}}
Television coverage
The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by Raycom Sports; the semifinal round marked Raycom's final SEC Basketball telecast. The SEC Championship Game was seen on CBS.
SEC Regular Season Standings and Awards
=Standings=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| colspan="6"|SEC East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Coach | W | L | Seed |
| Tennessee | Bruce Pearl | 10 | 6 | E1 |
| South Carolina | Darrin Horn | 10 | 6 | E2 |
| Florida | Billy Donovan | 9 | 7 | E3 |
| Kentucky | Billy Gillispie | 8 | 8 | E4 |
| Vanderbilt | Kevin Stallings | 8 | 8 | E5 |
| Georgia | Pete Herrmann | 3 | 13 | E6 |
| colspan="6"|SEC West | ||||
| School | Coach | W | L | Seed |
| LSU | Trent Johnson | 13 | 3 | W1 |
| Auburn | Jeff Lebo | 10 | 6 | W2 |
| Mississippi State | Rick Stansbury | 9 | 7 | W3 |
| Alabama | Philip Pearson | 7 | 9 | W4 |
| Mississippi | Andy Kennedy | 7 | 9 | W5 |
| Arkansas | John Pelphrey | 2 | 14 | W6 |
=Awards=
| border="0" width="50%"
| valign="top" | {| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="80%" !bgcolor="#00407a"| Award !bgcolor="#00407a"| Recipient !bgcolor="#00407a"| Class !bgcolor="#00407a"| Team | |||
| align="center"
| SEC Player of the Year (Media) | |||
| align="center" Nick Calathes
| SEC Player of the Year (Coaches) | Marcus Thornton | Sr. | LSU |
| align="center" Nick Calathes
| SEC Coach of the Year (Media) | |||
| align="center" Billy Donovan
| SEC Coach of the Year (Coaches) | Trent Johnson | 1st year | LSU |
| align="center" Billy Donovan
| SEC Freshman of the Year (Media) | |||
| align="center"
| SEC Freshman of the Year (Coaches) | Terrico White | Fr. | Ole Miss |
| align="center"
| SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Media) | Jarvis Varnado | Jr. | Mississippi State |
| align="center"
| SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches) | Jarvis Varnado | Jr. | Mississippi State |
| align="center"
| SEC Sixth Man (Coaches) | Brandis Raley-Ross | Sr. | South Carolina |
| align="center"
| colspan=4 bgcolor="#00407a"| SEC Awards |
|}
==All-Conference Team==
All-SEC First Team
| border="0" width="50%"
| valign="top" | {| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="80%" !bgcolor="#00407a"| Position !bgcolor="#00407a"| Player !bgcolor="#00407a"| Class !bgcolor="#00407a"| Team | |||
| align="center"
| G | Nick Calathes | So. | Florida |
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| G | Jodie Meeks | Jr. | Kentucky |
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| G | Devan Downey | Jr. | South Carolina |
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| G | Marcus Thornton | Sr. | LSU |
| align="center"
| F | Tyler Smith | Jr. | Tennessee |
| align="center"
| F | Tasmin Mitchell | Jr. | LSU |
| align="center"
| F | Patrick Patterson | So. | Kentucky |
| align="center"
| F | Jarvis Varnado | Jr. | Mississippi State |
| align="center"
| colspan=4 bgcolor="#00407a"| SEC First Team |
|}
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=First round
March 12
| RD2=Second round
March 13
| RD3=Semifinals
March 14
| RD4=SEC Championship Game
March 15
| RD1-seed09=E5
| RD1-team09=Vanderbilt
| RD1-score09=75
| RD1-seed10=W4
| RD1-team10=Alabama
| RD1-score10=82
| RD1-seed15=W6
| RD1-team15=Arkansas
| RD1-score15=58
| RD1-seed16=E3
| RD1-team16=Florida
| RD1-score16=73
| RD1-seed01=W5
| RD1-team01=Ole Miss
| RD1-score01=58
| RD1-seed02=E4
| RD1-team02=Kentucky
| RD1-score02=71
| RD1-seed07=E6
| RD1-team07=Georgia
| RD1-score07=60
| RD1-seed08=W3
| RD1-team08=Mississippi State
| RD1-score08=79
| RD2-seed01=E4
| RD2-team01=Kentucky
| RD2-score01=58
| RD2-seed02=W1
| RD2-team02=#20 LSU
| RD2-score02=67
| RD2-seed03=E2
| RD2-team03=South Carolina
| RD2-score03=68
| RD2-seed04=W3
| RD2-team04=Mississippi State
| RD2-score04=82
| RD2-seed05=W4
| RD2-team05=Alabama
| RD2-score05=62
| RD2-seed06=E1
| RD2-team06=Tennessee
| RD2-score06=86
| RD2-seed07=W2
| RD2-team07=Auburn
| RD2-score07=61
| RD2-seed08=E3
| RD2-team08=Florida
| RD2-score08=58
| RD3-seed01=W1
| RD3-team01=#20 LSU
| RD3-score01=57
| RD3-seed02=W3
| RD3-team02=Mississippi State
| RD3-score02=67
| RD3-seed03=E1
| RD3-team03=Tennessee
| RD3-score03=94
| RD3-seed04=W2
| RD3-team04=Auburn
| RD3-score04=85
| RD4-seed01=W3
| RD4-team01=Mississippi State
| RD4-score01=64
| RD4-seed02=E1
| RD4-team02=Tennessee
| RD4-score02=61
}}
References
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{{SEC men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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