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
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
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
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

Regular season championships by school

School	# of Regular Season Championships	Last Regular Season Championship
Kentucky	49	2020
Tennessee	12	2024
Alabama	11	2023
LSU	11	2019
Florida	7	2014
Mississippi State	6	2004
Auburn	4	2022
Vanderbilt	3	1993
Arkansas	2	1994
Georgia Tech^†	2	1944
Texas A&M	1	2016
South Carolina	1	1997
Georgia	1	1990
Tulane^†	1	1944
Ole Miss	0	-
Missouri	0	-

^†Former member of the SEC

Tournament championships by school

School	# of Tournament Championships	Last Tournament Championship
Kentucky	31	2018
Alabama	8	2023
Tennessee	5	2022
Florida	4	2014
Auburn	3	2024
Mississippi State	3	2009
Ole Miss	2	2013
Vanderbilt	2	2012
Georgia	2	2008
Arkansas	1	2000
LSU	1	1980
Georgia Tech^†	1	1938
Missouri	0	-
South Carolina	0	-
Texas A&M	0	-

^†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
Alabama (1932)	7	1973^†, 1978, 1979, 1987^†, 2002, 2021, 2023
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	—
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.

[Kentucky88-1] Kentucky defeated Georgia in the 1988 SEC Tournament final, but the tournament title was vacated later because of NCAA violations.

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