1949 SEC men's basketball tournament

1949 SEC men's basketball tournament
1949 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1948–49
Teams	12
Site	Jefferson County Armory; Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	Kentucky (11th title)
Winning coach	Adolph Rupp (11th title)
	SEC men's basketball tournaments ← 1948 1950 →

1948–49 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kentucky	13	–	0	1.000	32	–	2	.941
No. 9 Tulane	12	–	3	.800	24	–	4	.857
Tennessee	8	–	3	.727	19	–	7	.731
Vanderbilt	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
LSU	7	–	6	.538	15	–	10	.600
Alabama	9	–	9	.500	13	–	12	.520
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	11	–	13	.458
Georgia	6	–	9	.400	17	–	13	.567
Florida	4	–	8	.333	11	–	16	.407
Auburn	5	–	11	.313	9	–	15	.375
Ole Miss	4	–	12	.250	8	–	13	.381
Mississippi State	3	–	12	.200	4	–	13	.235

† 1949 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1949 SEC men's basketball tournament took place March 3–5, 1949, in Louisville, Kentucky at the Jefferson County Armory. It was the sixteenth SEC basketball tournament.

The Kentucky Wildcats won the tournament championship game by beating Tulane, 68–52.^[2] The Wildcats would go on to win the 1949 NCAA tournament and play in the 1949 National Invitation Tournament, losing in the quarterfinals to Loyola.

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