The 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2024âÂÂ25 season for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The tournament was held from March 12âÂÂ16, 2025, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. This was the first tournament since the conference expanded to 16 teams with the additions of Oklahoma and Texas. Florida won its fifth tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.
All 16 members of the SEC participated in the event, standing in contrast to the Big Ten and the ACC who excluded the three lowest seeds from their tournaments. Teams were seeded<nowiki/> based on conference record. The top 4 seeds earned a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and seeds 5âÂÂ8 earned a bye to the second round. Ties were broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top-seed and going on down until the tie was broken.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> â denotes overtime
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