1981 SEC men's basketball tournament

1981 SEC men's basketball tournament
1981 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1980–81
Teams	10
Site	Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex; Birmingham, Alabama
Champions	Ole Miss Rebels (Mississippi) (1st title)
Winning coach	Bob Weltlich (1st title)
MVP	Dominique Wilkins (Georgia)
Attendance	92,833
Top scorer	Dominique Wilkins (Georgia); (77 points)
Television	TVS Television Network
	SEC men's basketball tournaments ← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 4–7, 1981 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The Ole Miss Rebels, who represents the University of Mississippi won their first SEC tournament title in the championship game by defeating the Georgia Bulldogs by a score of 66–62. Ole Miss also received the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament.^[3]^[4] Television coverage was regionally syndicated by the now-defunct TVS Television Network.

ClassificationDivision I

Teams10

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1980–81 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 LSU	17	–	1	.944	31	–	5	.861
No. 8 Kentucky	15	–	3	.833	22	–	6	.786
No. 15 Tennessee	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
Alabama	10	–	8	.556	18	–	11	.621
Georgia	9	–	9	.500	19	–	12	.613
Ole Miss †	8	–	10	.444	16	–	14	.533
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	15	–	14	.517
Florida	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Auburn	4	–	14	.222	11	–	16	.407
Mississippi State	3	–	15	.167	8	–	19	.296

† 1981 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[2]

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