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1996 SEC men's basketball tournament

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1996 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1995–96
Teams	12
Site	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)^[1]
Champions	Mississippi State (1st title)
Winning coach	Richard Williams (1st title)
MVP	Dontae' Jones (Mississippi State)
Attendance	195,836
Television	Jefferson Pilot Sports (Entire tournament) CBS (Championship game; available nationally and outside the SEC footprint)
SEC men's basketball tournaments ← 1995 1997 →

1995–96 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No.2Kentucky	16	–	0	1.000	34	–	2	.944
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
South Carolina	8	–	8	.500	19	–	12	.613
Vanderbilt	7	–	9	.438	18	–	14	.563
Florida	6	–	10	.375	12	–	16	.429
Tennessee	6	–	10	.375	14	–	15	.483
West
No.19Mississippi State †	10	–	6	.625	26	–	8	.765
Arkansas	9	–	7	.563	20	–	13	.606
Alabama	9	–	7	.563	19	–	13	.594
Ole Miss	6	–	10	.375	12	–	15	.444
Auburn	6	–	10	.375	19	–	13	.594
LSU	4	–	12	.250	12	–	17	.414

† 1996 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[2]

The 1996 SEC men's basketball tournament took place from March 7–10, 1996, at the Louisiana SuperdomeinNew Orleans, Louisiana. The Mississippi State Bulldogs won the tournament title and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by beating the Kentucky Wildcats by a score of 84–73.^[3]^[4] This was the first time the Mississippi State men's basketball team won the SEC tournament.

Television coverage

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Jefferson Pilot Sports regionally broadcast and syndicated coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semi-finals. Play-by-play commentary was done by Tom Hammond with color analyst Joe Dean, Jr.^[5] The championship game was broadcast nationally on CBS, called by play-by-play commentator Sean McDonough and color analyst Bill Raftery.