How to buy Men's SEC Conference basketball tournament tickets: Price, schedule
The men's SEC Conference basketball tournament has arrived.
No. 3 Auburn (27-4) clinched the SEC regular-season championship on March 1, the fifth in school history. The Tigers went on to lose their final two games of the season with back-to-back losses to No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 8 Alabama. Auburn is looking to get momentum back on their side ahead of next week's NCAA Tournament with a second consecutive SEC tournament championship. The Tigers will have SEC Player of the Year Johni Broome and Coach of the Year Bruce Pearl to lead the way.
Auburn earned the top seed in the SEC Tournament and received a double-bye to the quarterfinal round, alongside No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Tennessee.
Here's how to buy tickets to the men's basketball SEC Conference tournament:
MEN'S SEC TOURNAMENT 2025: Schedule, bracket, how to watch, stream
When is the men's SEC tournament schedule?
The men's SEC basketball tournament will be held from Wednesday, March 12 to Sunday, March 16 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Selection Sunday follows the championship game on Sunday, with March Madness tipping off on March 20.
Men's SEC Conference tournament tickets: How to buy, price
Tickets to the men's SEC basketball tournament can be purchased via Ticketmaster or secondary markets, including StubHub, SeatGeek or TicketSmarter. Ticketing for the tournament is broken up into eight sessions — Session 1-2 (first round), Session 3-4 (second round), Session 5-6 (quarterfinal), Session 7 (semifinal) and Session 8 (championship).
Prices start at $14 for general admission tickets to Session 1, which includes a matchup between #9 Arkansas and #16 South Carolina, followed by #12 Vanderbilt vs. #13 Texas. Prices marginally increase each session and round. Tickets start at $204 for the quarterfinals on Friday and jump to $234 for the semifinals on Saturday.
As of Tuesday, tickets to the SEC conference tournament championship game on Sunday start at $148. Full tournament passes, which includes access to every session, range from $886 to $8,192.
Men's SEC Conference tournament schedule
All game times in Eastern Time.
First round
Wednesday, March 12
- Game 1: No. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 16 South Carolina (1 p.m., SEC Network)
- Game 2: No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas (3:30 p.m., SEC Network)
- Game 3: No. 10 Mississippi State vs. No. 15 LSU (7 p.m., SEC Network)
- Game 4: No. 11 Georgia vs. No. 14 Oklahoma (9:30 p.m., SEC Network)
Second round
Thursday, March 13
- Game 5: No. 8 Mississippi vs. Game 1 winner (1 p.m., SEC Network)
- Game 6: No. 5 Texas A&M vs. Game 2 winner (3:30 p.m., SEC Network)
- Game 7: No. 7 Missouri vs. Game 3 winner (7 p.m., SEC Network)
- Game 8: No. 6 Kentucky vs. Game 4 winner (9:30 p.m., SEC Network)
Quarterfinal
Friday, March 14
- Game 9: No. 1 Auburn vs. Game 5 winner (1 p.m., ESPN)
- Game 10: No. 4 Tennessee vs. Game 6 winner (25 minutes after Game 9, ESPN)
- Game 11: No. 2 Florida vs. Game 7 winner (7 p.m., SEC Network)
- Game 12: No. 3 Alabama vs. Game 8 winner (9:30 p.m., SEC Network)
Semifinals
Saturday, March 15
- Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner (1 p.m., ESPN)
- Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner (25 minutes after Game 9, ESPN)
Championship
Sunday, March 16
- TBD vs. TBD (1 p.m., ESPN)
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