2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Teams14
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, SEC Network
Regular Season
2017 SEC ChampionsKentucky
Season MVPMalik Monk, Kentucky and Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina
Top scorerSindarius Thornwell, South Carolina
SEC Tournament
VenueBridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsKentucky
  Runners-upArkansas
Finals MVPDe'Aaron Fox, Kentucky
2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Kentucky 16 2   .889 32 6   .842
No. 20 Florida 14 4   .778 27 9   .750
Arkansas 12 6   .667 26 10   .722
South Carolina 12 6   .667 26 11   .703
Ole Miss 10 8   .556 22 14   .611
Alabama 10 8   .556 19 15   .559
Vanderbilt 10 8   .556 19 16   .543
Georgia 9 9   .500 19 15   .559
Texas A&M 8 10   .444 16 15   .516
Tennessee 8 10   .444 16 16   .500
Auburn 7 11   .389 18 14   .563
Mississippi State 6 12   .333 16 16   .500
LSU 2 16   .111 10 21   .323
Missouri 2 16   .111 8 24   .250
2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2017 and concluded in March, after which 14 member teams participated in the 2017 SEC tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, with the tournament champion guaranteed a selection to the 2017 NCAA tournament.