1989 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 1989 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 9–12, 1989 at the University of Tennessee’s Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Alabama Crimson Tide won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament by defeating Florida by a score of 72–60 in the championship game on March 12, 1989.

1989 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1988–89
Teams	10
Site	Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Champions	Alabama (4th title)
Winning coach	Wimp Sanderson (2nd title)
MVP	Livingston Chatman (Florida)
Attendance	134,280 (average 14,920 per game)
Television	JP Sports (First and Second Rounds, and semifinals) ABC (Championship Game)
SEC men's basketball tournaments

1988–89 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida	13	–	5		.722			21	–	13		.618
No. 20 Alabama †	12	–	6		.667			23	–	8		.742
Vanderbilt	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
LSU	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
Tennessee	11	–	7		.611			19	–	11		.633
Kentucky	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Ole Miss	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
Mississippi State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	15		.464
Georgia	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
Auburn	2	–	16		.111			9	–	19		.321
† 1989 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

JP Sports (in its third season of producing regionally syndicated SEC basketball games) provided television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals. Coverage of the championship game was broadcast on the ABC Television Network through its sports division, ABC Sports.

Bracket

	First Round Thursday, March 9 Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions					Second Round Friday, March 10 Jefferson-Pilot					Semi-Finals Saturday, March 11 Jefferson-Pilot					Championship game Sunday, March 12 ABC
	8	Mississippi State	68
	9	Georgia	83
						9	Georgia	61
						1	Florida	62
											1	Florida	76
											5	Tennessee	71
						5	Tennessee	95
						4	LSU	77
																1	Florida	60
																2	Alabama	72
						6	Kentucky	63
						3	Vanderbilt	77
											3	Vanderbilt	79
											2	Alabama	83
						2	Alabama	64
						7	Ole Miss	56
	7	Ole Miss	80
	10	Auburn	68