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    • The 2007 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will be held in a familiar setting as the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. again plays host to this event. The Georgia Dome, a world-class facility with basketball seating configuration of 26,000, serves as the site of the 12-team tournament for the seventh time in 10 years and the ninth time overall in league history. The 2005 tournament amassed impressive crowds with the fourth highest total attendance (212,122) and the fifth highest championship game attendance (24,408) in SEC Tournament history.

    The Georgia Dome serves as the site of the 12-team tournament for the seventh time in 10 years and the ninth time overall in league history.
    The winner of the 11-game tournament receives the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The tournament seeds, conference championship and division titles are determined by the 16-game conference schedule during the regular season. Teams are seeded by their divisional finish and features Eastern Division-Western Division matchups in every game should the higher seed win each contest.

    Atlanta served as host of the inaugural SEC Tournament played following the 1932-33 season and did so again after the 1933-34 season. The event was held every year through 1952, with the exception of 1935. After a 26-year layoff (1953-78), the tournament was renewed in 1979. The 2007 tournament will be the 48th in league history and the 29th since the renewal.

    The 2005 tournament amassed impressive crowds with the fourth highest total attendance (212,122) and the fifth highest championship game attendance (24,408) in SEC Tournament history.
    The SEC has shown extraordinary balance in the tournament, evidenced by the fact that a different school won the first seven titles after the renewal. The event has helped set the stage for SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament, as 21 of the last 27 tournament champions have advanced to at least the Sweet 16 with four of the last 11 going on to win the national championship. Since the renewal in 1979, the SEC Tournament Champion has failed to win at least one NCAA Tournament game only three times.

    Kentucky leads the league with 25 SEC Tournament titles. Alabama is second with six, while Tennessee ranks third with four, Florida and Mississippi State have two championship trophies. Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and former league member Georgia Tech have each won one SEC Tournament championship.

    Future SEC Tournament Dates & Sites
    2008 March 13-16 Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga.
    2009 March 12-15 St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Fla.
    2010 March 11-14 Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tenn.
    2011 March 10-13 Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga.
    2012 March 8-11 New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, La.



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