| Year: | 1951 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Jefferson County Armory |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | None |
The 1951 SEC men's basketball tournament took place March 1–3, 1951 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Jefferson County Armory. It was the eighteenth SEC tournament.
The won the tournament championship game by beating the Kentucky Wildcats, 61–57.[1] [2] The Commodores season came to a close after the win, while Kentucky would go on to win the 1951 NCAA tournament.
Starting in 1951, the SEC played a round robin schedule and awarded its conference championship to the team with the best regular season record. The winner of the SEC tournament was awarded the title of tournament champion and the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament.