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· The SEC leads the nation with five teams (Tennessee 1st, Auburn 2nd, Kentucky 5th, Florida 7th and Alabama 10th) ranked in the Top 10 of the NCAA’s NET rankings.
· The SEC leads the nation with 12 teams ranked in the Top 50 of the NET.
· Eight SEC teams are currently Quad 1 opponents regardless of the game location. Fifteen teams are either Quad 1 of Quad 2 opponents.
· SEC teams have already amassed 19 wins in 34 games against Quad 1 competition. They have a 33-18 record against Quad 1 & 2 teams.
· SEC teams have won 86.8 percent (125-19) of their games this season.
· SEC teams are 46-16 (74.2 percent) against teams from the ACC (26-3), Big 12 (12-2), Big East (4-4) and Big Ten (4-7).
· SEC teams are 15-7 against teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, including a 6-2 mark against teams ranked in the Top 10.
· The SEC is the top-ranked conference by KenPom with a +19.70 rating.
· Five SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of KenPom’s team rankings, 13 are in the Top 50 and all 16 teams rank in the Top 70.
· Tennessee and Auburn are 1-2 in the latest Associated Press poll while five of the Top 10 teams are from the SEC.
· The SEC leads the nation with nine teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25: Tennessee 1st, Auburn 2nd, Kentucky 5th, Alabama 7th, Florida 9th, Oklahoma 13th, Texas A&M 17th, Ole Miss 19th and Mississippi State 25th. Missouri, Arkansas, Georgia and Texas are among the teams receiving votes.
· The SEC dominated the second annual SEC/ACC Challenge 14-2. The average margin of victory in the 14 SEC wins was 16.2 points while the margin in the two losses was 3.5 points.
· Five SEC teams won MTE titles this season: Auburn (Maui Invitational), Florida (ESPN Events Invitational), Oklahoma (Battle 4 Atlantis), Tennessee (Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship), and Texas (Legends Classic).
· Missouri guard Tamar Bates was named SEC Player of the Week while Georgia forward Asa Newell was SEC Freshman of the Week.
· Three SEC coaches rank among the winningest active coaches in the nation: John Calipari (1st/821 wins), Rick Barnes (2nd/814 wins) and Bruce Pearl (12th/670 wins).
· Nine of the 16 current SEC schools (56 percent of the conference) are coming off an NCAA Tournament berth
· Twenty-two percent of the players on NBA Opening Day rosters that went to college attended SEC schools. The SEC led all conferences with 103 players on NBA Opening Day rosters.
· Alabama’s Mark Sears and Auburn’s Johni Broome were named to the six-person Associated Press Preseason All-America team. Texas A&M’s Wade Taylor IV and Arkansas’ Johnell Davis were among the players that received votes for the squad.
· Alabama was the favorite to win the 2025 SEC championship in a preseason poll of media from around the league and nation. Auburn was picked to finish second and is followed by Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas A&M. Alabama’s Mark Sears was selected by the media as the preseason player of the year.
· The SEC has been home to the national freshman of the year in each of the last three seasons: Auburn’s Jabari Smith (2022), Alabama’s Brandon Miller (2023) and Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard (2024).
· Five coaches have been named national coach of the year: Rick Barnes, Chris Beard, John Calipari, Bruce Pearl and Rodney Terry.
· Six coaches have coached in the Final Four: Rick Barnes, Chris Beard, John Calipari, Nate Oats, Porter Moser and Bruce Pearl.
Schedule/Results (All Times Eastern):
Tuesday, December 3
SEC/ACC Challenge
at Miami (FL) 76, Arkansas 73
at #3 Tennessee 96, Syracuse 70
South Carolina 73, at Boston College 51
at Georgia 69, Notre Dame 48
at Missouri 98, California 93
#23 Ole Miss 86, at Louisville 63
at LSU 85, Florida St. 75
at #21 Oklahoma 76, Georgia Tech 61
at #22 Texas A&M 57, Wake Forest 44
at Clemson 70, #4 Kentucky 66
Wednesday, December 4
SEC/ACC Challenge
at #13 Florida 87, Virginia 69
#10 Alabama 94, at #20 North Carolina 79
at #9 Duke 84, #2 Auburn 78
at Mississippi State 90, #18 Pittsburgh 57
Texas 63, at NC State 59
Vanderbilt 80, at Virginia Tech 64
Saturday, December 7
at Arkansas 75, UTSA 60
at South Carolina 75, East Carolina 68
at #21 Oklahoma 94, Alcorn St. 78
at #23 Ole Miss 86, Lindenwood 53
Battle in Seattle (Seattle, WA)
#4 Kentucky 90, #7 Gonzaga 89
Sunday, December 8
at #2 Auburn 98, Richmond 54
Vanderbilt 83, TCU 74
at Missouri 76 #1 Kansas 67
at Mississippi State 91, Prairie View 84
#25 UConn 76, at Texas 65
Texas A&M 72, Texas Tech 67
at LSU 80, FGCU 71
Tuesday, December 10
Jimmy V Classic (New York, NY)
#1 Tennessee vs. Miami (FL) ESPN 6:30p
Arkansas vs. #14 Michigan ESPN 9:00p
Wednesday, December 11
Colgate at #5 Kentucky ESPN2 8:00p
Thursday, December 12
New Mexico St. at Texas SECN+ 8:00p
Saturday, December 14
Holiday Hoopsgiving (Atlanta, GA)
#2 Auburn vs. Ohio St. ESPN2 1:00p
#9 Florida vs. Arizona St. SEC Network 3:30p
Georgia vs. Grand Canyon SEC Network 6:00p
LIU at Missouri SECN+ 12:00p
#17 Texas A&M vs. #11 Purdue (at Indianapolis, IN) CBS 12:00p
USC Upstate at South Carolina SECN+ 2:00p
Central Ark. at Arkansas (at Little Rock, AR) SECN+ 4:00p
LSU vs. SMU (at Frisco, TX) ESPNU 4:00p
#19 Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss (at Biloxi, MS) 4:00p
Louisville at #5 Kentucky ESPN 5:15p
#1 Tennessee at Illinois FOX 5:30p
Magnolia Madness (Tupelo, MS)
#25 Mississippi State vs. McNeese St. ESPNU 6:00p
#13 Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma St. (at OKC) ESPNU 8:00p
Creighton at #7 Alabama SEC Network 8:30p
Sunday, December 15
Ark.-Pine Bluff at Texas SECN+ 3:00p