SEC Co-Players of the Week – Kentucky guard Koby Brea and Tennessee guard Chaz Lanier were named SEC Co-Players of the Week. Brea, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound graduate student from Washington Heights, N.Y., helped the Wildcats to a win over their third Top 10 opponent of the season in a dramatic 106-100 win over No. 6 Florida to open SEC play. Brea scored a career-high 23 points and drained a career-best seven 3-pointers to help UK down an undefeated Gators squad in the first-ever Top 10 matchup to begin league play in UK history. Lanier, a 6-foot-5, 207-pound fifth-year player from Nashville, Tenn., led the Volunteers with 29 points in a win over No. 23 Arkansas. Lanier made 10-of-20 of his shots from the field, including an efficient 5-of-9 (55.6 percent) from 3-point range.
SEC Freshman of the Week – Alabama guard Labaron Philon a 6-foot-4, 177-pound freshman from Mobile, Ala., scored 16 points to go with five assists, four rebounds and two steals in a win over No. 10 Oklahoma. He shot 50 percent (5-of-10) from the field. Philon has dished out 11 assists without a turnover in the last two games.
· Tennessee is the final undefeated team in the nation. The last three undefeated teams in the nation were all from the SEC (Florida, Oklahoma and Tennessee).
· Four of the top five teams in KenPom’s Adjusted Offensive Efficiency are from the SEC: Auburn 1st, Florida 3rd, Alabama 4th and Kentucky 5th.
· The SEC leads the nation with four teams (Auburn 1st, Tennessee 3rd, Florida 8th and Alabama 9th) ranked in the Top 10 of the NCAA’s NET rankings.
· The SEC leads the nation with seven teams ranked in the Top 25 and 14 in the Top 50 of the NET.
· SEC teams have amassed 31 Quad 1 wins (31-25). They have a 57-30 record against Quad 1 & 2 teams combined.
· The SEC is the only conference to have a winning record against Quad 1 teams (31-25).
· The SEC’s +20.22 KenPom rating is the highest rating by a conference in more than 20 seasons.
· Four SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of KenPom’s team rankings, seven are in the Top 20, 13 are in the Top 50 and all 16 teams rank in the Top 75.
· Six SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of the latest Associated Press poll and nine total are ranked in the Top 25.
· Tennessee is ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll for the fifth consecutive week while Auburn held on to the No. 2 position for the sixth week in a row. Alabama is ranked No. 5, Kentucky is No. 6, Florida 8th, Texas A&M is 10th, Mississippi State is 14th, Oklahoma is 17th, and Ole Miss is 23rd. Additionally, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri and Vanderbilt are among teams receiving votes.
· The SEC’s 10 teams ranked in the Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 polls are the most by a conference since the Associated Press began compiling a weekly poll during the 1948-49 season.
· Kentucky’ Koby Brea and Tennessee’s Chaz Lanier were named SEC Co-Players of the Week while Alabama’s Labaron Philon was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week.
· SEC teams won 88.9 percent (185-23) of their non-conference games this season. That tops the nine-team ACC in 2003-04 that had a 88.2 winning percentage (75-10) in games before New Year’s Day.
· SEC teams are 59-19 (75.6 percent) against teams from the ACC (30-4), Big 12 (14-2), Big East (5-4) and Big Ten (10-9).
· SEC teams posted a 21-7 record against non-conference teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, including a 6-2 mark against teams ranked in the Top 10.
· The SEC’s 21 regular-season, non-conference Top 25 wins were eight more than any other league has ever had in a season (per former ESPN researcher Jared Berson).
· The SEC entered conference play 51-22 (69.9 percent) vs. Top 100 teams in Bart Torvik’s ratings system. No other conference was better than .500 against the Top 100.
· The SEC dominated the second annual SEC/ACC Challenge, winning 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).
· Three SEC coaches rank among the winningest active coaches in the nation: John Calipari (1st/824 wins), Rick Barnes (2nd/820 wins) and Bruce Pearl (11th/675 wins).
· Twenty-two percent of the players on NBA Opening Day rosters that attended college went to SEC schools. The SEC led all conferences with 103 players on NBA Opening Day rosters.
· Nine of the 16 current SEC schools (56 percent of the conference) are coming off an NCAA Tournament berth.
Schedule/Results (All Times Eastern):
Saturday, January 4
at #10 Kentucky 106, #6 Florida 100
at #24 Ole Miss 63, Georgia 51
at #1 Tennessee 76, #23 Arkansas 52
at #17 Mississippi State 85, South Carolina 50
at #2 Auburn 84, Missouri 68
Vanderbilt 80, at LSU 72
at #5 Alabama 107, #12 Oklahoma 79
at #13 Texas A&M 80, Texas 60
Tuesday, January 7
#1 Tennessee at #8 Florida ESPN2 7:00p
#6 Kentucky at Georgia SEC Network 7:00p
LSU at Missouri SEC Network 9:00p
#2 Auburn at Texas ESPN2 9:00p
#14 Mississippi State at Vanderbilt ESPNU 9:00p
Wednesday, January 8
#23 Ole Miss at Arkansas ESPN2 7:00p
#5 Alabama at South Carolina SEC Network 7:00p
#10 Texas A&M at Oklahoma SEC Network 9:00p
Saturday, January 11
#2 Auburn at South Carolina SEC Network 1:00p
Vanderbilt at Missouri SEC Network 3:30p
#8 Florida at Arkansas ESPN 4:00p
#17 Oklahoma at Georgia ESPN2 6:00p
LSU at #23 Ole Miss SEC Network 6:00p
#1 Tennessee at Texas ESPN 6:00p
#5 Alabama at #10 Texas A&M ESPN 8:00p
#6 Kentucky at #14 Mississippi State SEC Network 8:30p
Tuesday, January 14
Ole Miss at Alabama ESPN2/U 7:00p
Mississippi State at Auburn SEC Network 7:00p
Texas A&M at Kentucky ESPN2/U 7:00p
Missouri at Florida ESPNU 9:00p
Arkansas at LSU SEC Network 9:00p
Wednesday, January 15
Texas at Oklahoma SEC Network 10:00p
South Carolina at Vanderbilt SEC Network 6:00p
Georgia at Tennessee SEC Network 8:00p
Saturday, January 18
Alabama at Kentucky ESPN 12:00p
Auburn at Georgia SEC Network 1:00p
Texas at Florida ESPN/2 2/4:00p
Tennessee at Vanderbilt SEC Network 3:30p
South Carolina at Oklahoma ESPN2/U 4:00p
Arkansas at Missouri SEC Network 6:00p
Ole Miss at Mississippi State ESPN/2 6:00p
LSU at Texas A&M SEC Network 8:30p
SEC Freshman of the Week – Alabama guard Labaron Philon a 6-foot-4, 177-pound freshman from Mobile, Ala., scored 16 points to go with five assists, four rebounds and two steals in a win over No. 10 Oklahoma. He shot 50 percent (5-of-10) from the field. Philon has dished out 11 assists without a turnover in the last two games.
· Tennessee is the final undefeated team in the nation. The last three undefeated teams in the nation were all from the SEC (Florida, Oklahoma and Tennessee).
· Four of the top five teams in KenPom’s Adjusted Offensive Efficiency are from the SEC: Auburn 1st, Florida 3rd, Alabama 4th and Kentucky 5th.
· The SEC leads the nation with four teams (Auburn 1st, Tennessee 3rd, Florida 8th and Alabama 9th) ranked in the Top 10 of the NCAA’s NET rankings.
· The SEC leads the nation with seven teams ranked in the Top 25 and 14 in the Top 50 of the NET.
· SEC teams have amassed 31 Quad 1 wins (31-25). They have a 57-30 record against Quad 1 & 2 teams combined.
· The SEC is the only conference to have a winning record against Quad 1 teams (31-25).
· The SEC’s +20.22 KenPom rating is the highest rating by a conference in more than 20 seasons.
· Four SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of KenPom’s team rankings, seven are in the Top 20, 13 are in the Top 50 and all 16 teams rank in the Top 75.
· Six SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of the latest Associated Press poll and nine total are ranked in the Top 25.
· Tennessee is ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll for the fifth consecutive week while Auburn held on to the No. 2 position for the sixth week in a row. Alabama is ranked No. 5, Kentucky is No. 6, Florida 8th, Texas A&M is 10th, Mississippi State is 14th, Oklahoma is 17th, and Ole Miss is 23rd. Additionally, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri and Vanderbilt are among teams receiving votes.
· The SEC’s 10 teams ranked in the Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 polls are the most by a conference since the Associated Press began compiling a weekly poll during the 1948-49 season.
· Kentucky’ Koby Brea and Tennessee’s Chaz Lanier were named SEC Co-Players of the Week while Alabama’s Labaron Philon was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week.
· SEC teams won 88.9 percent (185-23) of their non-conference games this season. That tops the nine-team ACC in 2003-04 that had a 88.2 winning percentage (75-10) in games before New Year’s Day.
· SEC teams are 59-19 (75.6 percent) against teams from the ACC (30-4), Big 12 (14-2), Big East (5-4) and Big Ten (10-9).
· SEC teams posted a 21-7 record against non-conference teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, including a 6-2 mark against teams ranked in the Top 10.
· The SEC’s 21 regular-season, non-conference Top 25 wins were eight more than any other league has ever had in a season (per former ESPN researcher Jared Berson).
· The SEC entered conference play 51-22 (69.9 percent) vs. Top 100 teams in Bart Torvik’s ratings system. No other conference was better than .500 against the Top 100.
· The SEC dominated the second annual SEC/ACC Challenge, winning 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).
· Three SEC coaches rank among the winningest active coaches in the nation: John Calipari (1st/824 wins), Rick Barnes (2nd/820 wins) and Bruce Pearl (11th/675 wins).
· Twenty-two percent of the players on NBA Opening Day rosters that attended college went to SEC schools. The SEC led all conferences with 103 players on NBA Opening Day rosters.
· Nine of the 16 current SEC schools (56 percent of the conference) are coming off an NCAA Tournament berth.
Schedule/Results (All Times Eastern):
Saturday, January 4
at #10 Kentucky 106, #6 Florida 100
at #24 Ole Miss 63, Georgia 51
at #1 Tennessee 76, #23 Arkansas 52
at #17 Mississippi State 85, South Carolina 50
at #2 Auburn 84, Missouri 68
Vanderbilt 80, at LSU 72
at #5 Alabama 107, #12 Oklahoma 79
at #13 Texas A&M 80, Texas 60
Tuesday, January 7
#1 Tennessee at #8 Florida ESPN2 7:00p
#6 Kentucky at Georgia SEC Network 7:00p
LSU at Missouri SEC Network 9:00p
#2 Auburn at Texas ESPN2 9:00p
#14 Mississippi State at Vanderbilt ESPNU 9:00p
Wednesday, January 8
#23 Ole Miss at Arkansas ESPN2 7:00p
#5 Alabama at South Carolina SEC Network 7:00p
#10 Texas A&M at Oklahoma SEC Network 9:00p
Saturday, January 11
#2 Auburn at South Carolina SEC Network 1:00p
Vanderbilt at Missouri SEC Network 3:30p
#8 Florida at Arkansas ESPN 4:00p
#17 Oklahoma at Georgia ESPN2 6:00p
LSU at #23 Ole Miss SEC Network 6:00p
#1 Tennessee at Texas ESPN 6:00p
#5 Alabama at #10 Texas A&M ESPN 8:00p
#6 Kentucky at #14 Mississippi State SEC Network 8:30p
Tuesday, January 14
Ole Miss at Alabama ESPN2/U 7:00p
Mississippi State at Auburn SEC Network 7:00p
Texas A&M at Kentucky ESPN2/U 7:00p
Missouri at Florida ESPNU 9:00p
Arkansas at LSU SEC Network 9:00p
Wednesday, January 15
Texas at Oklahoma SEC Network 10:00p
South Carolina at Vanderbilt SEC Network 6:00p
Georgia at Tennessee SEC Network 8:00p
Saturday, January 18
Alabama at Kentucky ESPN 12:00p
Auburn at Georgia SEC Network 1:00p
Texas at Florida ESPN/2 2/4:00p
Tennessee at Vanderbilt SEC Network 3:30p
South Carolina at Oklahoma ESPN2/U 4:00p
Arkansas at Missouri SEC Network 6:00p
Ole Miss at Mississippi State ESPN/2 6:00p
LSU at Texas A&M SEC Network 8:30p
