Three of the 10 players announced as NBA All-Star starters attended SEC schools: Kevin Durant (PHX/TX), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC/UK) and Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK/UK).
· The SEC leads the nation with five teams (Auburn 1st, Tennessee 4th, Florida 6th, Alabama 7th, and Kentucky 11th) ranked in the Top 11 of the NCAA’s NET rankings.
· The SEC leads the nation with eight teams ranked in the Top 25 and 13 in the Top 50 of the NET.
· SEC teams have amassed 59 Quad 1 wins and 95 wins against Quad 1 & 2 teams combined.
· The SEC’s +21.03 KenPom rating is the highest rating by a conference since the ACC posted +21.37 in 1997.
· Four of the top five teams in KenPom’s Adjusted Offensive Efficiency are from the SEC: Auburn 1st, Alabama 2nd, Kentucky 3rd, and Florida 5th.
· Four SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of KenPom’s team rankings, eight are in the Top 25, 13 are in the Top 50 and all 16 teams rank in the Top 80.
· Four of the top six teams, five of the top 10 and nine of the top 25 teams in the Associated Press Poll are from the SEC.
· Auburn is ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll for the second time in school history (January-February 2022). Alabama is No. 4 in the poll, Florida is No. 5, Tennessee is No. 6, Kentucky 9th, Texas A&M 13th, Mississippi State 14th, Ole Miss 16th and Missouri 22nd. Additionally, Vanderbilt and Georgia are among teams receiving votes.
· The SEC has had at least nine teams ranked in seven of the 12 Associated Press polls this season.
· 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.
· Missouri’s Caleb Grill was named SEC Player of the Week while Auburn’s Tahaad Petiford 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/826 wins), Rick Barnes (2nd/823 wins) and Bruce Pearl (11th/679 wins).
· The last three undefeated teams in the nation were all from the SEC with Tennessee being the last to fall and was preceded by Oklahoma and Florida.
· 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):
Tuesday, January 14
#21 Ole Miss 74, at #4 Alabama 64
at #1 Auburn 88, #15 Mississippi State 66
at #8 Kentucky 81, #11 Texas A&M 69
Missouri 83, at #5 Florida 82
at LSU 78, Arkansas 74
Wednesday, January 15
at Vanderbilt 66, South Carolina 63
at #6 Tennessee 74, #23 Georgia 56
Texas 77, at Oklahoma 73
Saturday, January 18
#4 Alabama 102, at #8 Kentucky 97
#1 Auburn 70, at #23 Georgia 68
at Vanderbilt 76, #6 Tennessee 75
at #5 Florida 84, Texas 60
at Oklahoma 82, South Carolina 62
at Missouri 83, Arkansas 65
at #15 Mississippi State 84, #21 Ole Miss 81 OT
at #11 Texas A&M 68, LSU 57
Tuesday, January 21
at #4 Alabama 103, Vanderbilt 87
at #6 Tennessee 68, #14 Mississippi State 56
at Texas 61, #22 Missouri 53
Wednesday, January 22
#5 Florida 70, at South Carolina 69
at Arkansas 68, Georgia 65
#13 Texas A&M 63, at #16 Ole Miss 62
Saturday, January 25
#14 Mississippi State at South Carolina SEC Network 1:00p
#13 Texas A&M at Texas ESPN2 2:30p
#9 Kentucky at Vanderbilt ESPN 2:30p
Georgia at #5 Florida SEC Network 3:30p
#16 Ole Miss at #22 Missouri SEC Network 6:00p
LSU at #4 Alabama SEC Network 8:30p
Oklahoma at Arkansas ESPN2 8:30p
#6 Tennessee at #1 Auburn ESPN 8:30p
Tuesday, January 28
South Carolina at Georgia SEC Network 7:00p
Kentucky at Tennessee ESPN 7:00p
Oklahoma at Texas A&M SEC Network 9:00p
Wednesday, January 29
Auburn at LSU SEC Network 7:00p
Alabama at Mississippi State SEC Network 9:00p
Texas at Ole Miss ESPN2 9:00p
Saturday, February 1
Florida at Tennessee ESPN 12:00p
Missouri at Mississippi State SEC Network 1:00p
Auburn at Ole Miss ESPN 2:00p
Vanderbilt at Oklahoma SEC Network 3:30p
Georgia at Alabama ESPN2 4:00p
Texas at LSU SEC Network 6:00p
Texas A&M at South Carolina SEC Network 8:30p
Arkansas at Kentucky ESPN 9:00p
· The SEC leads the nation with five teams (Auburn 1st, Tennessee 4th, Florida 6th, Alabama 7th, and Kentucky 11th) ranked in the Top 11 of the NCAA’s NET rankings.
· The SEC leads the nation with eight teams ranked in the Top 25 and 13 in the Top 50 of the NET.
· SEC teams have amassed 59 Quad 1 wins and 95 wins against Quad 1 & 2 teams combined.
· The SEC’s +21.03 KenPom rating is the highest rating by a conference since the ACC posted +21.37 in 1997.
· Four of the top five teams in KenPom’s Adjusted Offensive Efficiency are from the SEC: Auburn 1st, Alabama 2nd, Kentucky 3rd, and Florida 5th.
· Four SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of KenPom’s team rankings, eight are in the Top 25, 13 are in the Top 50 and all 16 teams rank in the Top 80.
· Four of the top six teams, five of the top 10 and nine of the top 25 teams in the Associated Press Poll are from the SEC.
· Auburn is ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll for the second time in school history (January-February 2022). Alabama is No. 4 in the poll, Florida is No. 5, Tennessee is No. 6, Kentucky 9th, Texas A&M 13th, Mississippi State 14th, Ole Miss 16th and Missouri 22nd. Additionally, Vanderbilt and Georgia are among teams receiving votes.
· The SEC has had at least nine teams ranked in seven of the 12 Associated Press polls this season.
· 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.
· Missouri’s Caleb Grill was named SEC Player of the Week while Auburn’s Tahaad Petiford 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/826 wins), Rick Barnes (2nd/823 wins) and Bruce Pearl (11th/679 wins).
· The last three undefeated teams in the nation were all from the SEC with Tennessee being the last to fall and was preceded by Oklahoma and Florida.
· 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):
Tuesday, January 14
#21 Ole Miss 74, at #4 Alabama 64
at #1 Auburn 88, #15 Mississippi State 66
at #8 Kentucky 81, #11 Texas A&M 69
Missouri 83, at #5 Florida 82
at LSU 78, Arkansas 74
Wednesday, January 15
at Vanderbilt 66, South Carolina 63
at #6 Tennessee 74, #23 Georgia 56
Texas 77, at Oklahoma 73
Saturday, January 18
#4 Alabama 102, at #8 Kentucky 97
#1 Auburn 70, at #23 Georgia 68
at Vanderbilt 76, #6 Tennessee 75
at #5 Florida 84, Texas 60
at Oklahoma 82, South Carolina 62
at Missouri 83, Arkansas 65
at #15 Mississippi State 84, #21 Ole Miss 81 OT
at #11 Texas A&M 68, LSU 57
Tuesday, January 21
at #4 Alabama 103, Vanderbilt 87
at #6 Tennessee 68, #14 Mississippi State 56
at Texas 61, #22 Missouri 53
Wednesday, January 22
#5 Florida 70, at South Carolina 69
at Arkansas 68, Georgia 65
#13 Texas A&M 63, at #16 Ole Miss 62
Saturday, January 25
#14 Mississippi State at South Carolina SEC Network 1:00p
#13 Texas A&M at Texas ESPN2 2:30p
#9 Kentucky at Vanderbilt ESPN 2:30p
Georgia at #5 Florida SEC Network 3:30p
#16 Ole Miss at #22 Missouri SEC Network 6:00p
LSU at #4 Alabama SEC Network 8:30p
Oklahoma at Arkansas ESPN2 8:30p
#6 Tennessee at #1 Auburn ESPN 8:30p
Tuesday, January 28
South Carolina at Georgia SEC Network 7:00p
Kentucky at Tennessee ESPN 7:00p
Oklahoma at Texas A&M SEC Network 9:00p
Wednesday, January 29
Auburn at LSU SEC Network 7:00p
Alabama at Mississippi State SEC Network 9:00p
Texas at Ole Miss ESPN2 9:00p
Saturday, February 1
Florida at Tennessee ESPN 12:00p
Missouri at Mississippi State SEC Network 1:00p
Auburn at Ole Miss ESPN 2:00p
Vanderbilt at Oklahoma SEC Network 3:30p
Georgia at Alabama ESPN2 4:00p
Texas at LSU SEC Network 6:00p
Texas A&M at South Carolina SEC Network 8:30p
Arkansas at Kentucky ESPN 9:00p
