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HOOPS: SEC update

Neal McCready

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· 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.

· Three of the top four teams in KenPom’s Adjusted Offensive Efficiency are from the SEC: Auburn 1st, Alabama 3rd, and Florida 4th.

· The SEC leads the nation with four teams (Auburn 1st, Tennessee 3rd, Florida 5th and Alabama 8th) ranked in the Top 10 of the NCAA’s NET rankings.

· The SEC leads the nation with eight teams ranked in the Top 25 and 14 in the Top 50 of the NET.

· SEC teams have amassed 39 Quad 1 wins (39-33). They have a 64-38 record against Quad 1 & 2 teams combined.

· The SEC is the only conference to have a winning record against Quad 1 teams (39-33).

· The SEC’s +20.59 KenPom rating is the highest rating by a conference since 1997.

· Four SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of KenPom’s team rankings, eight are in the Top 25, 14 are in the Top 50 and all 16 teams rank in the Top 80.

· Six SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10 of the latest Associated Pres s poll and nine 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/676 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

at #8 Florida 73, #1 Tennessee 43

at Georgia 82, #6 Kentucky 69

at Missouri 83, LSU 67

#2 Auburn 87, at Texas 82

#14 Mississippi State 76, at Vanderbilt 64



Wednesday, January 8

#23 Ole Miss 73, at Arkansas 66

#5 Alabama 88, at South Carolina 68

#10 Texas A&M 80, at #17 Oklahoma 78



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 ESPNU 7:00p

Mississippi State at Auburn SEC Network 7:00p

Texas A&M at Kentucky ESPN2 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
 
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