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· PDF OF FULL SEC RELEASE – link updated daily
· 2024-25 SEC STATISTICS – link updated daily
· 2025 SEC RECORD BOOK
· SECSPORTS.COM BASKETBALL MEDIA PAGE
· SEC teams have won 88.4 percent (76-10) of their games this season.
· SEC teams are 17-7 (70.8 percent) against teams from the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and Big 12.
· The SEC is the top-ranked conference in the KenPom rankings.
· Twelve SEC teams are ranked in the Top 50 of KenPom’s team rankings. All 16 teams rank in the Top 80.
· The SEC leads the nation with nine teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25: Auburn 4th, Tennessee 7th, Kentucky 8th, Alabama 9th, Florida 18th, Arkansas 19th, Texas A&M 20th, Ole Miss 23rd, and Mississippi State 25th. Texas, Georgia and Mississippi State are among the teams receiving votes.
· Two SEC teams have won MTE titles so far this season: Tennessee (Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship), and Texas (Legends Classic).
· Tennessee guard Chaz Lanier was named SEC Player of the Week while Alabama guard Labaron Philon was SEC Freshman of the Week.
· Nine of the 16 current SEC schools (56% 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.
· Three SEC coaches enter the 2025 season ranking among the winningest active coaches in the nation: John Calipari (1st/818 wins), Rick Barnes (2nd/812 wins) and Bruce Pearl (12th/687 wins).
· 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.
· Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht was named a 2024 Consensus First Team All-America while Alabama’s Mark Sears was a Consensus Second Team All-America.
· Five SEC players earned All-America honors from the Associated Press in 2024, including Alabama’s Mark Sears (2nd team) and Auburn’s Johni Broome (3rd team).
· 65 SEC players have been selected in the last seven NBA Drafts. That leads all conferences: 57 ACC, 46 Pac-12, 45 Big Ten, 34 Big 12 and 27 Big East.
· 38 SEC players have been selected in the first round of the last seven NBA Drafts. That leads the nation: 35 ACC, 23 Pac-12, 19 Big Ten, 18 Big 12 and 13 Big East.
· 20 NBA Draft Lottery picks in the last seven years are the most in the nation. That leads the nation: 15 ACC, 10 Big 12, 10 Big Ten, 7 Pac-12, and Big East 6.
· Eight former SEC players were named to the 2024 NBA All-Star roster.
· Four players from SEC schools were members of the USA Basketball’s gold medal winning team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
· The SEC ranked second nationally with 2,826,719 fans attending games during the 2023-24 season. An average of 11,633 fans attended games at SEC schools in 2024, an increase of 289 from 2023.
· Three of the top five attendance leaders in 2023-24 were from the SEC. Kentucky ranked third in the nation with a total attendance of 358,702 (19,928 average), Tennessee ranked fourth with 314,617 fans (19,664 average) and Arkansas was fifth with 343,905 fans (19,106 average).
Schedule/Results (All Times Eastern):
Friday, November 22
Greenbrier Tip-Off (White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.)
Pittsburgh 74, LSU 63
Charleston Classic (Charleston, SC)
Vanderbilt 76, Seton Hall 60
at #21 Florida 93, Southern Ill. 68
BBN Invitational (Lexington, KY)
at #9 Kentucky 108, Jackson St. 59
at Missouri 91, Pacific 56
Mississippi State 84, at SMU 79
at #20 Arkansas 79, Little Rock 67
Legends Classic (Brooklyn, NY)
Texas 67, Saint Joseph’s 58
Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship (Nassau, Bahamas)
#11 Tennessee 77, #13 Baylor 62
Saturday, November 23
at The Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas
#15 Marquette 80, Georgia 69
Sunday, November 24
at The Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas
Georgia 66, #22 St. John’s 63
Greenbrier Tip-Off (White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.)
LSU 109, UCF 102 (3OT)
at Missouri 112, Ark.-Pine Bluff 63
Charleston Classic (Charleston, SC)
Drake 81, Vanderbilt 70
Monday, November 25
UMES at Arkansas SECN+ 8:00p
Fort Myers Tip-Off (Fort Meyers, FL)
South Carolina vs. #22 Xavier FS1 8:30p
Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Maui, HI)
#4 Auburn vs. #5 Iowa St. ESPNU 9:00p
Tuesday, November 26
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#20 Texas A&M vs. Oregon TBS 4:30p
BBN Invitational (Lexington, KY)
Western Ky. at #8 Kentucky ESPNU 6:30p
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#9 Alabama vs. #6 Houston TBS 8:00p
Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Maui, HI)
#4 Auburn vs. Dayton/#12 N. Carolina ESPN/U 8:30/11p
Wednesday, November 27
UT-Martin at #7 Tennessee SECN+ 4:00p
Battle4Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Oklahoma vs. Providence ESPN2 5:00p
Fort Myers Tip-Off (Fort Meyers, FL)
South Carolina vs. Michigan/Virginia Tech FS1 6/8:30p
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#20 Texas A&M vs. #21 Creighton Max 6:30p
Lindenwood at Missouri SECN+ 6:30p
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#9 Alabama vs. Rutgers TBS 10:00p
Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Maui, HI)
#4 Auburn vs. TBD TBD
Thursday, November 28
ESPN Events Invitational (Orlando, FL)
#18 Florida vs. Wake Forest ESPN 2:30p
#19 Arkansas vs. Illinois (at Kansas City, MO) CBS 4:00p
Battle4Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Oklahoma vs. #24 Arizona/Davidson ESPN/2 5/7:30p
Rady Children’s Invitational (San Diego, CA)
#23 Ole Miss vs. BYU FS1 5:30p
Arizona Tipoff (Tempe, AZ)
#25 Mississippi State vs. UNLV CBSSN 9:30p
Friday, November 29
ESPN Events Invitational (Orlando, FL)
#18 Florida vs. Minnesota/Wichita St. ESPN/2 1/3:30p
Tennessee Tech at Vanderbilt SECN+ 3:00p
Rady Children’s Invitational (San Diego, CA)
#23 Ole Miss vs. NC State/#13 Purdue FOX 3:30/6p
Arizona Tipoff (Tempe, AZ)
#25 Mississippi St. vs. Butler/Northwestern CBSSN 7/9:30p
Georgia St. at #8 Kentucky SEC Network 7:00p
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#20 Texas A&M vs. San Diego St. TNT 7:00p
Northwestern St. at LSU SECN+ 8:00p
Delaware St. at Texas SEC Network 9:00p
Battle4Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Oklahoma vs. TBD TBD
Saturday, November 30
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#9 Alabama vs. Notre Dame truTV 1:00p
Jacksonville at Georgia SECN+ 7:00p
· PDF OF FULL SEC RELEASE – link updated daily
· 2024-25 SEC STATISTICS – link updated daily
· 2025 SEC RECORD BOOK
· SECSPORTS.COM BASKETBALL MEDIA PAGE
· SEC teams have won 88.4 percent (76-10) of their games this season.
· SEC teams are 17-7 (70.8 percent) against teams from the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and Big 12.
· The SEC is the top-ranked conference in the KenPom rankings.
· Twelve SEC teams are ranked in the Top 50 of KenPom’s team rankings. All 16 teams rank in the Top 80.
· The SEC leads the nation with nine teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25: Auburn 4th, Tennessee 7th, Kentucky 8th, Alabama 9th, Florida 18th, Arkansas 19th, Texas A&M 20th, Ole Miss 23rd, and Mississippi State 25th. Texas, Georgia and Mississippi State are among the teams receiving votes.
· Two SEC teams have won MTE titles so far this season: Tennessee (Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship), and Texas (Legends Classic).
· Tennessee guard Chaz Lanier was named SEC Player of the Week while Alabama guard Labaron Philon was SEC Freshman of the Week.
· Nine of the 16 current SEC schools (56% 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.
· Three SEC coaches enter the 2025 season ranking among the winningest active coaches in the nation: John Calipari (1st/818 wins), Rick Barnes (2nd/812 wins) and Bruce Pearl (12th/687 wins).
· 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.
· Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht was named a 2024 Consensus First Team All-America while Alabama’s Mark Sears was a Consensus Second Team All-America.
· Five SEC players earned All-America honors from the Associated Press in 2024, including Alabama’s Mark Sears (2nd team) and Auburn’s Johni Broome (3rd team).
· 65 SEC players have been selected in the last seven NBA Drafts. That leads all conferences: 57 ACC, 46 Pac-12, 45 Big Ten, 34 Big 12 and 27 Big East.
· 38 SEC players have been selected in the first round of the last seven NBA Drafts. That leads the nation: 35 ACC, 23 Pac-12, 19 Big Ten, 18 Big 12 and 13 Big East.
· 20 NBA Draft Lottery picks in the last seven years are the most in the nation. That leads the nation: 15 ACC, 10 Big 12, 10 Big Ten, 7 Pac-12, and Big East 6.
· Eight former SEC players were named to the 2024 NBA All-Star roster.
· Four players from SEC schools were members of the USA Basketball’s gold medal winning team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
· The SEC ranked second nationally with 2,826,719 fans attending games during the 2023-24 season. An average of 11,633 fans attended games at SEC schools in 2024, an increase of 289 from 2023.
· Three of the top five attendance leaders in 2023-24 were from the SEC. Kentucky ranked third in the nation with a total attendance of 358,702 (19,928 average), Tennessee ranked fourth with 314,617 fans (19,664 average) and Arkansas was fifth with 343,905 fans (19,106 average).
Schedule/Results (All Times Eastern):
Friday, November 22
Greenbrier Tip-Off (White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.)
Pittsburgh 74, LSU 63
Charleston Classic (Charleston, SC)
Vanderbilt 76, Seton Hall 60
at #21 Florida 93, Southern Ill. 68
BBN Invitational (Lexington, KY)
at #9 Kentucky 108, Jackson St. 59
at Missouri 91, Pacific 56
Mississippi State 84, at SMU 79
at #20 Arkansas 79, Little Rock 67
Legends Classic (Brooklyn, NY)
Texas 67, Saint Joseph’s 58
Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship (Nassau, Bahamas)
#11 Tennessee 77, #13 Baylor 62
Saturday, November 23
at The Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas
#15 Marquette 80, Georgia 69
Sunday, November 24
at The Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas
Georgia 66, #22 St. John’s 63
Greenbrier Tip-Off (White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.)
LSU 109, UCF 102 (3OT)
at Missouri 112, Ark.-Pine Bluff 63
Charleston Classic (Charleston, SC)
Drake 81, Vanderbilt 70
Monday, November 25
UMES at Arkansas SECN+ 8:00p
Fort Myers Tip-Off (Fort Meyers, FL)
South Carolina vs. #22 Xavier FS1 8:30p
Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Maui, HI)
#4 Auburn vs. #5 Iowa St. ESPNU 9:00p
Tuesday, November 26
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#20 Texas A&M vs. Oregon TBS 4:30p
BBN Invitational (Lexington, KY)
Western Ky. at #8 Kentucky ESPNU 6:30p
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#9 Alabama vs. #6 Houston TBS 8:00p
Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Maui, HI)
#4 Auburn vs. Dayton/#12 N. Carolina ESPN/U 8:30/11p
Wednesday, November 27
UT-Martin at #7 Tennessee SECN+ 4:00p
Battle4Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Oklahoma vs. Providence ESPN2 5:00p
Fort Myers Tip-Off (Fort Meyers, FL)
South Carolina vs. Michigan/Virginia Tech FS1 6/8:30p
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#20 Texas A&M vs. #21 Creighton Max 6:30p
Lindenwood at Missouri SECN+ 6:30p
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#9 Alabama vs. Rutgers TBS 10:00p
Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Maui, HI)
#4 Auburn vs. TBD TBD
Thursday, November 28
ESPN Events Invitational (Orlando, FL)
#18 Florida vs. Wake Forest ESPN 2:30p
#19 Arkansas vs. Illinois (at Kansas City, MO) CBS 4:00p
Battle4Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Oklahoma vs. #24 Arizona/Davidson ESPN/2 5/7:30p
Rady Children’s Invitational (San Diego, CA)
#23 Ole Miss vs. BYU FS1 5:30p
Arizona Tipoff (Tempe, AZ)
#25 Mississippi State vs. UNLV CBSSN 9:30p
Friday, November 29
ESPN Events Invitational (Orlando, FL)
#18 Florida vs. Minnesota/Wichita St. ESPN/2 1/3:30p
Tennessee Tech at Vanderbilt SECN+ 3:00p
Rady Children’s Invitational (San Diego, CA)
#23 Ole Miss vs. NC State/#13 Purdue FOX 3:30/6p
Arizona Tipoff (Tempe, AZ)
#25 Mississippi St. vs. Butler/Northwestern CBSSN 7/9:30p
Georgia St. at #8 Kentucky SEC Network 7:00p
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#20 Texas A&M vs. San Diego St. TNT 7:00p
Northwestern St. at LSU SECN+ 8:00p
Delaware St. at Texas SEC Network 9:00p
Battle4Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Oklahoma vs. TBD TBD
Saturday, November 30
Players Era Festival (Las Vegas, NV)
#9 Alabama vs. Notre Dame truTV 1:00p
Jacksonville at Georgia SECN+ 7:00p
