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HOOPS: SEC Weekly Release

Neal McCready

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Feb 26, 2008
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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

· Three of the four remaining undefeated teams reside within the SEC (Drake).

· SEC teams have won 88.5 percent (177-23) of their 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 are 21-7 against 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 are eight more than any other league has ever had in a season (per former ESPN researcher Jared Berson).

· The SEC leads the nation with five teams (Auburn 1st, Tennessee 2nd, Florida 4th, Alabama 8th and Mississippi State 14th) ranked in the Top 15 of the NCAA’s NET rankings.

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

· Eight SEC teams are currently Quad 1 opponents regardless of the game location (NET Top 30). Fifteen teams are either Quad 1 or Quad 2 opponents (NET Top 75).

· SEC teams have already amassed 28 wins in 47 games against Quad 1 competition. They have a 47-22 record against Quad 1 & 2 teams.

· The SEC is the only conference to have a winning record against Quad 1 teams (28-19).

· The SEC’s +20.04 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, 13 are in the Top 50 and all 16 teams rank in the Top 65.

· The SEC is 52-22 (70.3 percent) vs. Top 100 teams in Bart Torvik’s ratings system. No other conference is over .500 against the Top 100.

· Ten SEC teams are ranked in the Dec. 30 Associated Press Poll. It is the first time since at least the start of the 2012-13 season that one league had 10 ranked teams.

· The SEC’s 10 teams ranked in the Dec. 30 AP Poll are twice as many as any other league.

· Tennessee was ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll for the fourth consecutive week while Auburn held the No. position for the fifth week in a row. Alabama is ranked No. 5, Florida is No. 6, Kentucky 10th, Oklahoma is 12th, Texas A&M is 13th, Mississippi State is 16th, Arkansas is 23rd and Ole Miss is 24th. Additionally, Georgia and Missouri are among teams receiving votes.

· 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).

· Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler was named SEC Player of the Week while Alabama guard Labaron Philon was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week.

· Three SEC coaches rank among the winningest active coaches in the nation: John Calipari (1st/824 wins), Rick Barnes (2nd/817 wins) and Bruce Pearl (12th/672 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.



Schedule/Results (All Times Eastern):

Monday, December 23

at #1 Tennessee 82, Middle Tenn. 64



Saturday, December 28

at Memphis 87, #16 Ole Miss 70

at #13 Texas A&M 92, Abilene Christian 54



Sunday, December 29

at Texas 77, Northwestern St. 53

at #6 Florida 85, Stetson 45

at Georgia 79, South Carolina St. 72

at #12 Oklahoma 89, Prairie View 67

at #5 Alabama 105, South Dakota St. 82

at LSU 110, Mississippi Val. 45



Monday, December 30

Monmouth at #2 Auburn SECN+ 6:30p

Presbyterian at South Carolina SEC Network 7:00p

Alabama St. at Missouri SECN+ 7:30p

Oakland at #23 Arkansas ESPN2 8:00p

New Orleans at Vanderbilt SECN+ 8:00p

Bethune-Cookman at #17 Mississippi St. SEC Network 9:00p



Tuesday, December 31

Brown at #10 Kentucky ESPNU 2:00p

Norfolk St. at #1 Tennessee SECN+ 3:00p



Saturday, January 4

#6 Florida at #10 Kentucky ESPN 11:00a

Georgia at #24 Ole Miss SEC Network 12:00p

#23 Arkansas at #1 Tennessee ESPN 1:00p

South Carolina at #17 Mississippi State SEC Network 2:00p

Missouri at #2 Auburn SEC Network 4:00p

Vanderbilt at LSU ESPN2 4:30p

#12 Oklahoma at #5 Alabama SEC Network 6:00p

Texas at #13 Texas A&M SEC Network 8:00p



Tuesday, January 7

Tennessee at Florida ESPN2 7:00p

Kentucky at Georgia SEC Network 7:00p

LSU at Missouri SEC Network 9:00p

Auburn at Texas ESPN2 9:00p

Mississippi State at Vanderbilt ESPNU 9:00p



Wednesday, January 8

Ole Miss at Arkansas ESPN2 7:00p

Alabama at South Carolina SEC Network 7:00p

Texas A&M at Oklahoma SEC Network 9:00p



Saturday, January 11

Auburn at South Carolina SEC Network 1:00p

Vanderbilt at Missouri SEC Network 3:30p

Florida at Arkansas ESPN 4:00p

Oklahoma at Georgia ESPN/2 6:00p

LSU at Ole Miss SEC Network 6:00p

Tennessee at Texas ESPN/2 6:00p

Alabama at Texas A&M ESPN 8:00p

Kentucky at Mississippi State SEC Network 8:30p
 
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