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March 18, 2019 SEC COMMUNICATIONS Conference Overall Craig Pinkerton (Men’s Basketball Contact) W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Strk [email protected] @SEC_Craig 1 www.SECsports.com LSU 16-2 .889 7-2 9-0 26-6 .813 15-2 9-1 2-3 L1 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Kentucky 15-3 .833 8-1 7-2 27-6 .818 17-1 8-2 2-3 L1 Tennessee 15-3 .833 9-0 6-3 29-5 .853 18-0 7-3 4-2 L1 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC South Carolina 11-7 .611 7-2 4-5 16-16 .500 11-6 4-8 1-2 L1 (All Times Eastern) Auburn2 11-7 .611 7-2 4-5 26-9 .743 15-2 5-6 6-1 W8 Mississippi State 10-8 .556 6-3 4-5 23-10 .697 14-3 5-5 4-2 L1 SEC TOURNAMENT Ole Miss 10-8 .556 5-4 5-4 20-12 .625 11-6 6-5 3-1 L1 Wednesday, March 13 Florida 9-9 .500 4-5 5-4 19-15 .559 9-6 5-6 5-3 L1 12 Missouri 71, 13 Georgia 61 Arkansas 8-10 .444 5-4 3-6 17-15 .531 12-6 4-7 1-2 L1 11 Texas A&M 69, 14 Vanderbilt 52 Alabama 8-10 .444 5-4 3-6 18-15 .546 10-5 5-8 3-2 L1 Thursday, March 14 Texas A&M 6-12 .333 3-6 3-6 14-18 .438 9-8 4-7 1-3 L1 8 Florida 66, 9 Arkansas 50 Missouri 5-13 .278 3-6 2-7 15-17 .469 9-7 2-8 4-2 L1 5 Auburn 81, 12 Missouri 71 10 Alabama 62, 7 Ole Miss 56 Georgia 2-16 .111 1-8 1-8 11-21 .344 8-9 2-9 1-3 L3 6 Mississippi State 80, 11 Texas A&M 54 Vanderbilt 0-18 .000 0-9 0-9 9-23 .281 8-10 1-11 0-2 L20 1-SEC Champion; 2-SEC Tournament Champion Friday, March 15 8 Florida 76, 1 LSU 73 Conference Notes Team/Individual Notes 5 Auburn 73, 4 South Carolina 64 • The SEC’s seven NCAA Tournament selections • Alabama is making its sixth NIT appearance in 2 Kentucky 73, 10 Alabama 55 3 Tennessee 83, 6 Mississippi State 76 are the second-most in league history. Last year the last nine years. the SEC had a record eight selections. • Arkansas’ appearance in the NIT marks its Saturday, March 16 • The SEC has had 15 NCAA Tournament selec- third consecutive postseason appearance and 5 Auburn 65, 8 Florida 62 tions over the last two editions of the event. Only fifth in six years. 3 Tennessee 82, 2 Kentucky 78 the ACC (16) has had more. • Auburn earned the SEC’s automatic bid to Sunday, March 17 • In all, nine SEC teams advanced to postseason the NCAA Tournament by virtue of its first SEC 5 Auburn 84, 3 Tennessee 64 play with seven NCAA Tournament selections and Tournament championship since 1985. The Ti- two NIT selections. gers are making their second consecutive NCAA • SEC teams are 54-30 (64.3 percent) in the NCAA TOURNAMENT appearance and 10th in school history. Thursday, March 21 NCAA Tournament since 2012 (10-3 in 2012, • Florida earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament East First Round - Jacksonville, Fla. 4-3 in 2013, 12-3 in 2014, 6-5 in 2015, 3-3 in for the third straight season and 20th overall. 3 LSU vs. 14 Yale truTV 12:40 pm 2016, 11-5 in 2017 and 8-8 in 2018). • Kentucky extended its national record for most Midwest First Round - Salt Lake City, Utah • SEC teams are 31-9 (77.5 percent) in postsea- 5 Auburn vs. 12 New Mexico St. TNT 1:30 pm NCAA Tournament appearances to 58 this year. son opening games over the last five years (7-0 West First Round - Des Moines, Iowa The Cats own a 126-51 all-time record in NCAA 7 Nevada vs. 10 Florida TNT 6:50 pm in 2014, 6-2 in 2015, 5-2 in 2016, 5-3 in 2017 action, with their .712 winning percentage the Midwest First Round - Jacksonville, Fla. and 7-2 in 2018). fifth-best in NCAA history. 2 Kentucky vs. 15 Abilene Christian CBS 7:10 pm • Every SEC team has made at least one NCAA • LSU a berth into the NCAA Tournament for the Tournament appearance in the last five years. Friday, March 22 22nd time in school history and the first since 2015. • Five SEC schools in the Top 20 of the NCAA’s South First Round - Columbia, S.C. • Ole Miss is appearing in the NCAA Tourna- 8 Ole Miss vs. 9 Oklahoma truTV 12:40 pm NET were tied for most among all conferences. ment for just the ninth time in 109 seasons of South First Round - Columbus, Ohio • The SEC’s 131 Quadrant 1 and Quadrant 2 2 Tennessee vs. 15 Colgate CBS 2:45 pm basketball at the school. wins ranked second among all conferences. East First Round - San Jose, Calif. • Mississippi State returns to the NCAA Tourna- 5 12 • All 14 SEC schools played schedules that Mississippi State vs. Liberty truTV 7:27 pm ment for the first time since 2009. It is the 11th ranked among the Top 80 SOS in the NCAA’s overall NCAA appearance for the Bulldogs. NET, nine ranked in the Top 50. NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT • Tennessee earned a program-best No. 2 seed • Four SEC teams are ranked in the Top 15 of Tuesday, March 19 in the NCAA Tournament for the third time ever the Associated Press Poll – Tennessee 6th, Ken- 5 Arkansas at 4 Providence ESPN2 9:00 pm (also in 2006 and 2008). This is UT’s 22nd all- tucky 7th, LSU 12th and Auburn 14th. time NCAA Tournament appearance Wednesday, March 20 • Twelve SEC teams have received votes in the 8 Norfolk St. at 1 Alabama ESPNU 7:00 pm • LSU earned its 11th SEC championship with a AP Poll at some point this season with six being 16-2 conference record this season. It is the first ranked in the Top 25. • On Jan. 21, six SEC teams were ranked in the league title for the Tigers since 2009. AP Top 25, tying for the most in a single AP poll in • Auburn won its second ever SEC Tournament league history. The last time six teams were ranked championship with an 84-64 win over Tennessee in the AP Top 25 was exactly 16 years previously in the championship game. It was the fourth title on Jan. 21, 2003. game appearance for the Tigers. SEC BASKETBALL MEDIA SERVICES Coaches Teleconference SEC Tournament The SEC men’s basketball coaches teleconference begin January 8 and run Media credential requests for the 2019 SEC Tournament in Nashville will be through March 12. Media representatives wishing to participate in the tele- available online at www.secsportsmedia.com in early January. For further infor- conference should contact the SEC Communications Department for further mation concerning media coverage of the SEC Tournament, please contact the details. Each coach will appear on the teleconference for seven minutes. SEC Communications Department. All SEC basketball teleconferences can be listened to on the internet at www. Tickets to the SEC Tournament may be purchased through one of the 14 secsports.com shortly after the conclusion of the teleconference. member institutions’ ticket offices. Each school determines its priority for selling 2019 SEC Teleconference Schedule tournament tickets. Thursday, January 3, 2019 Monday, February 18, 2019 Monday, January 14, 2019 Monday, March 4, 2019 SEC Basketball Media Contacts Thursday, January 24, 2019 Monday, March 11, 2019 Alabama – Aaron Jordan www.rolltide.com Monday, February 4, 2019 *Monday, March 18, 2019 Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-5401 *includes only teams advancing to postseason play Twitter: @AlabamaMBB; @CoachAvery6; @asjordan1 Order of Appearance (All Times Central) Arkansas – Mike Cawood www.arkansasrazorbacks.com 10:00 a.m. Bryce Drew, VU 10:49 a.m. Mike Anderson, AR Email: [email protected] Office: (479) 575-3114 10:07 a.m. Mike White, UF 10:56 a.m. Avery Johnson, UA Twitter: @RazorbackMBB; @MikeAndersonUA; @ThreeHartsHeads 10:14 a.m. Frank Martin, SC 11:03 a.m. Bruce Pearl, AU Auburn – Cody Voga www.auburntigers.com 10:21 a.m. Tom Crean, UG 11:10 a.m. Kermit Davis, UM Email: [email protected] Office: (334) 844-9800 10:28 a.m. Will Wade, LS 11:17 a.m. Ben Howland, MS Twitter: @AuburnMBB; @CoachBrucePearl; @CodyVoga 10:35 a.m. John Calipari, UK 11:24 a.m. Cuonzo Martin, MO Florida – Denver Parler www.floridagators.com 10:42 a.m. Rick Barnes, UT 11:31 a.m. Billy Kennedy, AM Email: [email protected] Office: (352) 375-4683 x6100 Twitter: @GatorsMBK; @MikeWhiteUF; @DenverParler; SEC Release Georgia – Mike Mobley www.georgiadogs.com The conference basketball release will be available each Monday beginning Email: [email protected] Office: (706) 542-8052 in early November via the league’s websites. Any media representative wishing Twitter: @UGABasketball; @Tom Crean; @uga_mjiggsmobs to receive information via e-mail should register on www.secsportsmedia.com. Kentucky – Eric Lindsey & Deb Moore www.ukathletics.com SEC standings and results will be updated each weekday, while conference Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Office: (859) 257-3838 statistics will be updated as often as needed based on the schedule of play.