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January 29, 2018 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 www.SECsports.com Auburn 7-1 .875 4-0 3-1 19-2 .905 11-0 5-1 3-1 W3 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Florida 6-2 .750 3-1 3-1 15-6 .714 9-3 3-1 3-2 W1 Alabama 5-3 .625 4-0 1-3 14-7 .667 10-2 1-4 3-1 W1 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Kentucky 5-3 .625 3-1 2-2 16-5 .762 12-1 3-2 1-2 W2 (All Times Eastern) Tennessee 5-3 .625 3-1 2-2 15-5 .750 8-2 5-2 2-1 W3 Tuesday, January 23 Arkansas 4-4 .500 3-1 1-3 15-6 .714 11-1 1-4 3-1 W3 *Arkansas 80, at Georgia 77 2ot Ole Miss 4-4 .500 4-0 0-4 11-10 .524 10-3 0-6 1-1 L1 *at #22 Tennessee 67, Vanderbilt 62 *at Ole Miss 78, Alabama 66 South Carolina 4-4 .500 2-2 2-2 13-8 .619 7-3 4-3 2-2 L1 *at LSU 77, Texas A&M 65 Georgia 3-5 .375 2-2 1-3 12-8 .600 8-2 3-5 1-1 L3 *at Kentucky 78, Mississippi St. 65 LSU 3-5 .375 1-3 2-2 12-8 .600 8-4 3-2 1-2 L1 Wednesday, January 24 Mississippi State 3-5 .375 3-1 0-4 15-6 .714 14-1 0-5 1-0 W1 *South Carolina 77, at #20 Florida 72 Missouri 3-5 .375 2-2 1-3 13-8 .619 9-2 2-4 2-2 L3 *#19 Auburn 91, at Missouri 73 Texas A&M 2-6 .250 2-2 0-4 13-8 .619 9-2 1-5 3-1 L2 Saturday, January 27 Vanderbilt 2-6 .250 2-2 0-4 8-13 .381 8-5 0-6 0-2 W1 Big 12/SEC Challenge – SEC won 6-4 at #20 Florida 81, Baylor 60 Conference Notes cess for instant replay for the 2017-18 conference #14 Texas Tech 70, at South Carolina 63 at Texas 85, Ole Miss 72 • The SEC’s seven teams in the Top 40 of the season. More information about this process can at Kansas State 56, Georgia 51 Jan. 29 NCAA RPI rank second nationally: No. 5 be found on page 3 of this release. at Alabama 80, #12 Oklahoma 73 Auburn, No. 12 Kentucky, No. 13 Tennessee, No. • The SEC Tournament will be played on the west- #22 Tennessee 68, at Iowa State 45 22 Arkansas, No. 29 Alabama, No. 36 Florida ern banks of the Mississippi River for the first time at Vanderbilt 81, TCU 78 at Arkansas 66, Oklahoma State 65 and No. 37 Texas A&M. when St. Louis, Mo, plays host to the 2018 event. at #5 Kansas 79, Texas A&M 68 • Ten teams in the Top 60 of the RPI and 13 Team/Individual Notes Kentucky 83, at #7 West Virginia 76 teams in the Top 100 both lead the nation • SEC Co-Players of the Week – Arkansas’ Daryl *at #19 Auburn 95, LSU 70 • SEC teams lead the nation with 84 Quadrant 1 *at Mississippi St. 74, Missouri 62 Macon, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound junior guard from and Quadrant 2 wins (as of Jan. 29). Little Rock, Ark., and Auburn’s Mustapha Heron, Tuesday, January 30 • Eleven SEC teams have schedule strengths that a 6-foot-5, 218-pound sophomore guard from *#23 Florida at Georgia SEC Network 7:00 pm rank in the top 50 nationally, 13 are in the Top 75 Waterbury, Conn., were named SEC Co-Players of *#11 Auburn at Ole Miss SEC Network 9:00 pm (as of Jan. 29). the Week. Macon averaged 23.5 points and 2.5 *Vanderbilt at #21 Kentucky ESPN 9:00 pm • Forty-eight percent (27 of 56) of the SEC’s *Arkansas at Texas A&M ESPNU 9:00 pm rebounds in at Georgia and against Oklahoma games in league play this year have been decided State. Macon went 14-of-27 (.519) from the floor, Wednesday, January 31 by seven points or less while 21 percent (12) have 9-of-17 (.529) from deep and a perfect 10-for- *LSU at #18 Tennessee SEC Network 6:30 pm been decided by one possession. 10 at the free throw line. Heron averaged 17.5 *Mississippi St. at South Carolina SEC Network 8:30 pm • Only four teams (UA, AU, UF and UT) have had *Missouri at Alabama ESPN2 9:00 pm points and 10 rebounds in wins at Missouri and winning streaks longer than two games in league against Missouri. He made 13-of-22 (.591) of his Saturday, February 3 play. field goals and 5-of-10 (.500) from 3-point range. *#21 Kentucky at Missouri CBS 2:00 pm • The SEC took a 6-4 win in the fifth annual Big He registered his fifth career double-double with *South Carolina at Texas A&M ESPN2 2:00 pm 12/SEC Challenge on Jan. 27. Alabama, Arkan- *Arkansas at LSU SEC Network 3:30 pm 14 points and 11 rebounds at Missouri. sas, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt *Alabama at #23 Florida ESPN 4:00 pm • SEC Freshman of the Week – Kentucky’s Kev- *Georgia at Mississippi St. ESPNU 6:00 pm each picked up wins to give the league the trophy. in Knox, a 6-foot-9, 215-pound forward from *Ole Miss at #18 Tennessee SEC Network 6:00 pm • The SEC leads the nation with six former players *Vanderbilt at #11 Auburn SEC Network 8:30 pm Tampa, Fla., averaged 26.5 points and 6.5 re- being named NBA All-Stars. The Pac-12 has five bounds in wins over Mississippi State and at No. 7 selections, Big 12 three, Big East & Big Ten each Tuesday, February 6 West Virginia. Knox had a monster week with two *Tennessee at Kentucky ESPN 7:00 pm had two while the ACC, Big Sky and Southern had games of 20 or more points, including a career- *South Carolina at Arkansas ESPN2 7:00 pm one each. high 34 points at West Virginia on Saturday. He *Alabama at Mississippi St. SEC Network 7:00 pm • Five teams are receiving mention in the Associ- *Missouri at Ole Miss SEC Network 9:00 pm shot a blazing 69.6 percent from the field and ated Press Top 25 highlighted by Auburn (11th), 75.0 percent from behind the arc. He keyed the Wednesday, February 7 Tennessee (18th), Kentucky (21st) and Florida third-biggest halftime deficit overcome in program *LSU at Florida SEC Network 6:30 pm (23rd). Alabama is receiving votes. history and the biggest come-from-behind win *Georgia at Vanderbilt SEC Network 8:30 pm • SEC basketball teams entered the start of *Texas A&M at Auburn ESPN2 9:00 pm since UK erased a 19-point deficit vs. Vanderbilt league play having won 76.1 percent of their on Feb. 28, 2017. non-conference games. That is the best winning • 15 players from 10 different teams have scored percentage at the start of league play since 2006- 30 or more points in a game this season. 07 (77.8 percent). • The SEC has implemented a collaborative pro- 2017-18 Men’s Basketball • 2017-18 Men’s Basketball • 2017-18 Men’s Basketball • 2017-18 Men’s Basketball • 2017-18 Men’s Basketball • 2017-18 Men’s Basketball • 2017-18 Men’s Basketball • 2017-18 Men’s Basketball • 2017-18 Men’s Basketball 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 2018 SEC Tournament in St. Louis will through March 12. Media representatives wishing to participate in the tele- be available online at www.secsportsmedia.com in early January. For further conference should contact the SEC Communications Department for further information concerning media coverage of the 2018 SEC Tournament, please details. Each coach will appear on the teleconference for seven minutes. contact the SEC Communications Department. All SEC basketball teleconferences can be listened to on the internet at www. Tickets to the 2018 SEC Tournament may be purchased through one of the secsports.com shortly after the conclusion of the teleconference. 14 member institutions’ ticket offices. Each school determines its priority for 2018 SEC Teleconference Schedule selling tournament tickets. Monday, January 8 Thursday, January 25 SEC Basketball Media Contacts Monday, February 5 Alabama – Aaron Jordan www.rolltide.com Monday, February 19 Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-5401 Monday, March 5 Twitter: @AlabamaMBB; @CoachAvery6; @asjordan1 *Monday, March 12 *includes only teams advancing to postseason play Arkansas – David Beall www.arkansasrazorbacks.com Email: [email protected] Office: (479) 575-3114 Order of Appearance (All Times Central) Twitter: @RazorbackMBB; @MikeAndersonUA; @beall_sid 10:00 a.m. Bryce Drew, VU 10:49 a.m. Mike Anderson, AR Auburn – Cody Voga www.auburntigers.com 10:07 a.m. Mike White, UF 10:56 a.m. Avery Johnson, UA Email: [email protected] Office: (334) 844-9800 10:14 a.m. Frank Martin, SC 11:03 a.m. Bruce Pearl, AU Twitter: @AuburnMBB ; @CoachBrucePearl 10:21 a.m. Mark Fox, UG 11:10 a.m. Andy Kennedy, UM Florida – Denver Parler www.floridagators.com 10:28 a.m.