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January 15, 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 4-0 1.000 2-0 2-0 16-1 .941 9-0 4-0 3-1 W14 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Florida 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 12-5 .706 7-2 2-1 3-2 L1 Kentucky 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 14-3 .824 11-0 2-1 1-2 W2 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Alabama 3-2 .600 2-0 1-2 11-6 .647 7-2 1-3 3-1 W2 (All Times Eastern) Ole Miss 3-2 .600 3-0 0-2 10-7 .588 9-3 0-3 1-1 W1 Saturday, January 6 Tennessee 3-2 .600 2-1 1-1 12-4 .750 7-2 3-1 2-1 W3 *at Georgia 65, Alabama 46 LSU 2-2 .500 0-2 2-0 11-5 .688 7-3 3-0 1-2 L1 *Florida 77, at Missouri 75 *LSU 69, at #11 Texas A&M 68 Missouri 2-2 .500 1-1 1-1 12-5 .706 8-1 2-2 2-2 L1 *at Ole Miss 64, Mississippi St. 58 Arkansas 2-3 .400 2-1 0-2 12-5 .706 9-1 0-3 3-1 W1 *at Auburn 88, #22 Arkansas 77 Georgia 2-3 .400 2-1 0-2 11-5 .688 8-1 2-3 1-1 L2 *at South Carolina 71, Vanderbilt 60 *at #23 Tennessee 76, #17 Kentucky 65 South Carolina 2-3 .400 1-1 1-2 11-6 .647 6-1 3-3 2-2 W1 Mississippi State 1-3 .250 1-1 0-2 13-4 .765 12-1 0-3 1-0 L3 Tuesday, January 9 Vanderbilt 1-4 .200 1-2 0-2 6-11 .353 6-5 0-4 0-2 L3 *at #21 Kentucky 74, Texas A&M 73 *at Alabama 76, South Carolina 62 Texas A&M 0-5 .000 0-2 0-3 11-6 .647 7-2 1-3 3-1 L5 *#24 Tennessee 92, at Vanderbilt 84 *at #22 Auburn 85, Ole Miss 70 Conference Notes Team/Individual Notes Wednesday, January 10 • Eight SEC teams rank in the Top 40 of the Jan. • SEC Player of the Week – Tennessee’s Grant *at Florida 71, Mississippi St. 54 15 NCAA RPI, including No. 6 Auburn, No. 10 Williams, a 6-foot-7, 241-pound sophomore for- *at Missouri 68, Georgia 56 Kentucky, No. 13 Tennessee, No. 21 Arkansas, ward from Charlotte, N.C., averaged 23 points, *LSU 75, at Arkansas 54 No. 33 Texas A&M, No. 35 Missouri, No. 39 Ala- and six rebounds in wins at Vanderbilt and against Saturday, January 13 bama and No. 40 Florida. Texas A&M. Williams had a historic scoring effort *at Ole Miss 78, Florida 72 • Twelve SEC teams in the Top 75 of the RPI leads during UT’s win at Vanderbilt, dropping a career- *South Carolina 64, at Georgia 57 the nation high 37 points on 12-of-20 shooting in 33 min- *#22 Auburn 76, at Mississippi St. 68 • SEC teams lead the nation with 63 Quadrant 1 utes. His 37 points are the most in a game by a *#21 Kentucky 74, at Vanderbilt 67 *at Arkansas 65, Missouri 63 and Quadrant 2 wins (as of Jan. 15). Vol since Ron Slay scored 38 vs. New Mexico on *at #24 Tennessee 75, Texas A&M 62 • Ten SEC schools have played schedules that rank Jan. 4, 2003. Williams leads the Vols in scoring *Alabama 74, at LSU 66 in the Top 50 according to the Jan. 15 NCAA RPI. and rebounding this season. In SEC play, his 19.6 • Thirteen SEC schools have a Top 100 SOS. points per game lead the league. Tuesday, January 16 • Nearly a quarter (24.2 percent) of the league • SEC Freshman of the Week – Kentucky’s Shai *Georgia at LSU ESPNU 7:00 pm *Vanderbilt at Mississippi St. SEC Network 7:00 pm games this year have been decided by one pos- Gilgeous-Alexander, a 6-foot-6, 180-pound *#18 Kentucky at South Carolina ESPN 9:00 pm session (8 of 33). guard from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, aver- *Ole Miss at Texas A&M SEC Network 9:00 pm • Four teams are receiving mention in the Associ- aged 19 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists ated Press Top 25 highlighted by Auburn (17th), while playing 39 minutes per game in wins over Wednesday, January 17 *Arkansas at Florida ESPN2 7:00 pm Kentucky (18th) and Tennessee (21st). Florida is Texas A&M and at Vanderbilt. Against Texas A&M, *#17 Auburn at Alabama SEC Network 7:00 pm receiving votes. he had 16 points, seven rebounds, five assists, a *#21 Tennessee at Missouri SEC Network 9:00 pm • SEC basketball teams entered the start of career-high two blocks and a steal. On the road at league play having won 76.1 percent of their Vanderbilt, he boasted a game-high 22 points. He Saturday, January 20 *LSU at Vanderbilt SEC Network 1:00 pm non-conference games. That is the best winning also chipped in with six assists and four boards. *Ole Miss at Arkansas SEC Network 3:30 pm percentage at the start of league play since 2006- He’s dished out four more assists in seven straight *Missouri at Texas A&M ESPN2 4:00 pm 07 (77.8 percent). games. *Georgia at #17 Auburn SEC Network 6:00 pm • The fifth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge on Sat- • Auburn (16-1) is off to its best start since begin- *#21 Tennessee at South Carolina ESPN2 6:00 pm *Florida at #18 Kentucky ESPN 8:15 pm urday, Jan. 29, will feature five games on SEC ning the 1999-00 campaign with a 16-1 record. *Mississippi St. at Alabama SEC Network 8:30 pm campuses and five on Big 12 campuses. The two The Tigers have not started a season 17-1 since conferences split last year’s event with each win- 1998-99 (opened 25-1). Tuesday, January 23 ning five games. • Texas A&M has had its full complement of play- *Arkansas at Georgia SEC Network 6:30 pm • The SEC has implemented a collaborative pro- ers with no one missing due to injury or suspension *Vanderbilt at Tennessee ESPNU 7:00 pm *Alabama at Ole Miss SEC Network 8:30 pm cess for instant replay for the 2017-18 conference just four games this season. *Texas A&M at LSU ESPNU 9:00 pm season. More information about this process can • Georgia’s Yante Maten was selected as candi- *Mississippi St. at Kentucky ESPN 9:00 pm be found on page 3 of this release. dates for the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award. • The SEC Tournament will be played on the west- • Alabama’s Collin Sexton and Georgia’s Yante Wednesday, January 24 *South Carolina at Florida SEC Network 7:00 pm ern banks of the Mississippi River for the first time Maten were named to the John R. Wooden Award *Auburn at Missouri SEC Network 9:00 pm when St. Louis, Mo, plays host to the 2018 event. Midseason Top 25. 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. Will Wade, LS 11:17 a.m. Ben Howland, MS Email: [email protected] Office: (352) 375-4683 x6100 10:35 a.m.