2018 Ncaa Division I Men's Basketball Championship
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March 26, 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 1 www.SECsports.com Auburn 13-5 .722 8-1 5-4 26-8 .765 15-1 7-4 4-3 L1 1 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Tennessee 13-5 .722 8-1 5-4 26-9 .743 13-2 8-4 5-3 L1 Florida 11-7 .611 6-3 5-4 21-13 .618 12-5 5-4 4-4 L1 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Kentucky2 10-8 .556 7-2 3-6 26-11 .703 16-2 4-6 6-3 L1 (All Times Eastern) Missouri 10-8 .556 6-3 4-5 20-13 .606 13-3 5-6 2-4 L2 NCAA TOURNAMENT Arkansas 10-8 .556 7-2 3-6 23-12 .657 15-2 3-7 5-3 L2 March 15 (Thursday) Mississippi State 9-9 .500 7-2 2-7 25-11 .694 19-2 4-8 2-1 W3 South First Round - Dallas, Texas Texas A&M 9-9 .500 6-3 3-6 22-13 .629 13-3 4-7 5-3 L1 3 Tennessee 73, 14 Wright State 47 South First Round - Boise, Idaho Alabama 8-10 .444 6-3 2-7 20-16 .556 12-5 2-8 6-2 L1 5 Kentucky 78, 12 Davidson 73 LSU 8-10 .444 6-3 2-7 18-15 .545 14-4 3-8 1-3 L1 East First Round - Pittsburgh, Pa. South Carolina 7-11 .389 5-4 2-7 17-16 .515 10-5 4-8 3-3 L1 9 Alabama 86, 8 Virginia Tech 83 East First Round - Dallas, Texas Georgia 7-11 .389 5-4 2-7 18-15 .545 11-4 4-9 3-2 L1 6 Florida 77, 11 St. Bonaventure 62 Vanderbilt 6-12 .333 5-4 1-8 12-20 .375 11-7 1-10 0-3 L1 March 16 (Friday) Ole Miss 5-13 .278 4-5 1-8 12-20 .375 10-8 1-10 1-2 L4 West First Round - Charlotte, N.C. 1-SEC Co-Champions; 2-SEC Tournament Champion 7 Texas A&M 73, 10 Providence 69 East First Round - Detroit, Mich. Conference Notes • SEC basketball teams won 75.4 percent of their 10 Butler 79, 7 Arkansas 62 • Mississippi State is the first SEC team to advance regular season non-conference games in 2018. Midwest First Round - San Diego, Calif. 4 Auburn 62, 13 Col. of Charleston 58 to the NIT Semifinals since 2011 (Alabama). That is the best regular season non-conference West First Round - Nashville, Tenn. • The SEC has had at least one team advance to winning percentage since 2006-07 (77.4 percent). 9 Florida State 67, 8 Missouri 54 the Sweet 16 in 28 of the last 29 years. All of the Team/Individual Notes SEC’s 14 members have advanced to the Sweet 16 March 17 (Saturday) • Mississippi State has advanced to the semifinals East Second Round - Pittsburgh, Pa. since 1996. of the NIT for the second time in school history 1 Villanova 81, 9 Alabama 58 • The SEC’s eight NCAA Tournament selections South Second Round - Boise, Idaho (2007). is the most in league history. The previous record 5 Kentucky 95, 13 Buffalo 75 • Alabama made its 20th appearance in the was six which was accomplished nine times, most South Second Round - Dallas, Texas NCAA Tournament and first since 2012. 11 Loyola Chicago 63, 3 Tennessee 62 recently in 2008. • Arkansas punched its ticket to the Big Dance for East Second Round - Dallas, Texas • The SEC’s 10 teams advancing to postseason the 32nd time. 3 Texas Tech 69, 6 Florida 66 play (8 NCAA, 2 NIT) ties for the most in league his- • Auburn played in the NCAA Tournament for the March 18 (Sunday) tory. In 2001, six SEC teams received NCAA Tour- first time since 2013. It was the Tiger’s ninth time West Second Round - Charlotte, N.C. nament invites while four participated in the NIT. 7 Texas A&M 86, 2 North Carolina 65 in the NCAA Tournament. • SEC teams are 54-30 (64.3 percent) in the Midwest First Round - San Diego, Calif. • Florida earned an NCAA Tournament bid for NCAA Tournament since 2012 (10-3 in 2012, 4-3 5 Clemson 84, 4 Auburn 53 the second straight season and 19th appearance in 2013, 12-3 in 2014, 6-5 in 2015, 3-3 in 2016, March 22 (Thursday) overall. 11-5 in 2017 and 8-8 in 2018). West Regional Semifinals - Los Angeles, CA • Kentucky, whose 57 NCAA Tournament appear- 3 Michigan 99, 7 Texas A&M 72 • SEC teams are 31-9 (77.5 percent) in postsea- ances leads the nation, advanced to the Sweet 16 South Regional Semifinals - Atlanta, GA son opening games over the last five years (7-0 in for the seventh time in the last nine years. 9 Kansas St. 61, 5 Kentucky 58 2014, 6-2 in 2015, 5-2 in 2016, 5-3 in 2017 • LSU is making its eighth NIT appearance and and 7-2 in 2018). NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT hosted for the fourth time. March 14 (Wednesday) • The SEC’s eight teams in the Top 50 of the Se- • Missouri received its 27th invitation to the NCAA at 3 LSU 84, 6 UL-Lafayette 76 lection Sunday RPI led the nation: No. 8 Tennes- Tournament while head coach Cuonzo Martin took at 4 Mississippi State 66, 5 Nebraska 59 see, No. 10 Kentucky, No. 15 Auburn, No. 29 his third different team to the Big Dance. March 18 (Sunday) Texas A&M, No. 30 Arkansas, No. 42 Alabama, • Tennessee made its 21st all-time NCAA Tourna- 4 Mississippi State 78, at 1 Baylor 77 No. 43 Missouri and No. 46 Florida. ment appearance and its first since 2014 March 19 (Monday) • Thirteen SEC teams had Top 60 SOS and five • Texas A&M made its fifth appearance in the at 2 Utah 95, 3 LSU 71 were in the Top 15. Sweet 16. Eight of the Aggies’ 14 NCAA Tourna- March 20 (Tuesday) • The SEC’s 128 Quadrant 1 and Quadrant 2 ment appearances have come since 2006. 4 Mississippi State 79, at 2 Louisville 56 wins are more than any other conference. • Auburn and Tennessee shared the 2018 SEC • The SEC earned a 6-4 win in the fifth annual Big March 27 (Tuesday) Championship with 13-5 conference records. It is Au- NIT Semifinals - New York, NY 12/SEC Challenge on Jan. 27. Alabama, Arkan- burn’s third SEC title and first since 1999. It is Tennes- 4 Mississippi State vs. 4 Penn State ESPN 9:00 pm sas, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt see’s 10th SEC championship and first since 2008. each picked up wins to give the league the trophy. • Kentucky won its 31st SEC Tournament Cham- • The SEC led the nation with six former players pionship and ran its tournament winning streak to being named NBA All-Stars. 12 games. 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. Tony Madlock, 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. John Calipari, UK 11:24 a.m. Cuonzo Martin, MO Twitter: @GatorsMBK; @MikeWhiteUF; @DenverParler; 10:42 a.m. Rick Barnes, UT 11:31 a.m. Billy Kennedy, AM Georgia – Mike Mobley www.georgiadogs.com Email: [email protected] Office: (706) 542-8052 SEC Release Twitter: @UGABasketball; @CoachMarkFox; @uga_mjiggsmobs The conference basketball release will be available each Monday beginning Kentucky – Eric Lindsey & Deb Moore www.ukathletics.com in early November via the league’s websites.