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December 31, 2017 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 Alabama 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 9-4 .692 6-1 0-1 3-2 W1 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Arkansas 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 11-2 .846 9-0 0-1 2-1 W6 Florida 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 9-4 .692 6-2 0-0 3-2 W3 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Auburn 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 12-1 .923 7-0 2-0 3-1 W10 (All Times Eastern) Mississippi State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 12-1 .923 12-0 0-1 0-0 W4 Wednesday, December 27 Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 9-0 0-0 1-2 W1 at South Carolina 74, Limestone 45 Georgia 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-2 .818 6-0 2-1 1-1 W2 at Arkansas 95, CSU Bakersfield 68 Missouri 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-3 .769 7-0 1-1 2-2 L1 Thursday, December 28 LSU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 7-1 1-0 1-2 W3 LSU 71, at Memphis 61 South Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 5-0 2-1 2-2 W1 Friday, December 29 Ole Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-5 .583 6-3 0-1 1-1 W2 at #16 Kentucky 90, Louisville 61 Tennessee 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 9-3 .750 5-1 2-1 2-1 L1 Texas A&M 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 11-2 .846 7-0 1-1 3-1 L1 Saturday, December 30 *at Arkansas 95, #19 Tennessee 93 ot Vanderbilt 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 5-8 .385 5-3 0-3 0-2 L1 at Auburn 98, Cornell 77 at Mississippi St. 109, North Florida 81 Conference Notes and also collected a game-high 12 boards against *at Florida 81, Vanderbilt 74 *at Alabama 79, #5 Texas A&M 57 • An NCAA-best four SEC teams rank in the top Temple, which entered the game at No. 12 in the 18 of the Dec. 30 NCAA RPI, including No. 7 Ten- NCAA RPI. He notched his fifth double-double of Sunday, December 31 nessee, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 15 Arkansas and the season and fifth career 30-point outing. Maten *Georgia at Kentucky ESPN 6:00 pm No. 18 Missouri. ascended into Georgia’s top-10 career leaders for *South Carolina at Ole Miss ESPN2 6:00 pm • Nine SEC teams rank in the Top 60 of the points and rebounds during the week Tuesday, January 2 NCAA RPI. • SEC Freshman of the Week – Texas A&M’s Sav- *Auburn at Tennessee ESPNU 7:00 pm • Six SEC schools have played schedules that rank ion Flagg, a 6-foot-7, 217-pound forward from *Alabama at Vanderbilt SEC Network 7:00 pm in the Top 50 according to the Dec. 18 NCAA RPI. Alvin, Texas, averaged 16.5 points and nine re- *Florida at Texas A&M ESPN2 9:00 pm *Arkansas at Mississippi St. SEC Network 9:00 pm • An NCAA-leading 10 SEC schools have a non- bounds while shooting 62.5 percent from the field conference SOS that ranks in the Top 150. in leading the Aggies to wins over Northern Ken- Wednesday, January 3 • Six teams are receiving mention in the Associ- tucky and Buffalo. With the Aggies short-handed *Ole Miss at Georgia SEC Network 6:30 pm ated Press Top 25 highlighted by Texas A&M (5th), due, Flagg stepped up to produce his first career *Kentucky at LSU SEC Network 8:30 pm Kentucky (16th) and Tennessee (19th). Arkansas, double-double with a 12-point, 10-rebound out- *Missouri at South Carolina ESPN2 9:00 pm Auburn and Florida are receiving votes. ing against Northern Kentucky before registering Saturday, January 6 • SEC basketball teams entered the start of a personal-best 21 points in the win over Buffalo. *Alabama at Georgia SEC Network 12:00 pm league play having won 76.1 percent of their • Auburn (12-1) is off to its best start since begin- *Florida at Missouri CBS 1:00 pm non-conference games. That is the best winning ning the 1999-00 campaign with a 16-1 record. *LSU at Texas A&M SEC Network 2:15 pm *Mississippi St. at Ole Miss SEC Network 4:30 pm percentage at the start of league play since 2006- • LSU ranks eighth nationally by converting 51.5 *Arkansas at Auburn ESPNU 6:00 pm 07 (77.8 percent). percent of its field goal attempts. *Vanderbilt at South Carolina SEC Network 6:45 pm • The SEC has implemented a collaborative pro- • Arkansas ranks ninth nationally by averaging *Kentucky at Tennessee SEC Network 9:00 pm cess for instant replay for the 2017-18 conference 90.4 points per game. season. More information about this process can Tuesday, January 9 • Alabama’s win over No. 5 Texas A&M marked *Texas A&M at Kentucky ESPN/2 7:00 pm be found on page 3 of this release. the first time the Crimson Tide defeated an Associ- *South Carolina at Alabama SEC Network 7:00 pm • The SEC Tournament will be played on the west- ated Press Top 5 opponent since 2004. *Tennessee at Vanderbilt SEC Network 9:00 pm ern banks of the Mississippi River for the first time • Florida’s Egor Koulechov, who has an active *Ole Miss at Auburn ESPNU 9:00 pm when St. Louis, Mo, plays host to the 2018 event. streak of 31 consecutive free throws made, ranks Wednesday, January 10 Team/Individual Notes third in the nation with his 97.6 percent free throw *Mississippi St. at Florida SEC Network 7:00 pm • SEC Player of the Week – Georgia’s Yante Mat- shooting. *Georgia at Missouri ESPN2 9:00 pm • Auburn’s Anfernee McLemore ranks eighth na- *LSU at Arkansas SEC Network 9:00 pm en, a 6-foot-8, 243-pound senior forward from Pontiac, Mich., averaged 27 points and nine re- tionally with 3.25 blocked shots per game. Saturday, January 13 bounds in leading the Bulldogs to wins over Geor- • Tennessee’s James Daniel III is NCAA Division *Florida at Ole Miss CBS 1:00 pm gia Tech and Temple. Maten led the Bulldogs to I’s leading active scorer with 2,026 career points. *South Carolina at Georgia SEC Network 1:00 pm their most lopsided win over its bitter rival in more • Kentucky’s John Calipari reached the 700 on- *Auburn at Mississippi St. SEC Network 3:30 pm court wins milestone in 894 career games on *Kentucky at Vanderbilt ESPN/2 4:00 pm than a half-century, with a game-high 24 points *Missouri at Arkansas ESPN/2 6:00 pm and a team-high six rebounds versus Georgia Tech Nov. 26. Only Adolph Rupp (836 games), Jerry *Texas A&M at Tennessee SEC Network 6:00 pm while connecting on 69.2 percent of his shots from Tarkanian (876 games) and Roy Williams (879 *Alabama at LSU SEC Network 8:30 pm the floor. He exploded for a season-high 30 points games) reached 700 wins faster. 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.