January 29, 2021 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 9-0 1.000 5-0 4-0 14-3 .824 8-1 4-0 2-2 W10 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Florida 6-3 .667 4-1 2-2 9-4 .692 5-1 2-3 2-0 W3 LSU 6-3 .667 4-1 2-2 11-4 .733 7-1 2-3 1-0 W1 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Tennessee 5-3 .625 3-2 2-1 11-3 .786 9-2 2-1 0-0 W1 (All Times Eastern) Missouri 4-3 .571 1-1 3-2 10-3 .769 5-1 4-2 1-0 L1 Saturday, January 23 Arkansas 5-4 .556 3-1 2-3 13-4 .765 11-1 2-3 0-0 W3 *Auburn 109, at South Carolina 86 Kentucky 4-4 .500 3-1 2-3 5-10 .333 3-3 2-4 0-3 L1 *Arkansas 92, at Vanderbilt 71 Auburn 4-5 .444 2-2 2-3 10-7 .588 6-2 2-4 2-1 W2 *Florida 92, at Georgia 84 *at Ole Miss 61, Texas A&M 50 Mississippi State 4-5 .444 2-3 2-2 9-8 .529 7-3 2-2 0-3 L3 *at #18 Alabama 81, Mississippi State 73 Ole Miss 3-5 .375 2-2 1-3 8-7 .533 6-3 2-4 0-0 L1 *at Kentucky 82, LSU 69 South Carolina 2-3 .400 2-1 0-2 4-5 .444 3-1 0-3 1-1 W1 *#19 Missouri 73, at #6 Tennessee 64 Georgia 2-6 .250 1-3 1-3 9-6 .600 8-3 1-3 0-0 L2 Tuesday, January 26 Texas A&M 2-6 .250 1-3 1-3 7-7 .500 6-3 1-3 0-1 L3 *at #9 Alabama 70, Kentucky 59 Vanderbilt 0-6 .000 0-3 0-3 4-8 .333 4-4 0-4 0-0 L6 *at #18 Tennessee 56, Mississippi State 53 *at Auburn 88, #12 Missouri 82 * LSU 78, at Texas A&M 66 • SEC Player of the Week – Missouri guard lier this year. Wednesday, January 27 Dru Smith, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior from • Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes tied Phog *at Florida 78, Vanderbilt 71 Evansville, Ind., averaged 17.0 points, 4.0 re- Allen and Don Haskins for 20th on the all-time *at South Carolina 83, Georgia 59 *at Arkansas 74, Ole Miss 59 bounds and 2.5 assists while committing just two Division I wins list with his 719th win on Jan. 16. total turnovers in wins over South Carolina and • Mississippi State head coach Ben Howland Saturday, January 30 at No. 6 Tennessee. Smith poured in 16 points registered his 500th career win on Nov. 30 SEC/Big 12 Challenge on only six field goal attempts against South Car- against Texas State. #9 Alabama at #24 Oklahoma ESPN 12:00 pm Texas A&M at Kansas State ESPNU 12:00 pm olina, becoming just the fifth different Tiger to do • Arkansas’ 142 points against Mississippi Val- Florida at #11 West Virginia ESPN 2:00 pm so in a game since 2010. He followed with an ley St. in the season-opener are the fourth-most #10 Texas Tech at LSU ESPN2 2:00 pm SEC-high 18 points at Tennessee, finishing with in SEC history. TCU at #12 Missouri ESPNU 2:00 pm zero turnovers and two assists in 35 minutes. • Tennessee was the favorite to win the 2021 Auburn at #2 Baylor ESPN 4:00 pm Arkansas at Oklahoma State ESPN2 4:00 pm • SEC Freshman of the Week – Alabama’s Josh- SEC championship in a preseason poll of media Iowa State at Mississippi State ESPN2 6:00 pm ua Primo, a 6-foot-6, 190-pound freshman from from around the league and nation. Kentucky #15 Kansas at #18 Tennessee ESPN 6:00 pm Toronto, Ontario, averaged 19.0 points, 5.0 was picked to finish second and is followed by #5 Texas at Kentucky canceled *Ole Miss at Georgia SEC Network 6:00 pm threes made and 3.5 rebounds per game in wins LSU, Florida and Alabama. Florida’s Keyontae *South Carolina at Vanderbilt SEC Network 8:30 pm at LSU and over Mississippi State. He shot an Johnson was selected by the media as the pre- incredible 73.7 percent (14-of-19) from the floor season player of the year. Tuesday, February 2 and 76.9 percent (10-of-13) from beyond the • Seventy-seven players from SEC schools were *Georgia at Auburn SEC Network 7:00 pm *Tennessee at Ole Miss ESPN2 7:00 pm arc on the week. on 2020-21 NBA Opening Day rosters. All 14 *Mississippi State at Arkansas SEC Network 9:00 pm • The eighth annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge will SEC schools were represented and at least one *Kentucky at Missouri ESPN/2 9:00 pm take place on January 30 with both conferences SEC player is on 28 of 30 NBA rosters. scheduled to host five games. Last year resulted • For the second year in a row, 12 SEC players Wednesday, February 3 *South Carolina at Florida SEC Network 6:30 pm in a tie with both leagues taking home five wins. were picked in the 2020 NBA Draft, including six *LSU at Alabama ESPN2 7:00 pm Over the last four years of the Challenge, both who were chosen in the first round. *Vanderbilt at Texas A&M SEC Network 8:30 pm conferences have won 20 games. • Georgia’s Anthony Edwards became the fifth • Six SEC teams rank in the Top 40 of the NCAA’s SEC player to be picked first overall in the NBA Saturday, February 6 *Alabama at Missouri ESPN 12:00 pm Jan. 29 NET rankings. That is second-most in the Draft in the last 11 years. *Vanderbilt at Georgia SEC Network 1:00 pm nation. • The 2020 NBA Draft marked the fourth time *Florida at LSU ESPN/2 2:00 pm • Road teams have won 24 of 56 (42.9 percent) (1988, 2015 and 2018) that the SEC had four *Mississippi State at South Carolina SEC Network 3:30 pm conference games played to date. *Ole Miss at Auburn ESPN2 4:00 pm lottery picks in a single NBA Draft. *Texas A&M at Arkansas SEC Network 6:00 pm • Four teams are receiving mention in the Jan- • Nine former SEC players from six different *Tennessee at Kentucky ESPN 8:00 pm uary 25 Associated Press Top 25 highlighted by schools were on the rosters of the Los Angeles Alabama (ninth), Missouri (12th) and Tennessee Lakers and Miami Heat in the 2020 NBA Finals. (18th). Florida is receiving votes. That was more than double the total of any other • Alabama’s 23 3-pointers made against LSU conference. on Jan. 19 broke the SEC record of 22 that they • Five of the 10 players named to the 2020 NBA Game Times and Dates are subject to change. had set last season and was tied by Auburn ear- All-Defensive teams were from SEC schools. SEC BASKETBALL MEDIA SERVICES SEC Release SEC Tournament The conference basketball release will be available each Monday via the For further concerning media coverage of the SEC Tournament, please con- league’s website. Any media representative wishing to receive information via tact the SEC Communications Department. e-mail should register on www.secsportsmedia.com. SEC standings and results will be updated each weekday, while conference statistics will be updated as SEC Basketball Media Contacts often as needed based on the schedule of play. Information is also available via Alabama – Aaron Jordan www.rolltide.com the school’s SIDs. 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