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January 8, 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 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 14-1 .933 8-0 3-0 3-1 W12 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Florida 3-0 1.000 1-0 2-0 11-4 .733 6-2 2-0 3-2 W5 Georgia 2-1 .667 2-0 0-1 11-3 .786 8-0 2-2 1-1 W2 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Kentucky 2-1 .667 1-0 1-1 12-3 .800 10-0 1-1 1-2 L1 (All Times Eastern) Ole Miss 2-1 .667 2-0 0-1 9-6 .600 8-3 0-2 1-1 W1 Tuesday, January 2 LSU 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 10-4 .714 7-2 2-0 1-2 W1 *Auburn 94, at #23 Tennessee 84 Mississippi State 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 13-2 .867 12-0 0-2 1-0 L1 *at Vanderbilt 76, Alabama 75 *Florida 83, at #11 Texas A&M 66 Missouri 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 11-4 .733 7-1 2-1 2-2 L1 *at Mississippi St. 78, #22 Arkansas 75 Alabama 1-2 .333 1-0 0-2 9-6 .600 6-2 0-3 3-1 L2 Arkansas 1-2 .333 1-0 0-2 11-4 .733 8-0 0-3 3-1 L2 Wednesday, January 3 *at Georgia 71, Ole Miss 60 South Carolina 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 10-5 .667 6-1 2-2 2-2 W1 *#17 Kentucky 74, at LSU 71 Tennessee 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 10-4 .714 6-2 2-1 2-1 W1 *Missouri 79, at South Carolina 68 Vanderbilt 1-2 .333 1-0 0-2 6-9 .400 6-3 0-4 0-2 L1 Saturday, January 6 Texas A&M 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 11-4 .733 7-2 1-1 3-1 L3 *at Georgia 65, Alabama 46 *Florida 77, at Missouri 75 Conference Notes points and six rebounds against Arkansas. Auburn *LSU 69, at #11 Texas A&M 68 *at Ole Miss 64, Mississippi St. 58 • Six SEC teams rank in the top 30 of the Jan. 8 was +19 with Heron on the court during the week *at Auburn 88, #22 Arkansas 77 NCAA RPI, including No. 10 Tennessee, No. 12 and is +162 on the season (+10.8 per game). *at South Carolina 71, Vanderbilt 60 Kentucky, No. 13 Auburn, No. 17 Arkansas, No. Heron and his teammates finished the week on a *at #23 Tennessee 76, #17 Kentucky 65 28 Texas A&M and No. 30 Missouri. 12-game winning streak, the longest streak by a Tuesday, January 9 • Eleven teams in the Top 70 of the RPI leads the Tiger team since the 1999-2000 campaign. *Texas A&M at Kentucky ESPN 7:00 pm nation. • SEC Freshman of the Week – LSU’s Tremont *South Carolina at Alabama SEC Network 7:00 pm • Nine SEC schools have played schedules that Waters, a 5-foot-11, 167-pound guard from New *Tennessee at Vanderbilt SEC Network 9:00 pm rank in the Top 50 according to the Jan. 8 NCAA Haven, Conn., averaged 19.5 points, eight re- *Ole Miss at Auburn ESPNU 9:00 pm RPI. bounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals against 17th- Wednesday, January 10 • Thirteen SEC schools have a Top 150 SOS. ranked Kentucky and at No. 11 Texas A&M. Wa- *Mississippi St. at Florida SEC Network 7:00 pm • Seven teams are receiving mention in the Asso- ters made two treys from 30-plus feet in the final *Georgia at Missouri ESPN2 9:00 pm ciated Press Top 25 highlighted by Kentucky (21st), 12 seconds to beat Texas A&M Saturday in Col- *LSU at Arkansas SEC Network 9:00 pm Auburn (22nd) and Tennessee (24th). Florida, lege Station. The first came with LSU down five Saturday, January 13 Texas A&M, Georgia and Arkansas are receiving and 12 seconds left. The game winner came after *Florida at Ole Miss CBS 1:00 pm votes. A&M missed two free throws and an LSU timeout *South Carolina at Georgia SEC Network 1:00 pm • SEC basketball teams entered the start of with 3.0 to play. Waters hit a 35-footer over two *Auburn at Mississippi St. SEC Network 3:30 pm league play having won 76.1 percent of their Aggies with 0.7 on the clock to give LSU the win. *Kentucky at Vanderbilt ESPN 4:00 pm *Missouri at Arkansas ESPN2 6:00 pm non-conference games. That is the best winning • Auburn (14-1) is off to its best start since begin- *Texas A&M at Tennessee SEC Network 6:00 pm percentage at the start of league play since 2006- ning the 1999-00 campaign with a 16-1 record. *Alabama at LSU SEC Network 8:30 pm 07 (77.8 percent). • Georgia’s Yante Maten was selected as candi- • The SEC has implemented a collaborative pro- dates for the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award. Tuesday, January 16 *Georgia at LSU ESPNU 7:00 pm cess for instant replay for the 2017-18 conference • Andy Kennedy became the 23rd coach in SEC *Vanderbilt at Mississippi St. SEC Network 7:00 pm season. More information about this process can history to record 100 wins in SEC regular season *Kentucky at South Carolina ESPN 9:00 pm be found on page 3 of this release. games on January 6. He joins John Calipari as *Ole Miss at Texas A&M SEC Network 9:00 pm • The SEC Tournament will be played on the west- the only two active SEC coaches with 100 confer- ern banks of the Mississippi River for the first time Wednesday, January 17 ence wins. *Arkansas at Florida ESPN2 7:00 pm when St. Louis, Mo, plays host to the 2018 event. • Eleven SEC teams (Auburn 7th, Texas A&M 9th, *Auburn at Alabama SEC Network 7:00 pm Team/Individual Notes Alabama 9th, Mississippi State 14th, Kentucky *Tennessee at Missouri SEC Network 9:00 pm • SEC Player of the Week – Auburn’s Mustapha 20th, Ole Miss 25th,Tennessee 31st, Missouri 35th, Arkansas 37th, Florida 43rd and Georgia Saturday, January 20 Heron, a 6-foot-5, 218-pound sophomore guard *LSU at Vanderbilt SEC Network 1:00 pm from Waterbury, Conn., averaged 16.5 points, 48th) rank in the Top 50 in the NCAA in blocked *Ole Miss at Arkansas SEC Network 3:30 pm and 5.5 rebounds in wins at No. 23 Tennessee shots. *Missouri at Texas A&M ESPN/2 4:00 pm and against No. 22 Arkansas. It is the first time • Florida’s Egor Koulechov, who saw a streak of *Georgia at Auburn SEC Network 6:00 pm 32 consecutive free throws made come to an end *Tennessee at South Carolina ESPN/2 6:00 pm Auburn has earned back-to-back victories against *Florida at Kentucky ESPN 8:15 pm ranked SEC opponents since 1958. Heron had at Missouri on Jan. 6, ranks third in the nation with *Mississippi St. at Alabama SEC Network 8:30 pm 15 points, five rebounds, two steals and an assist his 97.6 percent free throw shooting. at Tennessee. He then followed that up with 17 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.