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December 11, 2020 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 Arkansas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-0 1.000 5-0 0-0 0-0 W5 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Florida 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 2-0 W3 Georgia 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-0 1.000 4-0 0-0 0-0 W4 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Ole Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 (All Times Eastern) Missouri 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 1-0 W4 Tuesday, December 8 Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 at #12 Tennessee 56, Colorado 47 Texas A&M 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 W3 at Georgia 63, Montana 60 Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 at Mississippi St. 82, Jackson St. 59 Arkansas at Tulsa canceled Alabama 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-1 .750 1-0 0-0 2-1 W2 Vanderbilt at SMU canceled LSU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-1 .750 1-0 0-1 1-0 W1 Mississippi State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-2 .600 3-0 0-0 0-2 W3 Wednesday, December 9 at Arkansas 79, Southern 44 Auburn 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-2 .500 1-0 0-1 1-1 W1 at Missouri 69, Liberty 60 South Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-2 .333 0-0 0-1 1-1 L1 UT-Martin at Tennessee canceled Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-3 .250 1-1 0-0 0-2 L3 Thursday, December 10 at Ole Miss 80, Jackson St. 45 Wofford at South Carolina canceled • SEC Player of the Week – Missouri guard Mark Draft in the last 11 years. Smith, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound senior from Ed- • The 2020 NBA Draft marked the fourth time Friday, December 11 wardsville, Ill., averaged 17 points, 3.5 rebounds (1988, 2015 and 2018) that the SEC had four NC-Central at Vanderbilt SECN+ 8:00 pm and two assists in wins over No. 21 Oregon and lottery picks in a single NBA Draft. Saturday, December 12 at Wichita State. Smith ripped the nets to the tune • Nine former SEC players from six different Holiday Hoopsgiving (Atlanta, GA) of 52.6 percent shooting from the field, 45.4 per- schools were on the rosters of the Los Angeles Mississippi St. vs. Dayton ESPNEWS 12:00 pm cent shooting from 3-point range and a perfect Lakers and Miami Heat in the 2020 NBA Finals. LSU vs. South Fla. canceled Auburn vs. Memphis SECN Alernate 5:00 pm 9-of-9 clip from the foul line. He had a game- That was more than double the total of any other Alabama vs. Clemson ACC Network Extra 7:30 pm high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting and six re- conference. Florida at #20 Florida St. ESPNU 11:00 am bounds in a dominant outing at Wichita State. • Five of the 10 players named to the 2020 NBA Notre Dame at Kentucky CBS 12:00 pm • SEC Freshman of the Week – Arkansas guard All-Defensive teams were from SEC schools. Cincinnati at #12 Tennessee SECN Alernate 12:30 pm Texas A&M vs. TCU (at Fort Worth, TX) ESPN+ 2:00 pm Moses Moody, a 6-foot-6, 205-pound freshman • The SEC’s 15 NCAA Tournament selections UNC Wilmington at Ole Miss SECN+ 5:00 pm from Little Rock, Ark., averaged 21 points, 8.5 since 2018 are second-most in the nation. Central Arkansas at Arkansas SECN+ 6:00 pm rebounds and two assists in wins over UT Arling- Samford at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 pm #6 Illinois at Missouri SECN Alernate 8:00 pm ton and Lipscomb. He had 24 pts and nine re- Watch Lists: bounds versus UTA to become the first Razorback • Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award – Sunday, December 13 freshman since Bobby Portis in 2014 to have at Javonte Smart (LS) Mississippi Valley St. at Vanderbilt SEC Network 3:00 pm least 24 and nine in a game. • Jerry West Award Shooting Guard of the Year Monday, December 14 • Six teams are receiving mention in the De- – John Petty Jr. (UA); Scottie Lewis (UF); Terrence Sam Houston St. at LSU SEC Network 12:00 pm cember 6 Associated Press Top 25 highlighted Clarke (UK) Central Arkansas at Ole Miss SEC Network 6:00 pm by Tennessee (12th). Florida, Missouri and Ala- • Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award South Carolina at George Washington canceled bama are receiving votes. – Keyontae Johnson (UF); Brandon Boston Jr. Tuesday, December 15 • Mississippi State head coach Ben Howland (UK); Yves Pons (UT) Appalachian St. at Tennessee SEC Network 7:00 pm registered his 500th career win on Nov. 30 • Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award SE Louisiana at Texas A&M SECN+ 7:00 pm against Texas State. – Isaiah Jackson (UK); Trendon Watford (LS); Texas Southern at Auburn SECN+ 7:00 pm • Tennessee was the favorite to win the 2021 John Fulkerson (UT); Kevin Marfo (AM) Furman at Alabama SEC Network 9:00 pm Detroit Mercy at Kentucky canceled SEC championship in a preseason poll of media • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year from around the league and nation. Kentucky Award – Olivier Sarr (UK) Wednesday, December 16 was picked to finish second and is followed by • Naismith Trophy – B.J. Boston (UK); Terrence Richmond at Vanderbilt SEC Network 1:00 pm North Fla. at Florida SEC Network 7:00 pm LSU, Florida and Alabama. Florida’s Keyontae Clarke (UK); Keyontae Johnson (UF); Yves Pons Central Arkansas at Mississippi St. SECN+ 8:00 pm Johnson was selected by the media as the pre- (UT); Javonte Smart (LS); Trendon Watford (LS) New Orleans at LSU SEC Network 9:00 pm season player of the year. • NABC Player of the Year – B.J. Boston (UK); Ole Miss at Middle Tenn. CBSSN 8:00 pm • For the second year in a row, 12 SEC players Keyontae Johnson (UF); Trendon Watford (LS) Friday, December 18 were picked in the 2020 NBA Draft, including six • John A. Wooden Award – Brandon Boston Jr. Prairie View A&M at Missouri 8:00 pm who were chosen in the first round. (UK); John Fulkerson (UT); Keyontae Johnson Tennessee Tech at Tennessee SECN+ 7:00 pm • Georgia’s Anthony Edwards became the fifth (UF); Yves Pons (UT); Olivier Sarr (UK); Javonte SEC player to be picked first overall in the NBA Smart (LS); Trendon Watford (LS) Game Times and Dates are subject to change. 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. Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-5401 Twitter: @AlabamaMBB; @Nate_Oats; @asjordan1 Weekly Awards Arkansas – Mike Cawood www.arkansasrazorbacks.com The SEC will name a Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week in men’s Email: [email protected] Office: (479) 575-3114 basketball each Monday of the season. Each week’s selections will be released Twitter: @ArkRazorbacks; @EricPMusselman; @ThreeHartsHeads on Mondays and will also be announced in the league’s weekly releases. Nom- Auburn – Cody Voga www.auburntigers.com Email: [email protected] Office: (334) 844-9800 inations for the award are made each week by the men’s basketball media Twitter: @AuburnMBB; @CoachBrucePearl; @CodyVoga relations contacts. Florida – Denver Parler www.floridagators.com Email: [email protected] Office: (352) 375-4683 x6100 Internet Twitter: @GatorsMBK; @MikeWhiteUF; @DenverParler; General SEC basketball information can be accessed on the Web at www. Georgia – Mike Mobley www.georgiadogs.com secsports.com. The basketball section is updated with new material daily on Email: [email protected] Office: (706) 542-8052 the page, with standings, statistics, game previews, notes and other important Twitter: @UGABasketball; @TomCrean; @uga_mjiggsmobs information. The SEC basketball release can also be printed off of the secsports. Kentucky – Eric Lindsey & Deb Moore www.ukathletics.com com website in an Adobe Acrobat file. Adobe Reader, which is used to read Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Office: (859) 257-3838 the Adobe Acrobat file, can be downloaded for free on your computer on the Twitter: @KentuckyMBB; @UKCoachCalipari; @EricLindsey7 adobe.com website. LSU – Kent Lowe www.lsusports.net The SEC also offers a media-only section of the website - www.secsportsme- Email: [email protected] Office: (225) 578-8226 dia.com. Media covering the SEC can retrieve information from the conference Twitter: @LSUBasketball; @wwadelsu; @LSUKent office as well as the 14 SEC institutions from the media site.