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December 29, 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 Auburn 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-1 .917 6-0 2-0 3-1 W9 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Mississippi State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-1 .917 11-0 0-1 0-0 W3 Texas A&M 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-1 .917 7-0 1-0 3-1 W4 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Arkansas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 8-0 0-1 2-1 W5 (All Times Eastern) Georgia 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-2 .818 6-0 2-1 1-1 W2 Thursday, December 21 Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-2 .818 8-0 0-0 1-2 L1 at #8 Texas A&M 89, Buffalo 73 Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-2 .818 5-1 2-0 2-1 W2 Friday, December 22 Missouri 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-3 .769 7-0 1-1 2-2 L1 at Georgia 84, Temple 66 LSU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 7-1 1-0 1-2 W3 at Florida 75, Incarnate Word 60 South Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 5-0 2-1 2-2 W1 at Ole Miss 82, Bradley 59 at Vanderbilt 92, Alcorn St. 51 Alabama 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-4 .667 5-1 0-1 3-2 L1 at LSU 104, North Florida 52 Florida 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-4 .667 5-2 0-0 3-2 W2 Texas 66, Alabama 50 Ole Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-5 .583 6-3 0-1 1-1 W2 Saturday, December 23 Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-7 .417 5-3 0-2 0-2 W2 #21 Tennessee 79, at Wake Forest 60 at Auburn 89, UConn 64 Conference Notes from the floor. He exploded for a season-high 30 CBS Sports Classic (New Orleans, LA) UCLA 83, #7 Kentucky 75 • An NCAA-best four SEC teams rank in the top points and also collected a game-high 12 boards Mississippi St. 70, Southern Miss 64 17 of the Dec. 28 NCAA RPI, including No. 7 against Temple, which entered the game at No. Illinois 70, Missouri 64 Texas A&M, No. 9 Tennessee, No. 14 Arkansas 12 in the NCAA RPI. He notched his fifth double- and No. 17 Missouri. double of the season and fifth career 30-point Wednesday, December 27 at South Carolina 74, Limestone 45 • Nine SEC teams rank in the Top 55 of the outing. Maten ascended into Georgia’s top-10 at Arkansas 95, CSU Bakersfield 68 NCAA RPI. career leaders for points and rebounds during the • Six SEC schools have played schedules that rank week Thursday, December 28 in the Top 50 according to the Dec. 18 NCAA RPI. • SEC Freshman of the Week – Texas A&M’s Sav- LSU 71, at Memphis 61 • An NCAA-leading 10 SEC schools have a non- ion Flagg, a 6-foot-7, 217-pound forward from Friday, December 29 conference SOS that ranks in the Top 150. Alvin, Texas, averaged 16.5 points and nine re- Louisville at #16 Kentucky CBS Sports 1:00 pm • Six teams are receiving mention in the Associ- bounds while shooting 62.5 percent from the field ated Press Top 25 highlighted by Texas A&M (5th), in leading the Aggies to wins over Northern Ken- Saturday, December 30 Kentucky (16th) and Tennessee (19th). Arkansas, tucky and Buffalo. With the Aggies short-handed *#19 Tennessee at Arkansas SEC Network 1:00 pm Cornell at Auburn SEC Network 3:30 pm Auburn and Florida are receiving votes. due, Flagg stepped up to produce his first career North Florida at Mississippi St. SECN+ 4:00 pm • SEC teams have won 75.9 percent (126-40) of double-double with a 12-point, 10-rebound out- *Vanderbilt at Florida ESPN2 4:00 pm their non-conference games this season. That is ing against Northern Kentucky before registering *#5 Texas A&M at Alabama ESPN2 6:00 pm the best winning percentage at the start of league a personal-best 21 points in the win over Buffalo. Sunday, December 31 play since entering conference play with a 77.8 • Texas A&M is holding opponents to just 36.1 *Georgia at Kentucky ESPN 6:00 pm percentage in 2006-07. percent shooting from the field and 26.8 percent *South Carolina at Ole Miss ESPN2 6:00 pm • SEC teams are 89-11 (.890) at home and have from 3-point range, both of which rank fourth in won 35 games on road/neutral courts this season. the nation. Tuesday, January 2 *Auburn at Tennessee ESPNU 7:00 pm • The SEC schedule begins December 30 with • LSU ranks eighth nationally by converting 51.5 *Alabama at Vanderbilt SEC Network 7:00 pm three games and then follows up with two games percent of its field goal attempts. *Florida at Texas A&M ESPN2 9:00 pm on December 31. • Arkansas ranks ninth nationally by averaging *Arkansas at Mississippi St. SEC Network 9:00 pm • The SEC Tournament will be played on the west- 90.0 points per game. Wednesday, January 3 ern banks of the Mississippi River for the first time • Florida’s Egor Koulechov ranks third in the na- *Ole Miss at Georgia SEC Network 6:30 pm when St. Louis, Mo, plays host to the 2018 event. tion with his 96.8 percent free throw shooting. *Kentucky at LSU SEC Network 8:30 pm • Auburn’s Anfernee McLemore ranks eighth na- Team/Individual Notes *Missouri at South Carolina ESPN2 9:00 pm tionally with 3.25 blocked shots per game. • SEC Player of the Week – Georgia’s Yante Mat- • Tennessee’s James Daniel III is NCAA Division Saturday, January 6 en, a 6-foot-8, 243-pound senior forward from I’s leading active scorer with 2,009 career points. *Alabama at Georgia SEC Network 12:00 pm Pontiac, Mich., averaged 27 points and nine re- • Kentucky’s John Calipari reached the 700 on- *Florida at Missouri CBS 1:00 pm bounds in leading the Bulldogs to wins over Geor- *LSU at Texas A&M SEC Network 2:15 pm court wins milestone in 894 career games on gia Tech and Temple. Maten led the Bulldogs to *Mississippi St. at Ole Miss SEC Network 4:30 pm Nov. 26. Only Adolph Rupp (836 games), Jerry *Arkansas at Auburn ESPNU 6:00 pm their most lopsided win over its bitter rival in more Tarkanian (876 games) and Roy Williams (879 *Vanderbilt at South Carolina SEC Network 6:45 pm than a half-century, with a game-high 24 points games) reached 700 wins faster. *Kentucky at Tennessee SEC Network 9:00 pm and a team-high six rebounds versus Georgia Tech while connecting on 69.2 percent of his shots 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. 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.