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SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE 1-22 THROUGH THE YEARS 59-78 TOURNAMENTS & RANKINGS 123-152 A Legacy of Champions . 2-3 National Champions / SEC Champions . 60 SEC Tournament Champions and Standings. 124 The Standard of Excellence . .4-6 All-Time SEC Standings / All-Time Records . 61 SEC Tournament Records Breakdown. 125 SECU: The Academic Initiative of the SEC. 7 Annual Standings . 62-69 SEC Tournament Individual and Team Records . 126 The SEC Network . .8-9 National Statistical Champions . 70 SEC Tournament Single-Game Superlatives . 127 SEC Milestones . 10-11 Annual SEC Team Statistical Leaders . .71-74 SEC Tournament Results . .128-131 SEC Staff . 12 Annual SEC Individual Statistical Leaders . 75-77 SEC Tournament Attendance Records. 132 Commissioner Greg Sankey . 13 National Attendance Figures . 78 SEC Tournament Annual Attendance . .133-134 SEC Media Services. 14 SEC All-Tournament Teams . .135-136 SEC Corporate Sponsors/Licensing Program . 16 RECORD BOOK 79-100 SEC Tournament Leading Scorers / MVPs . 137 Composite Schedule . 16-19 SEC Individual Records . 80-89 SEC Tournament Seedings. 137 SEC Tournament. 20-21 SEC Team Records . .90-98 SEC Legends . 138 NCAA Tournament . 22 SEC Team Defensive Records. 99-100 SEC in the NCAA Tournament . 139 NCAA Tournament Appearances . 139 THE TEAMS 23-37 HONORS 101-122 NCAA Tournament Year-By-Year . 140 Alabama . 24 National / SEC Honors . 102-103 NCAA Tournament Results. 141-146 Arkansas . 25 SEC All-Americans . .104-105 NCAA Final Four Teams . 147 Auburn. 26 All-SEC Teams . 106-113 SEC in the National Invitation Tournament . 148 Florida . 27 SEC All-Freshman Teams. 114 NIT Appearances / Year-By-Year Totals. 148 Georgia . 28 SEC Freshmen/Rookies of the Week . 115 NIT Results . 148-150 Kentucky. 29 SEC Players of the Week . .116-117 SEC In NIT Season Tipoff. 151 LSU . 30 Miscellaneous Awards. 118 Final AP & UPI Poll Appearances . 152 Ole Miss. 31 SEC All-Defensive Teams. 118 Mississippi State . 32 SEC Community Service Teams . 119 COACHES 153-160 Missouri . 33 SEC In The NBA Draft . 120-122 Winningest SEC Coaches (By Percentage). 154 South Carolina . 34 Winningest SEC Coaches (By Victories). 155 Tennessee. 35 Coaching Honors . 156-157 Texas A&M . 36 SEC Championship Coaches. 158-159 Vanderbilt. 37 SEC Coaches in the NCAA Tournament . 160 2014-15 YEAR IN REVIEW 38-58 Standings / SEC & Postseason Tournament Results . 40 2015 Honors . 41 Miscellaneous Statistics . 42 NCAA Statistics . 43 SEC Statistical Leaders (All Games) . .44-46 SEC Statistical Leaders (SEC Games) . .47-49 2014-15 Team Statistics . .50-54 2014-15 Team Results. 55-58 CREDITS The 2015-16 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide is published by the Southeastern Conference Office, Greg Sankey, Commissioner. Permission to reprint materials in this publication, whether in whole or in part, must be obtained in writing from the editor. All information reproduced from this publication should credit the 2015-16 SEC Men’s Basketball Media Guide. Editor: Craig Pinkerton, Director of Communications Cover Design: BC Romano, Director of Video and Creative Services SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE • SEC • SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE • SEC 1 SEC BASKETBALL “LEGACY“LEGACY OOFF CCHAMPIONS”HAMPIONS” hroughout the history of men’s col- Elite Eight and five have gone on to the Final • Kentucky (2), LSU (3), Texas A&M (6) and lege basketball, the Southeastern Four (includes Division II). Mississippi State (20) have recruiting classes Conference has captured 11 NCAA • Five SEC coaches have been head coach- ranked in the Top 20 of ESPN.com’s national T Championships and four NIT titles, es in the Final Four (includes DII) with three rankings. Additionally, Auburn (28), South putting the SEC as one of the nation’s top winning national championships. Carolina (31), Arkansas (36) and Vanderbilt basketball conferences. • SEC coaches have combined to win near- (40) give the SEC eight of the Top 40 recruit- During the 2006-07 academic year the ly 4,600 games (4,585-2427). As a group, ing classes. Southeastern Conference became the first they have posted a winning percentage of • Six players ranked in the Top 20 of ESPN. conference to win the Division I National better than 65 percent. com’s Class of 2015 rankings signed with Championship in Football (Florida), Men’s • Two active SEC coaches are the all-time four different SEC schools, including the top Basketball (Florida) and Women’s Basketball winningest coach at their institution - UM’s two players in the class. (Tennessee) in the same school year. Andy Kennedy and VU’s Kevin Stallings. • Twenty of ESPN.com’s Top 100 players Only the SEC and the Big East have ever • 13 of the 14 SEC coaches have earned have signed with SEC schools in the class of won both the men’s and women’s basketball conference coach of the year honors and 2015. titles in one season. SEC won both three times five have been named national coach of the • Six players who earned All-SEC honors in 1996, 1998 and 2007. The Big East has year. in 2015 return for 2016, including first won both twice in 2003 and 2004. team All-SEC selections Stefan Moody (UM), The SEC swept both the NIT and THE NATION’S BEST PLAYERS Danuel House (AM) and Damian Jones (VU). NCAA Tournaments in 2006 when Florida • Ten SEC players were picked at the 2015 • Fourteen of the top 25 scorers from 2015 won its first NCAA championship and South NBA Draft, including six first rounders. are slated to return as well as 10 of the top Carolina earned its second straight NIT title. • Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns was draft- 20 rebounders and six of the top 10 play- Only four conferences have won both the NIT ed No. 1 overall in the 2015 NBA Draft. He makers. and NCAA title, including the Big East (2003), is the fourth SEC player to be picked first ACC (1992) and Big Ten (1979). overall in the draft and the third in the last POSTSEASON SUCCESS six years. • 2015 is the fourth time in the last five THE NATION’S BEST COACHES • Each of the six 2015 first team All- years that the SEC has had at least one team • Twelve of the 14 SEC coaches have led SECplayers available for the NBA Draft were in the Final Four. Each of those four years, their teams to the NCAA Tournament. One selected in the first 40 picks. Kentucky has been one of the SEC’s partici- not included in that list is entering his first • The SEC’s 13 NBA Draft early entrants pants. It is the 12th time in the last 23 years season coaching collegiately and was previ- were the most of any conference. That total the SEC has had at least one team in the ously named the NBA Coach of the Year was more than the Pac-12 (5), Big Ten (4) Final Four. while directing his team to the NBA Finals. and Big 12 (3) combined. • Six different SEC teams (Arkansas, Florida, The other coach has directed his teams to • Over the last eight NBA Drafts, 58 Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Mississippi three postseason appearances in four years SEC players have heard their names called. State) have appeared in the Final Four. as a head coach. Twenty-eight of those were selected in the • The SEC was 6-5 in NCAA Tournament • Eight SEC coaches have taken their teams first round and three were the No. 1 overall games in 2015. It is the sixth consecutive to the Sweet 16, seven have advanced to the pick. season the SEC has posted a winning record in the NCAA Tournament. It is the 54th time Kentucky won its eighth NCAA Championship in 2012 with a 67-59 win over Kansas. 2 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE • SEC • SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE • SEC SCHEDULING STRENGTH • All 14 SEC teams played regular season schedules that ranked in the Top 125 of ESPN’s RPI. • Entering the NCAA Tournament, eight SEC teams ranked in the top 25 percent of Division I teams according to the NCAA’s RPI. • Entering the NCAA Tournament, five SEC teams ranked in the Top 56 of the NCAA RPI, and 11 in the Top 105. • The SEC played the best non-conference schedules among the five power conferences in 2015 according to ESPN’s RPI. The aver- age SEC strength of non-conference sched- ule was 118.7 nationally, topping those of the Big Ten (139.9), ACC (140.6), Big 12 (152.1) and Pac-12 (165.9). ACADEMICS • A total of 86 men’s basketball students were named to the SEC Academic Honor Rolls in 2015 for having a grade point aver- age of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year or a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above. Florida won back-to-back NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007 • Alabama’s Levi Randolph was named second team Academic All-America the league has been .500 or better in NCAA 26 years. Thirteen of the SEC’s 14 members • Forty-two SEC men’s basketball stu- Tournament games. have advanced to the Sweet 16 since 1996. dents active in 2014-15 have received their • The SEC has won three of the last 10 • SEC teams are 13-2 (86.7 percent) in degrees. Additionally, former NBA stars NCAA titles (2006-Florida, 2007-Florida, postseason opening games over the last two Lee Mayberry, Ronnie Brewer and Ronald 2012 Kentucky). No other conference has years (7-0 in 2014, 6-2 in 2015). Dupree were among players returning to won more titles during that stretch. • Every team in the SEC has made at least complete their degrees.