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March 5, 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 1 www.SECsports.com Alabama 15-2 .882 9-0 6-2 20-6 .769 12-1 6-3 2-2 W2 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Arkansas 12-4 .750 7-1 5-3 20-5 .800 15-1 5-4 0-0 W7 LSU 10-6 .625 7-1 3-5 15-8 .652 11-2 3-6 1-0 W1 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Florida 9-6 .600 5-3 4-3 13-7 .650 6-3 5-4 2-0 L1 (All Times Eastern) Tennessee 9-7 .563 5-3 4-4 16-7 .696 12-3 4-4 0-0 L1 Saturday, February 20 Missouri 8-7 .533 3-3 5-4 15-7 .682 8-3 6-4 1-0 W1 *Kentucky 70, at #19 Tennessee 55 Ole Miss 9-8 .529 5-3 4-5 14-10 .583 9-4 5-6 0-0 W1 *at #9 Alabama 82, Vanderbilt 78 Mississippi State 8-9 .471 3-6 5-3 14-12 .539 9-6 5-3 0-3 W1 *#20 Missouri 93, at South Carolina 78 *at Florida 70, Georgia 63 Kentucky 7-9 .438 3-4 4-5 8-15 .348 4-6 4-6 0-3 L2 *at LSU 104, Auburn 80 Georgia 7-10 .412 5-4 2-6 14-10 .583 12-4 2-6 0-0 L1 *Mississippi State 66, at Ole Miss 56 Auburn 6-11 .353 3-5 3-6 12-14 .462 7-5 3-8 2-1 L1 *#24 Arkansas at Texas A&M postponed South Carolina 4-11 .267 2-6 2-5 6-13 .316 3-6 2-6 1-1 L1 Tuesday, February 23 Texas A&M 2-7 .222 1-4 1-3 8-8 .500 6-4 2-3 0-1 L1 *at Georgia 91, LSU 78 Vanderbilt 3-12 .200 2-6 1-6 8-14 .364 6-7 2-7 0-0 W1 *Florida 74, at Auburn 57 *Ole Miss 60, at #24 Missouri 53 1-SEC Champion *Texas A&M at Kentucky postponed • SEC Player of the Week – Florida guard Tre Challenge by winning five of the nine games on Wednesday, February 24 Mann, a 6-foot-5, 190-pound sophomore from January 30. The SEC has a 25-24 lead in the *at Mississippi State 69, South Carolina 48 Gainesville, Fla., averaged 20.0 points, 10.5 event over the last five years. *at #20 Arkansas 81, #6 Alabama 66 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals in wins at • Kentucky’s Davion Mintz and Olivier Sarr & Ten- *#25 Tennessee 70, at Vanderbilt 58 Auburn and at Kentucky. Mann recorded his first nessee’s John Fulkerson and Yves Pons have been Saturday, February 27 career double-double with a 19-point, 13-re- named candidates for the Senior CLASS Award. *at Auburn 77, #25 Tennessee 72 bound outing at Auburn. He scored 11 of the • Georgia’s Sahvir Wheeler recorded the first *South Carolina 91, at Georgia 70 Gators final 20 points to close out the win at triple-double in the school’s 116-season histo- *at #20 Arkansas 83, LSU 75 *at Vanderbilt 75, Ole Miss 70 Kentucky and dropped in 14 of his 21 in the sec- ry with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists *Florida 71, at Kentucky 67 ond half. Mann became the only Gator dating against LSU on Feb. 23. *#6 Alabama 64, at Mississippi State 59 back to 1970 to lead the team outright in points • Tennessee was the favorite to win the 2021 *Texas A&M at #24 Missouri postponed and rebounds in back-to-back wins with both SEC championship in a preseason poll of media Tuesday, March 2 games on the road. from around the league and nation. Kentucky *#12 Arkansas 101, at South Carolina 73 • SEC Freshman of the Week – Arkansas guard was picked to finish second and is followed by *at #8 Alabama 70, Auburn 58 Moses Moody, a 6-foot-6, 205-pound freshman LSU, Florida and Alabama. Florida’s Keyontae *at LSU 83, Vanderbilt 68 Johnson was selected by the media as the pre- *at Ole Miss 70, Kentucky 62 from Little Rock, Ark., averaged 21.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in wins against No. 6 season player of the year. Wednesday, March 3 Alabama and LSU. Moody set career highs in • Five former SEC played have been named *Missouri 72, at Florida 70 assists in both games (4 vs. UA and then 5 vs. 2021 NBA All-Stars. Washington’s Bradley Beal *Mississippi State 63, at Texas A&M 57 LS). He was 16-of-19 at the line in leading Ar- (UF) was named a starter while the Los Angeles Thursday, March 4 kansas with 24 points against Alabama. Moody Lakers’ Anthony Davis (UK), New York’s Julius Vanderbilt 78, at Cincinnati 64 had 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists Randle (UK) and Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons against LSU. (LS) were named reserves. Phoenix’s Devin Book- Saturday, March 6 *South Carolina at Kentucky ESPN 12:00 pm • Five SEC teams rank in the Top 30 of the er was added to the roster by Adam Silver. *Mississippi State at Auburn SEC Network 1:00 pm NCAA’s March 5 NET rankings. That is the third- • Seventy-seven players from SEC schools were *#8 Alabama at Georgia CBS 2:00 pm most in the nation. on 2020-21 NBA Opening Day rosters. All 14 *LSU at Missouri SEC Network 3:00 pm SEC schools were represented and at least one *Texas A&M at #12 Arkansas SEC Network 5:00 pm • Five teams are receiving mention in the March *Vanderbilt at Ole Miss SEC Network 7:00 pm 1 Associated Press Top 25 highlighted by Ala- SEC player is on 28 of 30 NBA rosters. bama (8th) and Arkansas (12th) Florida, Tennes- • For the second year in a row, 12 SEC players Sunday, March 7 see and Missouri are receiving votes. were picked in the 2020 NBA Draft, including six *Florida at Tennessee ESPNU 12:00 pm • Seven teams rank among the Top 40 defensive who were chosen in the first round. teams in the nation according to KenPom.com. • Georgia’s Anthony Edwards became the fifth • Alabama clinched its eighth SEC regular sea- SEC player to be picked first overall in the NBA son championship and the No. 1 seed in the SEC Draft in the last 11 years. Tournament. It is the Crimson Tide’s first SEC title • The 2020 NBA Draft marked the fourth time since 2002. (1988, 2015 and 2018) that the SEC had four Game Times and Dates are subject to change. • The SEC won the eighth annual SEC/Big 12 lottery picks in a single NBA Draft. 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. An internet photo Ole Miss – Adam Kuffner www.olemisssports.com gallery, logos and a championship credentialing system for SEC basketball is Email: [email protected] Office: (662) 915-7509 available on the site.