November 26, 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 Florida 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 2-0 W5 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Mississippi State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-0 1.000 4-0 0-0 0-0 W4 Texas A&M 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 3-0 W5 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Alabama 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-1 .833 3-0 0-0 2-1 L1 (All Times Eastern) Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-1 .833 5-0 0-0 0-1 W3 Thursday, November 23 Missouri 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-1 .833 3-0 0-1 2-0 W3 AdvoCare Invitational (Lake Buena Vista, FL) Arkansas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 3-0 0-0 1-1 L1 Missouri 95, Long Beach St. 58 Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) Auburn 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 2-0 0-0 2-1 W2 #5 Villanova 85, Tennessee 76 Georgia 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 3-0 1-0 0-1 L1 NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, NY) Ole Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 3-0 0-0 1-1 W1 Virginia 68, Vanderbilt 42 PK80 Invitational/Victory (Portland, OR) South Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 1-0 1-0 2-1 W2 Arkansas 92, Oklahoma 83 Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 2-0 0-0 2-1 W1 PK80 Invitational/Motion (Portland, OR) LSU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-2 .600 2-0 0-0 1-2 L2 #7 Florida 108, Stanford 87 Wooden Legacy (Fullerton, CA) Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-4 .333 2-1 0-1 0-2 L3 Georgia 64, Cal St. Fullerton 57 Conference Notes beyond the arc was the highest in league history Friday, November 24 AdvoCare Invitational (Lake Buena Vista, FL) • Five SEC teams are receiving votes in the As- of any player who has made at least 10 threes in Missouri 90, St. John’s 82 sociated Press preseason poll. Florida leads the a contest. Barclays Center Classic (Brooklyn, NY) group at No. 7 while Kentucky is 8th, Texas A&M • South Carolina’s Frank Martin won his 100th #25 Alabama 71, BYU 59 is 16th and Alabama is 25th. Arkansas is receiv- game at the school on Sunday, Nov. 19. Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) Tennessee 67, NC State 58 ing votes. • Alabama is ranked in the Associated Press Poll PK80 Invitational/Victory (Portland, OR) • Kentucky was the favorite to win the 2018 SEC for the first time since Dec. 17, 2011. #9 North Carolina 87, Arkansas 68 championship in a preseason poll of media from • Georgia’s Yante Maten has recorded double- at Auburn 119, Winthrop 85 around the league and nation. Florida’s picked to doubles in each of his first three games this season. Wooden Legacy (Fullerton, CA) San Diego St. 75, Georgia 68 finish second and is followed by Texas A&M, Ala- • Kentucky’s John Calipari is one victory shy of Legends Classic (College Station, TX) bama and Missouri. There was a three-way tie for 700 career on-court wins (699-194). at #16 Texas A&M 81, Pepperdine 65 Preseason SEC Player of the Year between Yante SEC Watch Lists: NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, NY) Maten (UG); Michael Porter, Jr. (MO); Robert Wil- • Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award – Col- #20 Seton Hall 72, Vanderbilt 59 liams (AM). PK80 Invitational/Motion (Portland, OR) lin Sexton (UA) #8 Florida 111, #17 Gonzaga 105 2ot Team/Individual Notes • Jerry West Award Shooting Guard of the Year – • SEC Player of the Week – Florida’s Egor Kou- Mustapha Heron (AU); KeVaughn Allen (UF); Hami- Saturday, November 25 Barclays Center Classic (Brooklyn, NY) lechov, a 6-foot-5, 205-pound senior guard from dou Diallo (UK); Quinndary Weatherspoon (MS) #14 Minnesota 89,#25 Alabama 84 Volgograd, Russia, averaged 20.3 points, 8.3 • Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award – rebounds and 3.7 assists in wins over Gardner- Kevin Knox (UK); Michael Porter Jr. (MO); DJ Hogg, Sunday, November 26 Webb, North Florida and New Hampshire. He (AM) PK80 Invitational/Victory (Portland, OR) • Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Arkansas vs. Connecticut ESPN 3:00 pm tied a program record for points in a Gator debut Wooden Legacy (Fullerton, CA) when he tallied 34 in the season opener against – Yante Maten (UG); PJ Washington (UK); Robert Georgia vs. #21 Saint Mary’s (CA) ESPNU 5:00 pm Gardner-Webb. In the next two games, Koulechov Williams (AM) Jacksonville St. at Mississippi St. SECN+ 5:00 pm recorded a double-double (13 pts, 10 rebs; 14 • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Adolph Rupp Classic (Lexington, KY) pts, 10 rebs), becoming the first Florida player – Austin Wiley (AU); John Egbunu (UF); Nick Rich- Ill.-Chicago at #8 Kentucky SEC Network 6:00 pm ards (UK); Tyler Davis (AM) AdvoCare Invitational (Lake Buena Vista, FL) since Feb. 2016 to record achieve this. At the • Oscar Robertson Trophy – KeVaughn Allen (UF); Missouri vs. #23 West Virginia ESPN2 9:30 pm line, he is shooting a near perfect 12-of-13 (92.3 Hamidou Diallo (UK); Kevin Knox (UK); Yante Texas A&M at Southern California Pac-12 Networks 10:00 pm percent) while shooting the three ball at a 45.0 PK80 Invitational/Motion (Portland, OR) Maten (UG); Michael Porter Jr. (MO) Collin Sexton percent clip (9-of-20). #7 Florida vs. #1 Duke ESPN 10:30 pm (UA); Robert Williams (AM) • SEC Freshman of the Week – Alabama’s John • Naismith Trophy – KeVaughn Allen (UF); Tyler Monday, November 27 Petty, a 6-foot-5, 195-pound guard from Hunts- Davis (AM); Hamidou Diallo (UK); Kevin Knox (UK); South Carolina at FIU CBSSN 7:00 pm ville, Ala., averaged 22 points, five rebounds and Yante Maten (UG); Michael Porter Jr. (MO); Collin two assists in wins over Lipscomb and Alabama Tuesday, November 28 Sexton (UA); Robert Williams (AM) Radford at Vanderbilt SEC Network 8:00 pm A&M. Petty connected on a school record 10 • John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 – KeV- South Dakota St. at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 pm threes (10-of-13) against Alabama A&M. The 10 aughn Allen (UF); Hamidou Diallo (UK); Kevin Knox treys not only set the school mark, but also tied (UK); Yante Maten (UG); Michael Porter Jr. (MO); for the fourth-most in a single game in SEC his- Collin Sexton (UA); Robert Williams (AM) tory. His 76.9 percent shooting percentage from 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. Billy Kennedy, AM Georgia – Mike Mobley www.georgiadogs.com Email: [email protected] Office: (706) 542-8052 SEC Release Twitter: @UGABasketball; @CoachMarkFox; @uga_mjiggsmobs The conference basketball release will be available each Monday beginning Kentucky – Eric Lindsey & Deb Moore www.ukathletics.com in early November via the league’s websites.