MEN’S BASKETBALLDecember 31, 2015 SCHOLARS | CHAMPIONS | LEADERS 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 South Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 12-0 1.000 8-0 1-0 3-0 W12 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 8-0 0-1 2-1 W1 Ole Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 5-0 4-0 1-2 W7 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Texas A&M 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 8-0 0-1 2-1 W3 (All Times Eastern) Alabama 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-3 .727 4-1 2-1 2-1 W1 December 23 (Wednesday) Florida 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-4 .692 6-1 1-2 2-1 L1 Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu, HI) Georgia 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-3 .667 6-2 0-1 0-0 W3 Harvard 69, Auburn 51 Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-4 667 6-1 0-2 2-1 W1 Illinois 68, Missouri 63 Mississippi State 93, Northern Colo. 69 LSU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-5 .583 7-1 0-2 0-2 L1 Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-5 .583 7-0 0-2 0-3 W2 December 25 (Friday) Auburn 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-5 .545 4-1 1-3 1-1 L2 Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu, HI) at Hawaii 79, Auburn 67 Mississippi State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-5 .545 4-1 0-2 2-2 W2 Arkansas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-6 .500 6-2 0-2 0-2 L1 December 26 (Saturday) Missouri 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-6 .500 6-1 0-2 0-3 W1 at #12 Kentucky 75, #15 Louisville 73 December 29 (Tuesday) • SEC Player of the Week – Kentucky’s Tyler a season. Auburn and LSU have both scored 119 at Tennessee 74, Tennessee St. 69 at Georgia 79, Robert Morris 67 Ulis, a 5-foot-9, 160-pound sophomore guard points in a game this season. Those are the most Florida St. 73, at Florida 71 from Chicago, Ill., led Kentucky past 16th-ranked by an SEC team in a game since Tennessee scored at Alabama 67, Jacksonville St. 59 ot Louisville with a 75-73 victory. Ulis matched a 124 against UNC Asheville on Nov. 17, 2009. Wake Forest 77, at LSU 71 career high with 21 points on a career-best four • Eight different teams (UA, AR, AU, UF, LS, MS, at #20 Texas A&M 82, Cal Poly 63 at Missouri 78, Ark.-Pine Bluff 25 3-pointers made. He also dished out a game-high AM and VU) have scored 100 or more points in a eight assists – just one shy of matching a career game this season. December 30 (Wednesday) best. Ulis was named the Bluegrass Sports Com- • As of December 31, South Carolina is one of at #24 South Carolina 78, Francis Marion 56 mission MVP of the game. It’s the second straight four teams nationally without a loss. The Game- at Dayton 85, Arkansas 81 ot year Ulis has taken home the honor. He is the first cocks are joined by Oklahoma, SMU and Xavier at Vanderbilt 86, Western Mich. 61 multi-year winner since the award’s inception in as the last unbeatens. December 31 (Thursday) 2010. In two career games against Louisville, • LSU’s Ben Simmons scored 43 points against N.C. Central at Mississippi State SECN+ 2:00 pm Ulis has notched 35 points, 10 assists, one turn- North Florida on Dec. 2. That is the most points by over and six made 3-pointers in 65 minutes. Ulis an SEC player since Arkansas’ Rotnei Clarke had January 2 (Saturday) *Tennessee at Auburn CBS Sports 2:00 pm scored 12 first-half points to spark UK to a half- 51 against Alcorn State on Nov. 13, 2009. Norfolk St. at Alabama SEC Network 2:00 pm time advantage. Ulis’ night was capped by a deep • Six teams are receiving mention in the latest As- Savannah St. at Missouri SECN+ 3:00 pm made 3 as the shot clock was winding down to sociated Press poll – Kentucky (10th), Texas A&M *Arkansas at #20 Texas A&M SEC Network 4:30 pm give the Wildcats a four-point lead with less than (20th), South Carolina (24th), Vanderbilt (receiv- Memphis at #24 South Carolina ESPNU 6:00 pm *Ole Miss at #10 Kentucky SEC Network 7:00 pm five minutes remaining in the contest. ing votes), Florida (receiving votes) and Ole Miss *Georgia at Florida ESPNU 8:00 pm • SEC Freshman of the Week – Mississippi (receiving votes). *LSU at Vanderbilt ESPN2 9:00 pm State’s Malik Newman, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound • The Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 features guard from Jackson, Miss., scored a career-high seven players from the SEC – Danuel House (AM), January 5 (Tuesday) 20 points against Northern Colorado on 6-of-11 Damian Jones (VU), Skal Labissiere (UK), Jamal *South Carolina at Auburn SEC Network 7:00 pm *Kentucky at LSU ESPN 9:00 pm shooting, including a 4-of-8 mark beyond the arc. Murray (UK), Malik Newman (MS), Ben Simmons *Vanderbilt at Arkansas SEC Network 9:00 pm He also hauled in four rebounds as Mississippi (LS) and Tyler Ulis (UK). State claimed a 93-69 win in his hometown of • Kentucky was the favorite to win the 2016 SEC January 6 (Wednesday) Jackson, Miss. Newman is very familiar with Mis- championship in a preseason poll of media from *Missouri at Georgia SEC Network 6:30 pm *Florida at Tennessee ESPN2 7:00 pm sissippi Coliseum, a place he won four state titles around the league and nation. Vanderbilt was *Texas A&M at Mississippi State SEC Network 8:30 pm while at Callaway HS. picked to finish second and was followed by Texas • SEC teams are averaging 77.8 points per game A&M, LSU and Georgia. LSU freshman forward January 7 (Thursday) (12,684 points in 163 games) this season. That is Ben Simmons was the preseason pick for SEC *Alabama at Ole Miss ESPNU 9:00 pm the highest league average in at least 15 years. Player of the Year. January 9 (Saturday) Since the 2001 season, the highest league scoring • ESPN.com’s Class of 2016 recruiting rankings *Texas A&M at Tennessee SEC Network 1:00 pm average is 74.4 ppg in 2008. has Kentucky rwith the No. 1 overall class while *LSU at Florida CBS Sports 1:30/4:30 pm • SEC teams have scored 100 or more points in Mississippi State ranks sixth, Auburn 13th, Ala- *Vanderbilt at South Carolina ESPNU 3:00 pm *Mississippi State at Arkansas SEC Network 3:30 pm a game 10 times already this season. It is just the bama 14th and Texas A&M 23rd (as of Dec. 14). *Kentucky at Alabama SEC Network 6:00 pm second time in the last decade that SEC schools *Georgia at Ole Miss SEC Network 8:30 pm have passed the century mark 10 or more times ine *Auburn at Missouri ESPN2 9:00 pm 2015-16 Men’s Basketball • 2015-16 Men’s Basketball • 2015-16 Men’s Basketball • 2015-16 Men’s Basketball • 2015-16 Men’s Basketball • 2015-16 Men’s Basketball • 2015-16 Men’s Basketball • 2015-16 Men’s Basketball • 2015-16 Men’s Basketball SEC BASKETBALL MEDIA SERVICES Coaches Teleconference SEC Network + The weekly SEC men’s basketball coaches teleconference will begin Monday, SEC Network + – exclusively available on SECNetwork.com and via Wat- Jan. 4 and continue through March 7. 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Each coach will appear on the teleconference for seven Ranging across multiple sports from all member schools, SEC Network + events minutes, according to the following schedule: will all be high-quality, multi-camera productions – enabled by extensive new Order of Appearance (All Times Central) technological and production capabilities built out by ESPN and SEC schools in 10:00 a.m. Kevin Stallings, VU 10:49 a.m. Mike Anderson, AR support of the SEC Network launch. 10:07 a.m. Mike White, UF 10:56 a.m. Avery Johnson, UA In addition to authentiated access to the SEC Network and SEC Network + (via 10:14 a.m. Frank Martin, SC 11:03 a.m. Bruce Pearl, AU laptops and desktops; access via iOS and Android smartphones and tablets is via 10:21 a.m. Mark Fox, UG 11:10 a.m. Andy Kennedy, UM WatchESPN), SEC Network + will also serve as a platform to deliver additional 10:28 a.m. Johnny Jones, LS 11:17 a.m. Ben Howland, MS 10:35 a.m. John Calipari, UK 11:24 a.m. Kim Anderson, MO events produced by the schools and SECNetwork.com will also feature original 10:42 a.m. Rick Barnes, UT 11:31 a.m. Billy Kennedy, AM short clips, video from studio programs, original digital video projects and more.