February 3, 2020 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 LSU 8-0 1.000 5-0 3-0 17-4 .810 12-1 4-1 1-2 W10 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Auburn 6-2 .750 4-0 2-2 19-2 .905 12-0 3-2 4-0 W4 Kentucky 6-2 .750 4-0 2-2 16-5 .762 12-1 3-2 1-2 L1 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Florida 5-3 .625 3-1 2-2 13-8 .619 7-3 2-4 4-1 W1 (All Times Eastern) Mississippi State 5-3 .625 4-1 1-2 14-7 .667 10-2 2-3 2-2 W2 Tuesday, January 28 South Carolina 5-3 .625 3-1 2-2 13-8 .619 8-4 5-2 0-2 W3 *at Tennessee 63, Texas A&M 58 Alabama 4-4 .500 3-1 1-3 12-9 .571 8-2 2-5 2-2 L2 *Mississippi State 78, at Florida 71 Arkansas 4-4 .500 2-2 2-2 16-5 .762 12-2 4-3 0-0 W1 *at Missouri 72, Georgia 69 *#17 Auburn 83, at Ole Miss 82 2ot Tennessee 4-4 .500 2-2 2-2 12-9 .571 8-4 2-4 2-1 L3 Texas A&M 4-4 .500 1-2 3-2 10-10 .500 7-4 3-2 0-4 L1 Wednesday, January 29 Georgia 2-6 .250 2-2 0-4 12-9 .571 10-2 1-5 1-2 W1 *at #13 Kentucky 71, Vanderbilt 62 *at #22 LSU 90, Alabama 76 Missouri 2-6 .250 2-2 0-4 10-11 .476 8-3 1-6 1-2 L1 *South Carolina 79, at Arkansas 77 Ole Miss 1-7 .125 0-3 1-4 10-11 .476 7-4 1-6 2-1 L2 Vanderbilt 0-8 .000 0-4 0-4 8-13 .381 8-7 0-5 0-1 L9 Saturday, February 1 *at #22 LSU 73, Ole Miss 63 Conference Notes Team/Individual Notes *at Georgia 63, Texas A&M 48 • Seven teams rank in the Top 50 of the NCAA’s • SEC co-Players of the Week – Arkansas guard *at Mississippi State 86, Tennessee 73 *at South Carolina 76, Missouri 54 NET rankings. That is the second-most of all con- Mason Jones and Mississippi State forward Reg- *at #17 Auburn 75, #13 Kentucky 66 ferences. gie Perry were named co-Players of the Week. *Arkansas 82, at Alabama 78 • Twelve SEC schools have played schedules Jones, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound junior from DeSo- *Florida 61, at Vanderbilt 55 that rank among the Top 75 in the nation. to, Texas, averaged 32 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 Tuesday, February 4 • Ten different SEC teams have received votes in assists and 1.5 steals against South Carolina and *Tennessee at Alabama ESPNU 7:00 pm the AP Poll this season. Alabama. He had 34 points and a career-high *#11 Auburn at Arkansas SEC Network 7:00 pm • The seventh annual Big 12/SEC Challenge on 12 rebounds against South Carolina and fol- *Mississippi State at #15 Kentucky ESPN 9:00 pm *Missouri at Texas A&M SEC Network 9:00 pm Saturday resulted with both leagues taking home lowed that with 30 points at Alabama. Perry, a five wins. Over the last four years of the Challenge, 6-foot-10, 250-pound sophomore from Thom- Wednesday, February 5 both conferences have won 20 games. asville, Ga., averaged 25.5 points and 10 re- *Georgia at Florida ESPNU 7:00 pm • Fourteen current SEC players have earned bounds in wins at Florida and against Tennessee. *South Carolina at Ole Miss SEC Network 7:00 pm *#18 LSU at Vanderbilt SEC Network 9:00 pm their degrees, including four – Jamario Bell (AR), He poured in a career-high 27 points at Florida Jalen Johnson (UT), Josh Nebo (AM), Wendell aided by a 3-for-3 clip on 3-pointers. Saturday, February 8 Mitchell (AM) and Mitchell Storm – who graduat- • SEC Freshman of the Week – Georgia guard *#18 LSU at #11 Auburn ESPN 12:00 pm ed in December. Anthony Edwards, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound fresh- *#15 Kentucky at Tennessee CBS 1:00 pm *Texas A&M at South Carolina SEC Network 1:00 pm • Six SEC teams rank among the 40 youngest man from Atlanta, Ga., averaged 26 points, *Florida at Ole Miss ESPN2 2:00 pm NCAA Division I teams according to KenPom. 12.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, two steals and a *Arkansas at Missouri SEC Network 3:30 pm com – Florida 344th, Kentucky 341st, South block against Missouri and Texas A&M. He be- *Alabama at Georgia SEC Network 6:00 pm Carolina 324th, Vanderbilt 319th, LSU 318th *Vanderbilt at Mississippi State SEC Network 8:30 pm came the first Georgia freshman to notch con- and Georgia 316th. secutive double-doubles since Jumaine Jones Tuesday, February 11 • The SEC’s 15 NCAA Tournament selections of did so during the 1997-98 season. *Kentucky at Vanderbilt ESPN 7:00 pm the last two years are second-most in the nation. • LSU has won 12 consecutive SEC road games *Mississippi State at Ole Miss ESPNU 7:00 pm • 70 players from SEC schools were on 2019- *Arkansas at Tennessee SEC Network 7:00 pm dating back to the start of the 2018-19 season. *Missouri at LSU SEC Network 9:00 pm 20 NBA Opening Day rosters. All 14 SEC • Nine SEC teams rank in the Top 75 nationally schools were represented and at least one SEC in 3-point field goal percentage defense. Arkan- Wednesday, February 12 player was on 26 of 30 NBA rosters. sas leads the SEC and nation at 24.7 percent. *South Carolina at Georgia SEC Network 6:30 pm *Alabama at Auburn ESPN2 7:00 pm • Twelve SEC players were picked at the 2019 • Nine teams rank in the Top 80 nationally in *Florida at Texas A&M SEC Network 8:30 pm NBA Draft, including six who were chosen in the blocked shots per game. Tennessee is tops in the first round. league and eighth nationally at 5.9 blocks per Saturday, February 15 • Eleven SEC coaches have taken their teams game. *Mississippi State at Arkansas SEC Network 1:00 pm *Ole Miss at Kentucky ESPN/2/U 2:00 pm to the Sweet 16, nine have advanced to the Elite *Georgia at Texas A&M SEC Network 3:30 pm Eight and six have gone on to the Final Four. *LSU at Alabama ESPN/2 4:00 pm *Auburn at Missouri ESPN2 6:00 pm *Tennessee at South Carolina SEC Network 6:00 pm *Vanderbilt at Florida SEC Network 8:00 pm 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 2020 SEC Tournament in Nashville will be through March 12. Media representatives wishing to participate in the tele- available online at www.secsportsmedia.com in early January. For further infor- conference should contact the SEC Communications Department for further mation concerning media coverage of the SEC Tournament, please contact the details. Each coach will appear on the teleconference for seven minutes. SEC Communications Department. All SEC basketball teleconferences can be listened to on the internet at www. Tickets to the SEC Tournament may be purchased through one of the 14 secsports.com shortly after the conclusion of the teleconference. member institutions’ ticket offices. Each school determines its priority for selling 2020 SEC Teleconference Schedule tournament tickets. Thursday, January 2 Thursday, January 23 SEC Basketball Media Contacts Monday, March 9 Alabama – Aaron Jordan www.rolltide.com Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-5401 Order of Appearance (All Times Central) Twitter: @AlabamaMBB; @Nate_Oats; @asjordan1 10:00 a.m. Jerry Stackhouse, VU 10:49 a.m. Eric Musselman, AR Arkansas – Mike Cawood www.arkansasrazorbacks.com 10:07 a.m. Mike White, UF 10:56 a.m. Nate Oats, UA Email: [email protected] Office: (479) 575-3114 10:14 a.m. Frank Martin, SC 11:03 a.m. Bruce Pearl, AU 10:21 a.m. Tom Crean, UG 11:10 a.m. Kermit Davis, UM Twitter: @ArkRazorbacks; @EricPMusselman; @ThreeHartsHeads 10:28 a.m. Will Wade, LS 11:17 a.m. Ben Howland, MS Auburn – Cody Voga www.auburntigers.com 10:35 a.m. John Calipari, UK 11:24 a.m. Cuonzo Martin, MO Email: [email protected] Office: (334) 844-9800 10:42 a.m. Rick Barnes, UT 11:31 a.m. Buzz Williams, AM Twitter: @AuburnMBB; @CoachBrucePearl; @CodyVoga Florida – Denver Parler www.floridagators.com SEC Release Email: [email protected] Office: (352) 375-4683 x6100 The conference basketball release will be available each Monday beginning Twitter: @GatorsMBK; @MikeWhiteUF; @DenverParler; in early November via the league’s website. Any media representative wishing Georgia – Mike Mobley www.georgiadogs.com Email: [email protected] Office: (706) 542-8052 to receive information via e-mail should register on www.secsportsmedia.com. Twitter: @UGABasketball; @Tom Crean; @uga_mjiggsmobs SEC standings and results will be updated each weekday, while conference Kentucky – Eric Lindsey & Deb Moore www.ukathletics.com statistics will be updated as often as needed based on the schedule of play. Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Office: (859) 257-3838 Information is also available via the school’s SIDs.