Conference Notes
· Six teams rank in the Top 50 of the NCAA’s NET rankings. That is tied for second among all conferences.
· Twelve SEC schools have played schedules that rank among the Top 75 in the nation (tied for best in the nation).
· There have been 25 instances in which an SEC player has scored 30+ points in a single game already this season. That is the most in a season since 2016 when there were 27 games where a player scored 30+ in a game.
· Four players from SEC schools have been selected to the 2020 NBA All-Star Game: Bam Adebayo (Kentucky), Anthony Davis (Kentucky), Khris Middleton (Texas A&M), Ben Simmons (LSU)
· LSU’s Skyler Mays was named one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award.
· Ten different SEC teams have received votes in the AP Poll this season.
· The seventh annual Big 12/SEC Challenge on January 25 resulted with both leagues taking home five wins. Over the last four years of the Challenge, both conferences have won 20 games.
· Thirteen current SEC players have earned their degrees, including five – Jamario Bell (AR), Anfernee McLemore (AU), Jalen Johnson (UT), Josh Nebo (AM), Wendell Mitchell (AM) and Mitchell Storm (MS) – who graduated in December.
· Six SEC teams rank among the 50 youngest NCAA Division I teams according to KenPom.com – Florida ninth, Kentucky 17th, Vanderbilt 28th, South Carolina 29th, LSU 39th and Georgia 41st.
· The SEC’s 15 NCAA Tournament selections of the last two years are second-most in the nation.
· 70 players from SEC schools were on 2019-20 NBA Opening Day rosters. All 14 SEC schools were represented and at least one SEC player was on 26 of 30 NBA rosters.
Team/Individual Notes
· SEC Player of the Week – Ole Miss guard Breein Tyree, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound senior from Somerset, N.J., averaged 30.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, two steals and one assist in wins against South Carolina and Florida. He shot 52.5 percent (21-of-40) from the field and 63.6 percent (7-of-11) from beyond the arc in the two wins. Tyree scored 20 of his team’s 41 second half points on his way to a career-high 38 points against South Carolina. It was his third 30-point game of the season. Tyree followed that up with a game-high 23 points to lead the Rebels past Florida.
· SEC Freshman of the Week – South Carolina guard Jermaine Couisnard, a 6-foot-4, 211-pound freshman from East Chicago, Ind., averaged 23.5 points, three assists and two rebounds against Ole Miss and Texas A&M. He recorded a career-best 28 points at Ole Miss and added a 19-point effort against Texas A&M.
· Alabama’s Kira Lewis recorded just the third triple-double in school history when he had 10 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists at Auburn on Feb. 12.
· Alabama set SEC records for 3-pointers made (22) and attempted (59) against Auburn on Feb. 12.
· Arkansas’ Mason Jones is one of three players in the nation to have multiple 40-point games. He had 41 vs. Tulsa (Dec. 14) and 40 vs. Auburn (Feb. 4).
· Vanderbilt’s Saben Lee (33) and Maxwell Evans (31) both scored 30+ points against LSU on Feb. 5. They became the first teammates in the SEC to have 30 or more points in the same game since Kentucky’s Jodie Meeks (32) and Patrick Patterson (33) against Tennessee State on Dec. 22, 2008.
Recent/Upcoming Games (All times Eastern):
Tuesday, February 11
*#12 Kentucky 78, at Vanderbilt 64
*at Ole Miss 83, Mississippi State 58
*at Tennessee 82, Arkansas 61
*at #25 LSU 82, Missouri 78
Wednesday, February 12
*South Carolina 75, at Georgia 59
*at #11 Auburn 95, Alabama 91 ot
*Florida 78, at Texas A&M 61
*Mississippi State at Arkansas SEC Network 1:00 pm
*Ole Miss at #12 Kentucky ESPN 2:00 pm
*Georgia at Texas A&M SEC Network 3:30 pm
*#25 LSU at Alabama ESPN2 4:00 pm
*#11 Auburn at Missouri ESPN2 6:00 pm
*Tennessee at South Carolina SEC Network 6:00 pm
*Vanderbilt at Florida SEC Network 8:00 pm
*Vanderbilt at Tennessee SEC Network 6:30 pm
*Arkansas at Florida ESPNU 7:00 pm
*Ole Miss at Missouri SEC Network 8:30 pm
*Kentucky at LSU ESPN 9:00 pm
*Auburn at Georgia ESPN2 7:00 pm
*Texas A&M at Alabama SEC Network 7:00 pm
*South Carolina at Mississippi State SEC Network 9:00 pm
*Tennessee at Auburn CBS 12:00 pm
*Missouri at Arkansas SEC Network 1:00 pm
*Mississippi State at Texas A&M SEC Network 3:30 pm
*Florida at Kentucky ESPN 6:00 pm
*Georgia at Vanderbilt SEC Network 6:00 pm
*LSU at South Carolina ESPN2/U 6:00 pm
*Alabama at Ole Miss SEC Network 8:30 pm