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Conference Notes
· SEC Player of the Week – Alabama guard John Petty Jr., a 6-foot-5, 184-pound senior from Huntsville, Ala., averaged 20.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 3-pointers made while shooting 60 percent (15-of-25) from the floor and 56.3 percent (9-of-16) from beyond the arc in wins at Kentucky and over Arkansas. With the nine made threes on the week, Petty now owns the program record for career 3-pointers made (265), breaking the school’s mark in the second half against Arkansas.
· SEC Freshman of the Week – Georgia’s K.D. Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound freshman from Atlanta, Ga., averaged 17.5 points while shooting 51.9 percent from the field, including 66.7 percent from 3-point range, against Auburn and at Ole Miss. His 21 points against the Tigers represented the third-most ever by a Bulldog in their debut outing, trailing only Dominique Wilkins and Anthony Edwards.
· Four SEC teams rank in the Top 25 of the NCAA’s Jan. 18 NET rankings. That is tied for second-most in the nation.
· Road teams have won 17 of 36 conference games played to date.
· Four teams are receiving mention in the January 18 Associated Press Top 25 highlighted by Tennessee (sixth), Alabama (18th) and Missouri (19th). LSU is receiving votes.
· Alabama’s John Petty became the school’s all-time 3-point leader on Jan. 16 when he broke Brian Williams’ (1996-99) record of 263.
· Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes tied Phog Allen and Don Haskins for 20th on the all-time Division I wins list with his 719th win on Jan. 16.
· Mississippi State head coach Ben Howland registered his 500th career win on Nov. 30 against Texas State.
· Arkansas’ 142 points against Mississippi Valley St. in the season-opener are the fourth-most in SEC history.
· Tennessee was the favorite to win the 2021 SEC championship in a preseason poll of media from around the league and nation. Kentucky was picked to finish second and is followed by LSU, Florida and Alabama. Florida’s Keyontae Johnson was selected by the media as the preseason player of the year.
· Seventy-seven players from SEC schools were on 2020-21 NBA Opening Day rosters. All 14 SEC schools were represented and at least one SEC player is on 28 of 30 NBA rosters.
· For the second year in a row, 12 SEC players were picked in the 2020 NBA Draft, including six who were chosen in the first round.
· Georgia’s Anthony Edwards became the fifth SEC player to be picked first overall in the NBA Draft in the last 11 years.
· The 2020 NBA Draft marked the fourth time (1988, 2015 and 2018) that the SEC had four lottery picks in a single NBA Draft.
· Nine former SEC players from six different schools were on the rosters of the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat in the 2020 NBA Finals. That was more than double the total of any other conference.
· Five of the 10 players named to the 2020 NBA All-Defensive teams were from SEC schools.
· The SEC’s 15 NCAA Tournament selections since 2018 are second-most in the nation.
· Eleven SEC coaches have taken their teams to the Sweet 16, nine have advanced to the Elite Eight and six have gone on to the Final Four.
Upcoming Games (All times Eastern):
Tuesday, January 12
*at Florida 72, Ole Miss 63
*Alabama 85, at Kentucky 65
*#10 Tennessee at Vanderbilt postponed
*Vanderbilt at Missouri postponed
*Tennessee at South Carolina postponed
Wednesday, January 13
*Auburn 95, at Georgia 77
*at LSU 92, Arkansas 76
*Texas A&M 56, at Mississippi State 55
Saturday, January 16
*Georgia 78, at Ole Miss 74
*#17 Missouri 68, at Texas A&M 52
*at Auburn 66, Kentucky 59
*at Alabama 90, Arkansas 59
*at Mississippi State 72, Florida 69
*at #10 Tennessee 81, Vanderbilt 61
*at LSU 85, South Carolina 80
*#6 Tennessee at Florida ESPN 7:00 pm
*South Carolina at #19 Missouri SEC Network 7:00 pm
*#18 Alabama at LSU ESPN2 9:00 pm
*Ole Miss at Mississippi State SEC Network 9:00 pm
*Kentucky at Georgia SEC Network 7:00 pm
*Texas A&M at Vanderbilt ESPN2 7:00 pm
*Auburn at Arkansas SEC Network 9:00 pm
*Auburn at South Carolina ESPN2 12:00 pm
*Arkansas at Vanderbilt SEC Network 1:00 pm
*Florida at Georgia ESPN2 2:00 pm
*Texas A&M at Ole Miss SEC Network 3:30 pm
*Mississippi State at #18 Alabama SEC Network 6:00 pm
*LSU at Kentucky ESPN 6:00 pm
*#19 Missouri at #6 Tennessee SEC Network 8:30 pm
Game Times, Dates and availability are subject to change. Merry