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Conference Notes
· SEC Player of the Week – Florida forward Colin Castleton, a 6-foot-11, 231-pound junior from Deland, Fla., averaged 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks while shooting 70.6 percent (12-of-17) from the field and 90.9 percent (10-of-11) from the free throw line in wins over Vanderbilt and at No. 11 West Virginia. Castleton led the Gators with 21 points, seven rebounds and five blocked shots at West Virginia. He scored 15 of his 21 in the second half and shot 9-for-9 from the free throw line (7-for-7 second half) while blocking five shots for the third time in his last five games.
· SEC Freshman of the Week – Tennessee guard Jaden Springer, a 6-foot-4, 204-pound freshman from Charlotte, N.C., averaged 11.0 points, 4.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds in wins over Mississippi State and No. 15 Kansas. Against Kansas, Springer earned his first start since returning from injury to score 13 points, pull down four rebounds and record three assists, while connecting on all seven of his attempts from the foul line.
· The SEC won the eighth annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge by winning five of the nine games on January 30. The SEC has a 25-24 lead in the event over the last five years.
· Six SEC teams rank in the Top 40 of the NCAA’s Feb. 1 NET rankings. That is second-most in the nation.
· Road teams have won 24 of 58 (41.4 percent) conference games played to date.
· Four teams are ranked in the February 1 Associated Press Top 25 highlighted by Alabama (10th), Tennessee (11th), Missouri (18th) and Florida (22nd).
· Alabama’s 23 3-pointers made against LSU on Jan. 19 broke the SEC record of 22 that they had set last season and was tied by Auburn earlier this year.
· 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.
Upcoming Games (All times Eastern):
Tuesday, January 26
*at #9 Alabama 70, Kentucky 59
*at #18 Tennessee 56, Mississippi State 53
*at Auburn 88, #12 Missouri 82
* LSU 78, at Texas A&M 66
Wednesday, January 27
*at Florida 78, Vanderbilt 71
*at South Carolina 83, Georgia 59
*at Arkansas 74, Ole Miss 59
Saturday, January 30
SEC/Big 12 Challenge
at #24 Oklahoma 66, #9 Alabama 61
Texas A&M 68, at Kansas State 61
Florida 85, at #11 West Virginia 80
#10 Texas Tech 76, at LSU 71
at #12 Missouri 102, TCU 98 ot
at #2 Baylor 84, Auburn 72
at Oklahoma State 81, Arkansas 77
at Mississippi State 95, Iowa State 56
at #18 Tennessee 80, #15 Kansas 61
#5 Texas at Kentucky canceled
*at Georgia 71, Ole Miss 61
*at Vanderbilt 93, South Carolina 81
Tuesday, February 2
*Georgia at Auburn SEC Network 7:00 pm
*#11 Tennessee at Ole Miss ESPN2 7:00 pm
*Mississippi State at Arkansas SEC Network 9:00 pm
*Kentucky at #18 Missouri ESPN/2 9:00 pm
*South Carolina at #22 Florida SEC Network 6:30 pm
*LSU at #10 Alabama ESPN2 7:00 pm
*Vanderbilt at Texas A&M SEC Network 8:30 pm
*#10 Alabama at #18 Missouri ESPN 12:00 pm
*Vanderbilt at Georgia SEC Network 1:00 pm
*#22 Florida at LSU ESPN/2 2:00 pm
*Mississippi State at South Carolina SEC Network 3:30 pm
*Ole Miss at Auburn ESPN2 4:00 pm
*Texas A&M at Arkansas SEC Network 6:00 pm
*#11 Tennessee at Kentucky ESPN 8:00 pm
Game Times, Dates and availability are subject to change.