SEC Basketball Update (3/9/21) – Limestone Sports Network

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Conference Notes

· SEC Player of the Week – Texas A&M forward Emanuel Miller, a 6-foot-7, 208-pound sophomore from Scarborough, Ontario, averaged 23.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals against Mississippi State and No. 12 Arkansas. He had 24 points on 52.9 percent (9-of-17) shooting to go with 13 rebounds against Mississippi State. Miller then registered his sixth double-double on the season with 23 points and 10 rebounds against Arkansas. He was a perfect 13-for-13 in free throw attempts on the week.

· SEC co-Freshmen of the Week – Arkansas guard Moses Moody and LSU guard Cameron Thomas were named co-Freshmen of the Week. Moody, a 6-foot-6, 205-pound freshman from Little Rock, Ark., averaged 28.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, two assists and a steal in wins over South Carolina and Texas A&M. Moody tied his season best with 28 points in both wins while shooting 63.3 percent (19-of-30) from the field and 52.9 percent (9-of-17) from 3-point range. Thomas, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound freshman from Chesapeake, Virginia, averaged 26.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in wins over Vanderbilt and at Missouri. He recorded his first career double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds against Vanderbilt.

· Five SEC teams rank in the Top 30 of the NCAA’s March 9 NET rankings. That is the third-most in the nation.

· Four teams are receiving mention in the March 8 Associated Press Top 25 highlighted by Alabama (6th) and Arkansas (8th). Tennessee and LSU are receiving votes.

· Six teams rank among the Top 35 defensive teams in the nation according to KenPom.com.

· Alabama clinched its eighth SEC regular season championship and the No. 1 seed in the SECTournament. It is the Crimson Tide’s first SEC title since 2002.

· 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.

· Kentucky’s Davion Mintz and Olivier Sarr & Tennessee’s John Fulkerson and Yves Pons have been named candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.

· Georgia’s Sahvir Wheeler recorded the first triple-double in the school’s 116-season history with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists against LSU on Feb. 23.

· 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.

· Five former SEC played have been named 2021 NBA All-Stars. Washington’s Bradley Beal (UF) was named a starter while the Los Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis (UK), New York’s Julius Randle (UK) and Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons (LS) were named reserves. Phoenix’s Devin Booker was added to the roster by Adam Silver.

· 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.

2021 SEC Basketball Tournament (All times Eastern):

Wednesday, March 10

12 Vanderbilt vs. 13 Texas A&M SEC Network 7:00 pm

Thursday, March 11

8 Kentucky vs. 9 Mississippi State SECNetwork 12:00 pm

Winner G1 vs. 5 Florida SECNetwork 2:00 pm

7 Missouri vs. 10 Georgia SECNetwork 7:00 pm

11 South Carolina vs. 6 Ole Miss SECNetwork 9:00 pm

Friday, March 12

Winner G2 vs. 1 Alabama ESPN 12:00 pm