SEC Basketball Update (2/7/22)


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COVID Information

·   Updated interrupted basketball game policies announced

·   SEC Medical Guidance Task Force Guidelines For COVID-19 Management (10/13/21)

·   SEC & Member Institutions Monitor COVID-19

·   SEC Player of the Week – Auburn guard Wendell Green Jr., a 5-foot-11, 175-pound sophomore from Detroit, Mich., averaged 21.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in wins over Alabama and at Georgia. He scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half of play at Georgia, including the game-winner. It marked his 17th game in double-digits this season. Green Jr. also played a season-high 36 minutes versus the Bulldogs. Against the Crimson Tide, he registered a season-high 23 points – his 12th career 20-point outing and second of the season. Green Jr. also added eight rebounds and six assists.

·   SEC Freshman of the Week – Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler, a 5-foot-9, 167-pound freshman from Long Island, N.Y., averaged 16.0 points, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals and converted 6-of-11 of his 3-pointers in wins over Texas A&M and at South Carolina. He scored 14 points, had three assists and two steals in Tennessee’s win over Texas A&M. After being held scoreless in the first half against South Carolina, tied a career-high with 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field (4-of-5 from 3) while also dishing out three assists and recording three steals.

·   Six SEC teams are receiving mention in the Feb. 7 Associated Press Top 25 highlighted by Auburn (1st), Kentucky (5th) and Tennessee (19th). Arkansas, Alabama and LSU are receiving votes.

·   Auburn is the eighth different SEC school to be ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Poll (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee).

·   For the third week in a row, SEC teams sit on top of both the men’s and women’s Associated Press basketball polls. Auburn is No. 1 on the men’s side while South Carolina is No. 1 in the women’s poll.

·   Four teams rank in the Top 25 of the NCAA’s NET rankings (2nd nationally). Eight are in the Top 50 (1st nationally).

·   The SEC’s 78 Quad 1 and 2 wins are the most in the nation.

·   Five SEC teams rank in the Top 20 of KenPom.com’s rankings.

·   Four SEC teams rank in the Top 15 of KenPom’s Adjusted Defensive Efficiency: LSU (3rd), Tennessee (8th), Kentucky (11th) and Auburn (14th). Eleven teams rank in the Top 75.

·   The SEC won the ninth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge by winning six of the 10 games on January 29. It is the second year in a row the SEC won the Challenge. The SEC has lost the Challenge just one time in the last six years.

·   Five former SEC players have been named NBA All-Stars: Devin Booker (UK/Phoenix); Darius Garland (VU/Cleveland); Khris Middleton (AM/Milwaukee) and Karl-Anthony Towns (UK/Minnesota).

·   Seven of the 24 players named to the 2022 McDonald’s All-America game have signed to play at SEC schools.

·   Four SEC teams brought home championship trophies from bracketed holiday tournaments: Hall of Fame Classic (Arkansas), Fort Myers Tip-Off (Florida), Emerald Coast Classic (LSU) and Diamond Head Classic (Vanderbilt).

·   Thirty-one current players are wearing graduate patches. SEC teams include a uniform patch which recognizes student-athletes who have earned their undergraduate college degree.

·   For the third year in a row, 12 SEC players were picked in the 2021 NBA Draft, including seven who were chosen in the first round.

·   The SEC has had 21 NCAA Tournament selections over the last three tournaments.

·   36 SEC players have been selected in the last three NBA Drafts, including 19 who have been selected in the first round.

·   One of every six NBA players are from SEC schools as the league had 76 players on 2021-22 NBA Opening Day rosters. All 14 SEC schools were represented and at least one SEC player was on 29 of 30 NBA rosters.

·   Six players from SEC schools were named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team: Charles Barkley, Auburn; Anthony Davis, Kentucky; Pete Maravich, LSU; Shaquille O’Neal, LSU; Bob Pettit, LSU; Dominique Wilkins, Georgia.

·   14 of 14 SEC teams have made at least one NCAA Tournament appearance in the last six tournaments.

Schedule/Results (All times Eastern):

Saturday, January 29

Big 12/SEC Challenge

        at TCU 77, #19 LSU 68

        at Arkansas 77, West Virginia 68

        at #1 Auburn 86, Oklahoma 68

        at #23 Iowa State 67, Missouri 50

        at Alabama 87, #4 Baylor 78

        at Florida 81, Oklahoma State 72

        at Ole Miss 67, Kansas State 56

        #12 Kentucky 80, at #5 Kansas 62

        at #13 Texas Tech 76, Mississippi State 50

        at Texas 52, #18 Tennessee 51

*at Vanderbilt 85, Georgia 77

*South Carolina 74, at Texas A&M 63

Tuesday, February 1

*at Mississippi State 78, South Carolina 64

*at #22 Tennessee 90, Texas A&M 80

*at #1 Auburn 100, Alabama 81

*Ole Miss 76, at #25 LSU 72

Wednesday, February 2

*Florida 66, at Missouri 65

*Arkansas 99, at Georgia 73

*at #5 Kentucky 77, Vanderbilt 70

Saturday, February 5

*#1 Auburn 74, at Georgia 72

*#22 Tennessee 81, at South Carolina 57

*at Florida 62, Ole Miss 57 ot

*Missouri 70, at Texas A&M 66

*at Vanderbilt 75, #25 LSU 66

*#5 Kentucky 66, at Alabama 55

*at Arkansas 63, Mississippi State 55

Tuesday, February 8

*#1 Auburn at Arkansas                                                ESPN2                               7:00 pm

*#5 Kentucky at South Carolina                                  ESPN                                 7:00 pm

*LSU at Texas A&M                                                         SEC Network                  7:00 pm

*Missouri at Vanderbilt                                                 SEC Network                  9:00 pm

Wednesday, February 9

*Georgia at Florida                                                          SEC Network                  6:30 pm

*Alabama at Ole Miss                                                     SEC Network                  8:30 pm

*#19 Tennessee at Mississippi State                        ESPN2                               9:00 pm

Saturday, February 12

*Texas A&M at #1 Auburn                                           ESPN                                 12:00 pm

*Arkansas at Alabama                                                    SEC Network                  12:00 pm

*South Carolina at Georgia                                          SEC Network                  2:00 pm

*Florida at #5 Kentucky                                                 ESPN                                 4:00 pm

*Vanderbilt at #19 Tennessee                                    SEC Network                  6:00 pm

*Mississippi State at LSU                                               ESPN2                               8:00 pm

*Ole Miss at Missouri                                                     SEC Network                  8:30 pm