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· SEC Player of the Week – Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler, a 5-foot-9, 171-pound sophomore from Long Island, N.Y., averaged 16.5 points, 8.5 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.5 rebounds in wins over Georgia and No. 10 Texas. He recorded his third-career double-double with 22 points and a career-high-tying 10 assists in the win over Texas. Via scoring and assists, accounted for 45 of Tennessee’s 82 points against the Longhorns. His performance was just the seventh time in program history that a player had 20 or more points and 10 or more assists in a game. Zeigler led the Vols in scoring and assists against Georgia with 11 points and seven assists—accounting for 25 total points in the winning effort. Also recorded four steals on the defensive end.
· SEC Freshman of the Week – Kentucky guard Cason Wallace, a 6-foot-4, 193-pound freshman from Dallas, Texas, averaged 12 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.5 steals against Vanderbilt and No. 9 Kansas. The games were Wallace’s 11th and 12th double-figure scoring games of the season. Wallace also notched five steals against Kansas, marking his second-highest total this season and the fourth time he’s tallied four or more thefts in a game.
· Six teams are receiving mention in the January 30 Associated Press Top 25 highlighted by Tennessee (2nd), Alabama (4th), and Auburn (25th). Missouri, Texas A&M, and Arkansas are among the teams receiving votes.
· Two teams rank in the Top Five of the NCAA’s NET rankings (1st nationally), eight are in the Top 50 (t-2nd nationally), and 10 are in the Top 100 (t-2nd nationally).
· Six SEC teams are rated among the top 20 defensive teams in the nation according to KenPom: Tennessee 1st, Alabama 6th, Florida 8th, Mississippi State 11th, Arkansas 12th, and Auburn 19th.
· Five SEC players were named the USBWA’s Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List: Kobe Brown (MO), Ricky Council IV (AR), Brandon Miller (UA), Oscar Tshiebwe (UK), and KJ Williams (LS).
· LSU’s KJ Williams became the 123rd player in NCAA history to score 2,000 points and have 1,000 rebounds on Jan. 21.
· Alabama’s Brandon Miller leads all freshmen nationally with 19.5 points per game.
· Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe had 37 points and 24 rebounds against Georgia on Jan. 17. It was the first 30/20 game by an SEC player since South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell had 44 points and 21 rebounds against Alabama on Feb. 7, 2017.
· Four SEC coaches rank among the winningest active Division I coaches in the nation: John Calipari (4th with 781 wins), Rick Barnes (6th with 772 wins), Bruce Pearl (15th with 630 wins) and Kermit Davis (29th with 476 wins).
· Alabama became the first team since the 1965-66 season to beat two teams ranked No. 1 (North Carolina on Nov. 27 and Houston on Dec. 10) before New Year’s Day.
· Tennessee has won four straight games against Associated Press Top five opponents.
· The SEC, ACC, and ESPN announced on Nov. 28the formation of the SEC/ACC Challenge for men’s and women’s basketball, which will begin as part of the 2023-24 season.
· The SEC has had 27 NCAA Tournament selections over the last three tournaments.
· 14 of 14 SEC teams have made at least one NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven tournaments.
· The SEC has had at least one team advance to the Sweet 16 in 31 of the last 32 tournaments.
· Nine different SEC teams have advanced to the Sweet 16 in the last five NCAA Tournaments. All 14 SEC members have advanced to the Sweet 16 since 1996.
· The SEC has advanced at least one team to the Elite Eight in nine of the last 12 tournaments.
· The SEC has advanced a team to the Final Four six of the last 11 tournaments.
· 50 SEC players have been selected in the last five NBA Drafts. That leads all conferences: 45 ACC, 33 Big Ten, 33 Pac-12, 25 Big 12 and 14 Big East.
SCHEDULE/RESULTS (All times Eastern):
Tuesday, January 24
*Missouri 89, at Ole Miss 77
*at Arkansas 60, LSU 40
*Kentucky 69, at Vanderbilt 53
Wednesday, January 25
*at Florida 81, South Carolina 60
*at #4 Tennessee 70, Georgia 41
*Texas A&M 79, at #15 Auburn 63
*at #2 Alabama 66, Mississippi State 63
Saturday, January 28
SEC/Big 12 Challenge
at West Virginia 80, #15 Auburn 77
at Oklahoma 93, #2 Alabama 69
Texas Tech 76, at LSU 68
at Missouri 78, #12 Iowa State 61
at Mississippi State 81, #11 TCU 74 OT
at #17 Baylor 67, Arkansas 64
at #4 Tennessee 82, #10 Texas 71
at #5 Kansas State 64, Florida 50
#9 Kansas 77, at Kentucky 68
at Oklahoma State 82, Ole Miss 60
*at Georgia 81, South Carolina 78 OT
*at Texas A&M 72, Vanderbilt 66
Tuesday, January 31
*Mississippi State at South Carolina SECN 6:30 pm
*Texas A&M at Arkansas ESPN2 7:00 pm
*Vanderbilt at #4 Alabama SECN 8:30 pm
*Kentucky at Ole Miss ESPN 9:00 pm
Wednesday, February 1
*#2 Tennessee at Florida ESPN2 7:00 pm
*Georgia at #25 Auburn SECN 7:00 pm
*LSU at Missouri SECN 9:00 pm
Saturday, February 4
*Ole Miss at Vanderbilt SECN 1:00 pm
*#25 Auburn at #2 Tennessee ESPN 2:00 pm
*Arkansas at South Carolina SECN 3:30 pm
*#4 Alabama at LSU ESPNU 4:00 pm
*Missouri at Mississippi State SECN 6:00 pm
*Florida at Kentucky ESPN 8:30 pm
*Georgia at Texas A&M SECN 8:30 pm
Tuesday, February 7
*Auburn at Texas A&M ESPN/2 7:00 pm
*Ole Miss at Georgia SECN 7:00 pm
*Arkansas at Kentucky ESPN/2 9:00 pm
*South Carolina at Missouri SECN 9:00 pm
Wednesday, February 8
*Tennessee at Vanderbilt SECN 7:00 pm
*Florida at Alabama ESPN2/U 9:00 pm
*LSU at Mississippi State SECN 9:00 pm
Saturday, February 11
*Kentucky at Georgia ESPN/2 12:00 pm
*South Carolina at Ole Miss SECN 1:00 pm
*Alabama at Auburn ESPN/2 2:00 pm
*Vanderbilt at Florida SECN 3:30 pm
*Mississippi State at Arkansas ESPN2/U 6:00 pm
*Missouri at Tennessee SECN 6:00 pm
*Texas A&M at LSU SECN 8:30 pm