2017–18 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
2017–18 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 14 |
TV partner(s) | CBS, ESPN, SEC Network |
Regular Season | |
2018 SEC Champions | Auburn and Tennessee |
Season MVP | Yante Maten, Georgia and Grant Williams, Tennessee |
Tournament | |
Champions | Kentucky |
Runners-up | Tennessee |
Finals MVP | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kentucky |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Auburn | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Tennessee | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Florida | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Kentucky † | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 25 | – | 12 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2017–18 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2018 and ended in March, after which 14 member teams participated in the 2018 SEC tournament at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The tournament champion was guaranteed a selection to the 2018 NCAA tournament.
Preseason[edit]
Preseason All-American teams[edit]
Preseason polls[edit]
AP | Athlon Sports |
Bleacher Report |
Blue Ribbon Yearbook |
CBS Sports | Coaches | ESPN | FOX Sports | KenPom | Lindy's Sports |
NBC Sports | SBNation | Sporting News |
Sports Illustrated |
USBWA | Yahoo Sports | |
Alabama | RV | #19 | #25 | #27 | #23 | #21 | ||||||||||
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Arkansas | #36 | RV | #65 | #49 | ||||||||||||
Auburn | #66 | #35 | #33 | |||||||||||||
Florida | #8 | #10 | #9 | #7 | #15 | #7 | #9 | #10 | ||||||||
Georgia | #53 | RV | #57 | #58 | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | #5 | #6 | #6 | #4 | #9 | #8 | #6 | #8 | ||||||||
LSU | #147 | #88 | #91 | |||||||||||||
Mississippi State | #76 | #69 | #48 | |||||||||||||
Missouri | RV | #37 | RV | #71 | #25 | #39 | ||||||||||
Ole Miss | #88 | #59 | #53 | |||||||||||||
South Carolina | RV | #81 | RV | #40 | #61 | |||||||||||
Tennessee | #118 | #49 | #76 | |||||||||||||
Texas A&M | #25 | #21 | #27 | RV | #19 | #19 | #29 | |||||||||
Vanderbilt | #46 | #61 | #59 |
Media Day Selections[edit]
Media[1] | |
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1. | Kentucky |
2. | Florida |
3. | Texas A&M |
4. | Alabama |
5. | Missouri |
6. | Arkansas |
7. | Vanderbilt |
8. | Georgia |
9. | Auburn |
10. | Ole Miss |
11. | South Carolina |
12. | Mississippi State |
13. | Tennessee |
14. | LSU |
() first place votes
Preseason All-SEC teams[edit]
Media[1] | Coaches[2] |
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KeVaughn Allen Florida | KeVaughn Allen Florida |
Hamidou Diallo Kentucky | Deandre Burnett Ole Miss |
Yante Maten Georgia | Tyler Davis Texas A&M |
Michael Porter Jr. Missouri | Matthew Fisher-Davis Vanderbilt |
Robert Williams Texas A&M | Kevin Knox II Kentucky |
Michael Porter Jr. Missouri | |
Quinndary Weatherspoon Mississippi State | |
Robert Williams Texas A&M |
- Media select a five-member first team; coaches select an eight-member first team
- Players in bold are media choices for SEC Player of the Year; coaches do not select a preseason Player of the Year
Head coaches[edit]
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Season at school | Overall record | SEC record | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
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Alabama | Avery Johnson | Brooklyn Nets | 3 | 37–30 (.552) | 18–18 (.500) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arkansas | Mike Anderson | Missouri | 7 | 128–74 (.634) | 60–46 (.566) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Auburn | Bruce Pearl | Tennessee | 4 | 44–54 (.449) | 16–38 (.296) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | Mike White | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 48–24 (.667) | 23–13 (.639) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Georgia | Mark Fox | Nevada | 9 | 145–118 (.551) | 70–68 (.507) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kentucky | John Calipari | Memphis | 9 | 249–53 (.825) | 111–27 (.804) | 7 | 4 | 1 |
LSU | Will Wade | VCU | 1 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi State | Ben Howland | UCLA | 3 | 30–33 (.476) | 13–23 (.361) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Missouri | Cuonzo Martin | California | 1 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ole Miss | Andy Kennedy | Cincinnati | 12 | 234–139 (.627) | 98–88 (.527) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | Frank Martin | Kansas State | 6 | 96–74 (.565) | 38–52 (.422) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tennessee | Rick Barnes | Texas | 3 | 31–35 (.470) | 14–22 (.389) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Texas A&M | Billy Kennedy | Murray State | 7 | 115–85 (.575) | 51–57 (.472) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vanderbilt | Bryce Drew | Valparaiso | 2 | 19–16 (.543) | 10–8 (.556) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rankings[edit]
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Alabama | AP | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||
C | 25 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||
Arkansas | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
Auburn | AP | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | |||||||||
C | RV | RV | 24 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | |||||||||||
Florida | AP | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | |||||
C | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||
Georgia | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | AP | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 18 | RV | 21 | 24 | RV | RV | 23 | |||
C | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 16 | RV | 22 | 24 | RV | RV | 25 | ||||
LSU | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | AP | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||
Missouri | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
Ole Miss | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | AP | RV | 24 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | ||||||
C | RV | RV | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 17 | |||||||
Texas A&M | AP | 25 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 | RV | 21 | RV | ||||||||
C | RV | RV | 19 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||
Vanderbilt | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C |
Regular season[edit]
SEC regular season[edit]
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Results updated through February 25, 2018.
Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | LSU | Miss. State | Missouri | Ole Miss | S. Carolina | Tennessee | Texas A&M | Vanderbilt | |
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vs. Alabama | – | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1-0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
vs. Arkansas | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1-0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1-1 | 0–1 |
vs. Auburn | 1-1 | 0–1 | – | 1-0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1-0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
vs. Florida | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1-0 | 0–1 | 1-1 |
vs. Georgia | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2-0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
vs. Kentucky | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1-1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
vs. LSU | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2-0 | 1–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1-1 |
vs. Miss. State | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | 1–1 | 1-1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
vs. Missouri | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1–1 | – | 1-1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
vs. Ole Miss | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | – | 0–1 | 2-0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
vs. South Carolina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1-1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2-0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
vs. Tennessee | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1-0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–1 | 0–2 |
vs. Texas A&M | 1–0 | 1-1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 |
vs. Vanderbilt | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1-1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1-1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1-0 | – |
Total | 8–8 | 9–7 | 12–4 | 9–7 | 7–9 | 9–7 | 7–9 | 9–7 | 8–8 | 5–11 | 6–10 | 11–5 | 7–9 | 5–11 |
Records against other conferences[edit]
2017-18 records against non-conference foes as of January 27, 2018:
Regular Season
Postseason[edit]SEC Tournament[edit]
NCAA tournament[edit]
National Invitation Tournament[edit]
Honors and awards[edit]Players of the Week[edit]Throughout the conference regular season, the SEC offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.
All-SEC Awards[edit]Coaches[edit]
AP[edit]
NBA draft[edit]
Attendance[edit]Note: teams that played more than 16 home games have a * by them
References[edit]
External links[edit] |