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2017–18 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

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2017–18 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, SEC Network
Regular Season
2018 SEC ChampionsAuburn and Tennessee
Season MVPYante Maten, Georgia and
Grant Williams, Tennessee
Tournament
ChampionsKentucky
  Runners-upTennessee
Finals MVPShai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kentucky
Basketball seasons
2017–18 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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

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Quade Green, Kentucky
Kevin Knox II, Kentucky
Nick Richards, Kentucky
Collin Sexton, Alabama

Preseason All-American teams

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Preseason polls

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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
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

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Media[1]
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

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Media[1] Coaches[2]
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

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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
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

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Alabama AP RV RV 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
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Auburn AP RV RV RV 22 17 19 11 8 10 12 14
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Florida AP 8 8 7 6 5 22 RV RV RV RV 20 23 RV RV RV
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Kentucky AP 5 7 8 7 8 8 7 16 17 21 18 RV 21 24 RV RV 23
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Ole Miss AP
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South Carolina AP RV RV
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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
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Vanderbilt AP
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Regular season

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SEC regular season

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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
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

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2017-18 records against non-conference foes as of January 27, 2018:

Regular Season

Power Conferences Record
ACC 6–9
American 8–5
Big East 2–3
Big Ten 4–2
Big 12 10–8
Pac-12 2–7
Power 7 Total 32–34
Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record
America East 2–0
Atlantic 10 6–1
Atlantic Sun 6–0
Big Sky 0–0
Big South 8–0
Big West 3–0
CAA 3–0
Conference USA 7–2
Horizon League 4–0
Ivy League 2–0
MAAC 1–0
MAC 4–0
MEAC 3–0
MVC 2–3
Mountain West 3–1
NEC 2–0
OVC 6–1
Patriot League 1–0
SoCon 7–0
Southland 8–1
SWAC 5–0
Summit League 3–1
Sun Belt 7–0
WAC 3–0
WCC 4–0
Other Division I Total 104–10
NCAA Division I Total 136–44
Division II Total 3–0
Total 139–44

Postseason

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SEC Tournament

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  • March 7–11 at the Scottrade Center, St. Louis. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
2016 SEC men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First Round
March 7
Second Round
March 8
Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 10
Championship
March 11
1. Auburn 13–5 25–6 1–0 vs. Tennessee Bye Bye vs. #9 Alabama L, 63–81
2. Tennessee 13–5 23–7 0–1 vs. Auburn Bye Bye vs. #7 Mississippi State W, 62–59 vs. #6 Arkansas W, 84–66 vs. #4 Kentucky L, 72–77
3. Florida 11–7 20–11 Bye Bye vs. #6 Arkansas L, 72–80
4. Kentucky 10–8 21–10 2–1 vs. Ark/Mizz Bye Bye vs. #12 Georgia W, 62–49 vs. #9 Alabama W, 86–63 vs. #2 Tennessee W, 77–72
5. #Missouri 10–8 20–11 2–2 vs Ark/UK Bye vs. #12 Georgia L, 60–62
6. #Arkansas 10–8 21–10 1–2 vs. UK/Mizz Bye vs. #11 South Carolina W, 69–64 vs. #3 Florida W, 80–72 vs. #2 Tennessee L, 66–84
7. #Mississippi State 9–9 21–10 1–0 vs. Texas A&M Bye vs. #10 LSU W, 80–77 vs. #2 Tennessee L, 59–62
8. #Texas A&M 9–9 20–11 0–1 vs. Mississippi State Bye vs. #9 Alabama L, 70–71
9. #Alabama 8–10 17–14 2–0 vs. LSU Bye vs. #8 Texas A&M W, 71–70 vs. #1 Auburn W, 81–63 vs. #4 Kentucky L, 63–86
10. #LSU 8–10 17–14 0–2 vs. Alabama Bye vs. #7 Mississippi State L, 77–80
11. #South Carolina 7–11 16–15 2–0 vs. Georgia vs. #14 Ole Miss W, 85–84 vs. #6 Arkansas L, 64–69
12. Georgia 7–11 16–14 0–2 vs. South Carolina vs. #13 Vanderbilt W, 78–62 vs. #5 Missouri W, 62–60 vs. #4 Kentucky L, 49–62
13. Vanderbilt 6–12 12–19 vs. #12 Georgia L, 62–78
14. Ole Miss 5–13 12–19 vs. #11 South Carolina L, 84–85
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a double-Bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-Bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the SEC tournament.

NCAA tournament

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Seed Region School First Round Second Round Sweet 16
3 South Tennessee #14 Wright State W 73–47 (Dallas) #11 Loyola–Chicago L 62–63 (Dallas)
4 Midwest Auburn #13 Charleston W 62–58(San Diego) #5 Clemson L 53–84 (San Diego)
5 South Kentucky #12 Davidson W 78–73 (Boise) #13 Buffalo W 95–75 (Boise) #9 Kansas State L 58–61 (Atlanta)
6 East Florida #11 St. Bonaventure W 77–62 (Dallas) #3 Texas Tech L 66–69 (Dallas)
7 East Arkansas #10 Butler L 62–79 (Detroit)
7 West Texas A&M #10 Providence W 73–69 (Charlotte) #2 North Carolina W 86–65 (Charlotte) #3 Michigan L 72–99 (Los Angeles)
8 West Missouri #9 Florida State L 54–67 (Nashville)
9 East Alabama #8 Virginia Tech W 86–83 (Pittsburgh) #1 Villanova L 58–81 (Pittsburgh)

National Invitation Tournament

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Seed Bracket School 1st Round 2nd Round
3 Saint Mary's LSU W 84–76 vs. #6 Louisiana(Baton Rouge) L 71–95 vs. #2 Utah(Salt Lake City)

Honors and awards

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Players of the Week

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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.

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week
1[3] Admon Gilder, A&M Tremont Waters, LSU
2[4] Egor Koulechov, UF John Petty, BAMA
3[5] Jalen Hudson, UF Collin Sexton, BAMA
4[6] Tyson Carter, MSU Chuma Okeke, AUB
5[7] Duop Reath, LSU Daniel Gafford, ARK
6[8] Daryl Macon, ARK Hamidou Diallo, UK
7[9] Yante Maten, UGA Savion Flagg, A&M
8[10] Daryl Macon (2), ARK John Petty (2), BAMA
9[11] Mustapha Heron, AUB Tremont Waters (2), LSU
10[12] Grant Williams, TENN Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, UK
11[13] Jalen Hudson (2), UF Daniel Gafford (2), ARK
Tyler Davis, A&M
12[14] Daryl Macon (3), ARK Kevin Knox II, UK
Mustapha Heron (2), AUB
13[15] Kassius Robertson, MIZ Nick Weatherspoon, MSU
14[16] Kassius Robertson (2), MIZ T. J. Starks, A&M
15[17] Jeff Roberson, VAN Daniel Gafford (3), ARK
16[18] Lamar Peters, MSU Jarred Vanderbilt, UK
Admiral Schofield, TENN

All-SEC Awards

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Coaches

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2018 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards [19]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Grant Williams, Tennessee
Coach of the Year Rick Barnes, Tennessee
Defensive Player of the Year Chris Silva, South Carolina & Robert Williams, Texas A&M
Freshman of the Year Kevin Knox II, Kentucky & Collin Sexton, Alabama
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Juwan Parker, Georgia
Sixth Man Award Jontay Porter, Missouri & Lamonte Turner, Tennessee
2018 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team All-Freshman Team All-Defensive Team
Jaylen Barford Sr., G, Arkansas
Chris Chiozza Sr., G, Florida
Tyler Davis Jr., C, Texas A&M
Kevin Knox Fr., F, Kentucky
Yante Maten Sr., F, Georgia
Kassius Robertson GS, G, Missouri
Chris Silva Sr., F, South Carolina
Grant Williams So., F, Tennessee
Bryce Brown Jr., G, Auburn
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Fr., G, Kentucky
Jared Harper So., G, Auburn
Daryl Macon Sr., G, Arkansas
Admiral Schofield Jr., F, Tennessee
Collin Sexton Fr., G, Alabama
Jeff Roberson Sr., F, Vanderbilt
Quinndary Weatherspoon Jr., F, Miss State
Daniel Gafford Arkansas
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Kentucky
Kevin Knox Kentucky
Jontay Porter Missouri
Collin Sexton Alabama
TJ Starks Texas A&M
Tremont Waters LSU
Nick Weatherspoon Miss State
Chris Chiozza Sr., G, Florida
Donta Hall Jr., F, Alabama
Anfernee McLemore So., F, Auburn
Chris Silva Sr., F, South Carolina
Robert Williams So., F, Texas A&M
- denotes unanimous selection

AP

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2018 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards [20]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Yante Maten, Georgia
Coach of the Year Rick Barnes, Tennessee
Newcomer of the Year Collin Sexton, Alabama
2018 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team
Bryce Brown Jr., G, Auburn
Daryl Macon Sr., G, Arkansas
†Yante Maten Sr., F, Georgia
Collin Sexton Fr., G, Alabama
Grant Williams So., F, Tennessee
Jaylen Barford Sr., G, Arkansas
Chris Chiozza Sr., G, Florida
Jared Harper So., G, Auburn
Mustapha Heron So., G, Auburn
Kassius Robertson GS, G, Missouri
- denotes unanimous selection

NBA draft

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PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
Player Team Round Pick # Position School
Collin Sexton Cleveland Cavaliers 1 8 PG Alabama
Kevin Knox II New York Knicks 1 9 SF Kentucky
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Charlotte Hornets 1 11 PG Kentucky
Michael Porter Jr. Denver Nuggets 1 14 SF Missouri
Robert Williams Boston Celtics 1 27 PF/C Texas A&M
Jarred Vanderbilt Orlando Magic 2 41 SF Kentucky
Hamidou Diallo Brooklyn Nets 2 45 SG Kentucky

Attendance

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Note: teams that played more than 16 home games have a * by them

Team Arena Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Total Average % of Capacity
Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16
Alabama Coleman Coliseum 15,383 12,325 11,948 11,737 12,062 13,534 12,807 14,218 10,909 199,891 13,326 87%
15,383 15,383 15,383 15,383 11,154 15,383 12,282
*Arkansas Bud Walton Arena 19,368 13,407 13,404 15,051 13,634 17,583 13,945 15,829 18,696 275,084 16,181 84%
15,199 18,297 18,030 18,057 14,956 17,083 18,097 18,083
Auburn Auburn Arena 9,121 7,419 7,197 6,164 6,232 7,565 8,039 8,493 8,950 131,537 8,221 90%
9,121 9,121 9,121 9,121 7,631 9,121 9,121 9,121
Florida O'Connell Center 10,133 8,604 9,151 9,501 10,425 9,012 8,203 8,021 10,274 155,118 9,695 96%
9,917 10,151 10,623 10,845 9,833 9,497 10,503 10,558
Georgia Stegeman Coliseum 10,523 7,387 5,369 6,220 6,405 10,048 10,523 7,515 10,523 125,448 8,363 79%
9,788 6,405 8,779 10,523 10,028 9,518 6,417
*Kentucky Rupp Arena 23,500 19,807 20,174 20,168 19,548 20,645 20,212 22,922 22,690 393,743 21,875 93%
24,228 22,862 22,643 24,394 20,609 21,143 23,332 23,220
*LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center 13,215 11,856 7,731 7,396 7,812 8,449 9,695 8,151 8,212 160,633 9,449 72%
11,952 13,600 13,215 8,528 9,272 8,545 9,635 7,517
*Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum 10,575 6,811 6,132 6,359 7,687 6,034 5,831 7,539 6,613 142,786 7,139 68%
6,709 7,156 7,764 6,324 8,443 6,633 7,169 7,775
Missouri Mizzou Arena 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 240,976 15,061 100%
15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061 15,061
*Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss 9,500 8,302 7,042 6,835 6,014 6,297 5,054 6,309 6,102 125,051 6,947 73%
7,993 5,849 8,664 6,547 8,099 9,121 6,204 6,023
South Carolina Colonial Life Arena 18,000 12,136 10,832 10,205 11,734 11,305 11,391 16,200 18,000 183,267 13,091 73%
18,000 11,042 14,629 14,995 11,529 11,269
Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena 21,678 15,047 12,343 13,642 14,051 21,678 13,095 14,755 21,678 242589 16,173 75%
19,612 14,127 13,425 18,316 13,126 16,016 21,678
Texas A&M Reed Arena 12,989 7,275 6,704 7,121 7,804 6,339 6,595 6,554 12,524 145,940 9,121 70%
10,845 10,578 11,704 8,761 10,504 13,263 8,614 10,755
*Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium 14,316 8,609 8,048 8,284 8,027 8,570 8,739 4,623 8,125 161,845 8,991 63%
9,519 11,510 13,389 8,760 9,755 8,761 8,592 10,346

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