2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2019 and will end in March, after which 14 member teams will participate in the 2019 SEC tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2019 NCAA tournament.[1]

2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, SEC Network
Regular season
2019 SEC ChampionsLSU
Season MVPGrant Williams, Tennessee
Tournament
ChampionsAuburn
  Runners-upTennessee
Finals MVPBryce Brown, Auburn
2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 LSU162 .889287  .800
No. 10 Tennessee153 .833316  .838
No. 7 Kentucky153 .833307  .811
No. 5 Auburn117 .6113010  .750
South Carolina117 .6111616  .500
Mississippi State108 .5562311  .676
Ole Miss108 .5562013  .606
Florida99 .5002016  .556
Alabama810 .4441816  .529
Arkansas810 .4441816  .529
Texas A&M612 .3331418  .438
Missouri513 .2781517  .469
Georgia216 .1111121  .344
Vanderbilt018 .000923  .281
2019 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Preseason polls

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
AlabamaRV#19#25#27 #23#21
Arkansas#36RV#65 #49
Auburn#66#35 #33
Florida#8#10#9#7#15 #7#9#10
Georgia#53RV#57 #58
Kentucky#5#6#6#4#9 #8#6#8
LSU#147#88 #91
Mississippi State#76#69 #48
MissouriRV#37RV#71 #25#39
Ole Miss#88#59 #53
South CarolinaRV#81RV#40 #61
Tennessee#118#49 #76
Texas A&M#25#21#27RV#19 #19#29
Vanderbilt#46#61 #59

Media Day Selections

Media[2]
1. Kentucky
2. Tennessee
3. Auburn
4. Mississippi State
5. Florida
6. LSU
7. Alabama
8. Vanderbilt
9. Missouri
10. Arkansas
11. South Carolina
12. Texas A&M
13. Georgia
14. Ole Miss

() first place votes

Preseason All-SEC teams

Media[2] Coaches[3]
Daniel Gafford Arkansas Daniel Gafford Arkansas
Chris Silva South Carolina Admiral Schofield Tennessee
Reid Travis Kentucky Chris Silva South Carolina
Tremont Waters LSU Reid Travis Kentucky
Grant Williams Tennessee P. J. Washington Kentucky
Tremont Waters LSU
Quinndary Weatherspoon Mississippi State
Grant Williams Tennessee
  • 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

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 4 57–46 (.553) 26–28 (.481) 1 0 0
Arkansas Mike Anderson Missouri 8 151–73 (.674) 70–54 (.565) 3 0 0
Auburn Bruce Pearl Tennessee 5 70–62 (.530) 29–43 (.403) 1 0 0
Florida Mike White Louisiana Tech 4 69–37 (.651) 34–20 (.630) 2 0 0
Georgia Tom Crean Indiana 1 0–0 () 0–0 () 0 0 0
Kentucky John Calipari Memphis 10 273–64 (.810) 121–35 (.776) 8 4 1
LSU Will Wade VCU 2 18–15 (.545) 8–10 (.444) 0 0 0
Mississippi State Ben Howland UCLA 4 56–45 (.554) 22–32 (.407) 0 0 0
Missouri Cuonzo Martin California 2 20–13 (.606) 10–8 (.556) 1 0 0
Ole Miss Kermit Davis Middle Tennessee 1 0–0 () 0–0 () 0 0 0
South Carolina Frank Martin Kansas State 7 113–90 (.557) 45–63 (.417) 1 1 0
Tennessee Rick Barnes Texas 4 57–44 (.564) 27–27 (.500) 1 0 0
Texas A&M Billy Kennedy Murray State 7 136–98 (.581) 60–66 (.476) 1 0 0
Vanderbilt Bryce Drew Valparaiso 2 31–36 (.463) 16–20 (.444) 1 0 0

Rankings

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Final
Alabama AP RV RV
C RV
Arkansas AP
C
Auburn AP 11 9
C 12 12
Florida AP RV RV
C RV RV
Georgia AP
C
Kentucky AP 2 10
C 2 10
LSU AP 23 22
C RV RV
Mississippi State AP 18 17
C 19 19
Missouri AP RV
C RV
Ole Miss AP
C
South Carolina AP
C
Tennessee AP 6 5
C 6 6
Texas A&M AP
C
Vanderbilt AP RV
C RV

Regular season

Big 12/SEC Challenge

Date [4] Time Big 12 team SEC team Location TV Attendance Winner Leader
Sat., Jan. 26 12:00 PM BaylorAlabamaFerrell CenterWaco, TXESPNU
7,094
Baylor (73-68)Big 12 (1–0)
No. 24 Iowa StateNo. 20 Ole MissThe Pavilion at Ole MissOxford, MSESPN
8,839
Iowa State (87–73)Big 12 (2–0)
TCUFloridaSchollmaier ArenaFort Worth, TXESPN2
6,682
TCU (55-50)Big 12 (3–0)
2:00 PMKansas StateTexas A&MReed ArenaCollege Station, TXESPN
7,100
Texas A&M (65-53)Big 12 (3-1)
Oklahoma StateSouth CarolinaGallagher-Iba ArenaStillwater, OKESPNU
7,658
Oklahoma State (74-70)Big 12 (4-1)
TexasGeorgiaStegeman ColiseumAthens, GAESPN2
10,374
Georgia (98-88)Big 12 (4-2)
4:00 PM OklahomaVanderbiltLloyd Noble CenterNorman, OKESPN2
8,848
Oklahoma (86-55)Big 12 (5-2)
West VirginiaNo. 1 TennesseeThompson–Boling ArenaKnoxville, TNESPN
22,149
Tennessee (83-66)Big 12 (5-3)
6:00 PM No. 9 KansasNo. 8 KentuckyRupp ArenaLexington, KYESPN
24,387
Kentucky (71-63) Big 12 (5-4)
No. 14 Texas TechArkansasUnited Supermarkets ArenaLubbock, TXESPN2
14,290
Texas Tech (67-64) Big 12 (6-4)
Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Missouri did not participate for the SEC.
All times Eastern

SEC regular season

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Results updated through January 5, 2019.

Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Miss. State Missouri Ole Miss S. Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama 1–02–01–00–10–12–01–10–10–10–11–02–00–2
vs. Arkansas 0–11–01–00–11–01–11–01–11–11–01–01–10–2
vs. Auburn 0–20–10–10–22–01–01–10–12–01–00–10–10–1
vs. Florida 0–10–11–01–12–01–11–00–10–11–02–00–10–2
vs. Georgia 1–01–02–01–11–02–01–01–02–02–01–01–00–1
vs. Kentucky 1–00–10–20–20–11–00–20–10–10–11–10–10–2
vs. LSU 0–21–10–11–10–20–10–10–10–10–10–10–20–1
vs. Miss. State 1–10–11–10–10–12–01–00–11–11–11–00–10–1
vs. Missouri 1–01–11–01–00–11–01–01–02–01–12–01–10–1
vs. Ole Miss 1–01–10–21–00–21–01–01–10–21–01–00–10–1
vs. South Carolina 1–00–10–10–10–21–01–01–11–10–12–00–20–1
vs. Tennessee 0–10–11–00–20–11–11–00–10–20–10–20–10–2
vs. Texas A&M 0–21–11–01–00–11–02–01–01–11–02–01–00–1
vs. Vanderbilt 2–02–01–02–01–02–01–01–01–01–01–02–01–0
Total 8–108–1011–79–92–1615–316–210–85–1310–811–715–36–120–18

Records against other conferences

Regular season

Power Conferences Record
ACC 7–10
American 5–5
Big East 3–4
Big Ten 3–3
Big 12 6–13
Pac-12 9–3
Power 7 Total 33–38
Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record
A-10 5–0
America East 1–1
ASUN 8–0
Big Sky 1–0
Big South 6–0
Big West 2–1
CAA 1–1
C-USA 7–1
Horizon 2–0
Ivy
MAAC 2–0
MAC 2–1
MEAC 4–0
MVC 4–0
MW 1–1
NEC
OVC 9–0
Patriot
SoCon 8–1
Southland 10–0
SWAC 5–1
Summit 2–0
Sun Belt 10–2
WAC
WCC 5–1
Other Division I Total 95–11
NCAA Division I Total 128–49
Division II Total 0–0
Total 0–0


Postseason

SEC Tournament

  • March 13–17 at the Bridgestone Arena, Nashville. 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.
2019 SEC men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First round
March 13
Second round
March 14
Quarterfinals
March 15
Semifinals
March 16
Championship
March 17
1. LSU 16–2 26–5 Bye Bye vs. #8 Florida L, 7376
2. Kentucky 15–3 26–5 1–1 vs. Tennessee; 2-0 vs. Auburn Bye Bye vs. #10 Alabama W, 7355 vs. #3 Tennessee L, 7882
3. Tennessee 15–3 27–4 1–1 vs. Kentucky; 0-1 vs. Auburn Bye Bye vs. #6 Mississippi State W, 8376 vs. #2 Kentucky W, 8278 vs. #5 Auburn L, 6484
4. South Carolina 11–7 16–15 1–0 vs. Auburn Bye Bye vs. #5 Auburn L, 6473
5. #Auburn 11–7 22–9 0–1 vs. South Carolina Bye vs. #12 Missouri W, 8171 vs. #4 South Carolina W, 7364 vs. #8 Florida W, 6562 vs. #3 Tennessee W, 8464
6. #Mississippi State 10–8 22–9 1–1 vs. Ole Miss; 1–1 vs, South Carolina Bye vs. #11 Texas A&M W, 8054 vs. #3 Tennessee L, 7683
7. #Ole Miss 10–8 20–11 1–1 vs. Mississippi State; 0–1 vs, South Carolina Bye vs. #10 Alabama L, 5762
8. #Florida 9–9 17–14 Bye vs. #9 Arkansas W, 6650 vs. #1 LSU W, 7673 vs. #5 Auburn L, 6265
9. #Arkansas 8–10 17–14 1–0 vs. Alabama Bye vs. #8 Florida L, 5066
10. #Alabama 8–10 17–14 0–1 vs. Arkansas Bye vs. #7 Ole Miss W, 6257 vs. #2 Kentucky L, 5573
11. Texas A&M 6–12 13–17 vs. #14 Vanderbilt W, 6952 vs. #6 Mississippi State L, 5480
12. Missouri 5–13 14–16 vs. #13 Georgia W, 7161 vs. #5 Auburn L, 7181
13. Georgia 2–16 11–20 vs. #12 Missouri L, 6171
14. Vanderbilt 0–18 9–22 vs. #11 Texas A&M L, 5269
‡ – 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.

Honors and awards

Coaches

2019 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards [5]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Grant Williams, Tennessee
Coach of the Year Kermit Davis, Ole Miss
Co-Defensive Player of the Year Ashton Hagans, Kentucky & Tremont Waters, LSU
Freshman of the Year Keldon Johnson, Kentucky
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Skylar Mays, LSU
Sixth Man Award Hassani Gravett, South Carolina

Players

2019 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team All-Freshman Team All-Defensive Team
Daniel Gafford So., F, Arkansas
Admiral Schofield Jr., F, Tennessee
Chris Silva Sr., F, South Carolina
Breein Tyree Jr., G, Ole Miss
P. J. Washington So., F, Kentucky
Tremont Waters So., G, LSU
Quinndary Weatherspoon Sr., G, Mississippi State
Grant Williams So., F, Tennessee
Jordan Bone Jr., G, Tennessee
Bryce Brown Sr., G, Auburn
Nicolas Claxton So., F, Georgia
Terence Davis Jr., G, Ole Miss
Jared Harper Jr., G, Auburn
Tyler Herro Fr., G, Kentucky
Keldon Johnson Fr., F, Kentucky
Skylar Mays Jr., G, LSU
Tyler Herro Kentucky
Isaiah Joe Arkansas
Keldon Johnson Kentucky
A. J. Lawson South Carolina
Kira Lewis Alabama
Andrew Nembhard Florida
Naz Reid LSU
Reggie Perry Mississippi State
Daniel Gafford So., F, Arkansas
Ashton Hagans Fr., G, Kentucky
Donta Hall Sr., F, Alabama
Chris Silva Sr., F, South Carolina
Tremont Waters So., G, LSU
- denotes unanimous selection

AP

2019 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards [6]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Grant Williams, Tennessee
Coach of the Year Kermit Davis, Ole Miss
Newcomer of the Year Tyler Herro, Kentucky
2019 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team
Daniel Gafford So., F, Arkansas
P. J. Washington So., F, Kentucky
Tremont Waters So., G, LSU
Quinndary Weatherspoon Sr., G, Mississippi State
Grant Williams So., F, Tennessee
Jordan Bone Jr., G, Tennessee
Jared Harper Jr., G, Auburn
Admiral Schofield Sr., F, Tennessee
Chris Silva Sr., F, South Carolina
Breein Tyree Jr., G, Ole Miss
- denotes unanimous selection

NBA draft

PGPoint guard SGShooting guard SFSmall forward PFPower forward CCenter
PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool
Darius GarlandCleveland Cavaliers15PGVanderbilt
P. J. WashingtonCharlotte Hornets112PFKentucky
Tyler HerroMiami Heat113SGKentucky
Chuma OkekeOrlando Magic116PFAuburn
Grant WilliamsBoston Celtics122PFTennessee
Keldon JohnsonSan Antonio Spurs129SGKentucky
Nicolas ClaxtonBrooklyn Nets231PFGeorgia
Daniel GaffordChicago Bulls228CArkansas
Admiral SchofieldPhiladelphia 76ers242SFTennessee
Quinndary WeatherspoonSan Antonio Spurs249SGMississippi State
Tremont WatersCharlotte Hornets251PGLSU
Jordan BoneNew Orleans Pelicans257PGTennessee

References

  1. "SEC announces Men's Basketball schedule". secsports.com. August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. "Media picks Kentucky as 2019 SEC Champion" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 24, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  3. "2019 SEC men's basketball preseason teams announced" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  4. "2019 Big 12/SEC Challenge match-ups set" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  5. "2019 SEC Men's Basketball Awards announced" (Press release). Southeaster Conference. March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  6. Spencer, Adam (March 12, 2019). "Associated Press names SEC Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and All-SEC squads". Saturday Down South. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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