2011–12 SEC Men's Basketball Season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | CBS, ESPN, FSN |
Regular Season | |
2012 SEC Champions | Kentucky |
Season MVP | Anthony Davis, Kentucky |
SEC tournament | |
Champions | Vanderbilt |
Runners-up | Kentucky |
Finals MVP | John Jenkins, Vanderbilt |
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No.1Kentucky | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 38 | – | 2 | .950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.25Florida | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.20Vanderbilt † | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 25 | – | 11 | .694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 SEC tournament winner As of April 2, 2012 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 15, 2011, and ended with the SEC Tournament on March 8–11, 2012 at the New Orleans ArenainNew Orleans.
This was the first season for the SEC's one-division alignment in men's basketball. The league's head coaches voted at the league's annual meeting on June 1, 2011, to eliminate the divisional format, starting with the 2011–12 season.[1]
Pre-Season Poll:
SEC Media[2] | |
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1. | Kentucky (18) |
2. | Vanderbilt (4) |
3. | Florida (1) |
4. | Alabama |
5. | Mississippi State |
6. | Arkansas |
7. | Ole Miss |
8. | Georgia |
9. | LSU |
10. | Auburn |
11. | Tennessee |
12. | South Carolina |
Pre-Season All-SEC Teams
SEC Media[3] | SEC Coaches |
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Dee Bost Mississippi State JaMychal Green Alabama John Jenkins Vanderbilt Terrence Jones Kentucky Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt |
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Alabama | AP | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||
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Florida | AP | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 25 | |
C | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 9 | |
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Kentucky | AP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
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Mississippi State | AP | 24 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 20 | RV | |||||||
C | RV | 24 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 23 | RV | RV | ||||||
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Vanderbilt | AP | 7 | 18 | 18 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | |
C | 7 | 20 | 22 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 |
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.
Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | LSU | Mississippi State | Ole Miss | South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt | |
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vs. Alabama | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
vs. Arkansas | 2–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
vs. Auburn | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
vs. Florida | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
vs. Georgia | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
vs. Kentucky | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
vs. LSU | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
vs. Mississippi State | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
vs. Ole Miss | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
vs. South Carolina | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 |
vs. Tennessee | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 |
vs. Vanderbilt | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – |
Total | 9–7 | 6–10 | 5–11 | 10–6 | 5–11 | 16–0 | 7–9 | 8–8 | 8–8 | 2–14 | 10–6 | 10–6 |
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
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First Round - Thursday, March 8 | ||||||
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#5 Alabama vs. #12 South Carolina
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6:30 PM | SEC Network | |||
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9:00 PM |
#6 Mississippi State vs. #11 Georgia
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Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9 | ||||||
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12:00 PM |
#1 Kentucky vs. #8 LSU
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2:30 PM |
#4 Florida vs. #5 Alabama
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6:30 PM |
#2 Tennessee vs. #7 Ole Miss
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9:00 PM |
#3 Vanderbilt vs. #11 Georgia
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Semifinals - Saturday, March 10 | ||||||
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12:00 PM |
#1 Kentucky vs. #4 Florida
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2:30 PM |
#7 Ole Miss vs. #3 Vanderbilt
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Championship Game - Sunday, March 11 | ||||||
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#1 Kentucky vs. #3 Vanderbilt
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*Game Times in CT[1]. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Seed | Region | School | First Four | Second round | Third round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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1 | South | Kentucky | #16 WKU - W, 81–66 | #8 Iowa State - W, 87–71 | #4 Indiana - W, 102–90 | #3 Baylor - W, 82–70 | #4 Louisville – W, 69-61 | #2 Kansas - W, 67-59 | |
7 | West | Florida | #10 Virginia – W, 71-45 | #15 Norfolk State – W, 84-50 | #3 Marquette - W, 68-58 | #4 Louisville - L, 68-72 | |||
5 | East | Vanderbilt | #12 Harvard – W, 79–70 | #4 Wisconsin – L, 57-60 | |||||
9 | Midwest | Alabama | #8 Creighton – L, 57-58 |
# of Bids | Record | Win % | R2 | R3 | SF | CG |
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4 | 1–4 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Tennessee | At-large | 1 | W 65-51 vs. 8 Savannah State L 64-71 vs. 4 Middle Tennessee |
Ole Miss | At-large | 2 | L 93-96 (OT) vs. 7 Illinois State |
Mississippi State | At-large | 4 | L 96-101 (2OT) vs. 5 UMass |
LSU | At-large | 6 | L 74-96 vs. 3 Oregon |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
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1 | 1 | Anthony Davis | PF | ![]() |
New Orleans Hornets | Kentucky (Fr.) |
1 | 2 | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | SF | ![]() |
Charlotte Bobcats | Kentucky (Fr.) |
1 | 3 | Bradley Beal | SG | ![]() |
Washington Wizards | Florida (Fr.) |
1 | 18 | Terrence Jones | PF | ![]() |
Houston Rockets | Kentucky (So.) |
1 | 23 | John Jenkins | SG | ![]() |
Atlanta Hawks | Vanderbilt (Jr.) |
1 | 27 | Arnett Moultrie | PF | ![]() |
Miami Heat | Mississippi St. (Jr.) |
1 | 29 | Marquis Teague | PG | ![]() |
Chicago Bulls | Kentucky (Fr.) |
1 | 30 | Festus Ezeli | C | ![]() |
Golden State Warriors | Vanderbilt (Sr.) |
2 | 31 | Jeffery Taylor | SF | ![]() |
Charlotte Bobcats | Vanderbilt (Sr.) |
2 | 42 | Doron Lamb | SG | ![]() |
Milwaukee Bucks | Kentucky (So.) |
2 | 45 | Justin Hamilton | C | ![]() |
Philadelphia 76ers | LSU (Jr.) |
2 | 46 | Darius Miller | SF | ![]() |
New Orleans Hornets | Kentucky (Sr.) |
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Starting on March 6, the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans were released for 2011–12 season, based upon selections by the four major syndicates. The four syndicates include the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, and Sporting News
AP First Team
Third Team
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USBWA First Team
Second Team
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NABC First Team
Third Team
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Sporting News First Team
Second Team
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Voting was by conference coaches:
2012 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[13] | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Player of the Year | Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY | |||||
Coach of the Year | John Calipari, KENTUCKY | |||||
Defensive Player of the Year | Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY | |||||
Rookie of the Year | Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY | |||||
Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Patric Young, F., FLORIDA | |||||
Sixth Man Award | Darius Miller, F., KENTUCKY |
2012 All-SEC Men's Basketball Teams[13] | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | All-Freshman Team | All-Defensive Team | |||
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Bradley Beal Fr., G, FLORIDA Dee Bost Sr., G, MISS STATE Kenny Boynton Jr., G, FLORIDA Anthony Davis Fr., C, KENTUCKY John Jenkins Jr., G, VANDERBILT Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Fr., F, KENTUCKY Arnett Moultrie Sr., F, MISSISSIPPI STATE Jeffery Taylor Sr., F, VANDERBILT |
JaMychal Green Sr., F, ALABAMA Justin Hamilton Jr., F, LSU Terrance Henry Jr., F, OLE MISS Terrence Jones So., F, KENTUCKY Doron Lamb So., G, KENTUCKY Jeronne Maymon So., F, TENNESSEE Trevor Releford So., G, ALABAMA Erving Walker Sr., G, FLORIDA B. J. Young Fr., G, ARKANSAS |
Bradley Beal, G., FLORIDA Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, G., GEORGIA Anthony Davis, F., KENTUCKY Anthony Hickey, G., LSU Rodney Hood, F., MISS STATE Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F., KENTUCKY Jarnell Stokes, F., TENNESSEE B. J. Young, G., ARKANSAS |
Reginald Buckner, F., OLE MISS Anthony Davis, F., KENTUCKY Damontre Harris, F., SOUTH CAROLINA Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F., KENTUCKY Jeffery Taylor, F., VANDERBILT | |||
† - denotes unanimous selection |
First Team:
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Second Team:
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On March 6, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2011–12 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the SEC representatives selected within their respective regions. (Note bold represents player of the year within that district)[14]
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