| 2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Teams | 14 |
| TV partner(s) | CBS,ESPN,SEC Network |
| Regular Season | |
| 2020 SEC Champions | Kentucky |
| SeasonMVP | Mason Jones (co-AP) Reggie Perry (co-AP) Immanuel Quickley (Coaches) |
| Tournament | |
| Venue | Bridgestone Arena,Nashville, Tennessee |
| Basketball seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8Kentucky | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20Auburn | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: The2020 SEC tournament was canceled after the first round due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2020 and was scheduled to end in March, after which 14 member teams were to participate in the2020 SEC men's basketball tournament atBridgestone Arena inNashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion was to have been guaranteed a selection to the2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament,[1] but the tournament was canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Kentucky was predicted to win the 2020 SEC championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Florida's Kerry Blackshear was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Blackshear, Edwards, Hagans, Tyree and Perry were each All-SEC First Team selections.[2]
| Media | |
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| 1. | Kentucky |
| 2. | Florida |
| 3. | LSU |
| 4. | Auburn |
| 5. | Tennessee |
| 6. | Alabama |
| 7. | Mississippi State |
| 8. | Ole Miss |
| 9. | Georgia |
| 10. | South Carolina |
| 11. | Arkansas |
| 12. | Texas A&M |
| 13. | Missouri |
| 14. | Vanderbilt |
() first place votes
| Media |
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| Kerry Blackshear Jr.Florida |
| Anthony EdwardsGeorgia |
| Ashton HagansKentucky |
| Breein TyreeOle Miss |
| Reggie PerryMississippi State |
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 | Nate Oats | Buffalo | 1 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | Eric Musselman | Nevada | 1 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn | Bruce Pearl | Tennessee | 6 | 100–72 (.581) | 40–50 (.444) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Florida | Mike White | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 89–53 (.627) | 43–29 (.597) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | Tom Crean | Indiana | 2 | 11–21 (.344) | 2–16 (.111) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | John Calipari | Memphis | 11 | 305–71 (.811) | 136–38 (.782) | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| LSU | Will Wade | VCU | 3 | 43–20 (.683) | 23–12 (.657) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi State | Ben Howland | UCLA | 5 | 78–56 (.582) | 32–40 (.444) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | Cuonzo Martin | California | 3 | 35–30 (.538) | 15–21 (.417) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ole Miss | Kermit Davis | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 20–13 (.606) | 10–8 (.556) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | Frank Martin | Kansas State | 8 | 129–106 (.549) | 56–70 (.444) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tennessee | Rick Barnes | Texas | 5 | 88–50 (.638) | 42–30 (.583) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas A&M | Buzz Williams | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt | Jerry Stackhouse | Memphis Grizzlies(asst.) | 1 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final | ||
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| Auburn | AP | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||
| C | 23 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |||||||||
| Florida | AP | 6 | 15 | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||
| C | 6 | 6 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
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| Kentucky | AP | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 15 | ||||||||
| C | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | |||||||||
| LSU | AP | 22 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| C | 24 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
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| Missouri | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
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| Tennessee | AP | RV | RV | 20 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 21 | RV | ||||||||||||
| C | 25 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 21 | RV | |||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | – | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Arkansas | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Auburn | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0-0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Florida | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–0 | 0-0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Georgia | 0-0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Kentucky | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. LSU | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| vs. Miss. State | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Missouri | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Ole Miss | 0-0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. South Carolina | 0-0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 0–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Tennessee | 0-0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Texas A&M | 0-0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 |
| vs. Vanderbilt | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – |
| Total | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 6–1 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 0–7 |
| 2019 SEC men's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | First Round March 11 | Second Round March 12 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 |
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| 1. | ‡Kentucky | 15–3 | 25–6 | Bye | Bye | ||||
| 2. | †Auburn | 12–6 | 25–6 | 1–0 vs. LSU | Bye | Bye | |||
| 3. | †LSU | 12–6 | 21–10 | 0-1 vs. Auburn | Bye | Bye | |||
| 4. | †Mississippi State | 11–7 | 20–11 | 1–0 vs. Florida | Bye | Bye | |||
| 5. | #Florida | 11–7 | 19–12 | 0–1 vs. Mississippi State | Bye | vs. #13 Georgia | |||
| 6. | #South Carolina | 10–8 | 18–13 | 2–0 vs. Texas A&M | Bye | vs. #11 Arkansas | |||
| 7. | #Texas A&M | 10–8 | 16–14 | 0–2 vs, South Carolina | Bye | vs. #10 Missouri | |||
| 8. | #Tennessee | 9–9 | 17–14 | Bye | vs. #9 Alabama | ||||
| 9. | #Alabama | 8–10 | 16–15 | Bye | vs. #8 Tennessee | ||||
| 10. | #Missouri | 7–11 | 15–16 | 1–0 vs. Arkansas | Bye | vs. #7 Texas A&M | |||
| 11. | Arkansas | 7–11 | 19–12 | 0–1 vs. Missouri | vs. #14 VanderbiltW, 86–73 | vs. #6 South Carolina | |||
| 12. | Ole Miss | 6–11 | 15–16 | vs. #13 GeorgiaL, 63–81 | |||||
| 13. | Georgia | 5–13 | 15–16 | vs. #12 Ole MissW, 81–63 | |||||
| 14. | Vanderbilt | 3–15 | 11–20 | vs. #11 ArkansasL, 73–86 | |||||
| ‡ – 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 theSEC tournament. | |||||||||
| 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[3] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Immanuel Quickley,Kentucky | |||||
| Coach of the Year | John Calipari,Kentucky | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Yves Pons,Tennessee | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Anthony Edwards,Georgia | |||||
| Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Skylar Mays,LSU | |||||
| Sixth Man Award | Tyson Carter,Mississippi State | |||||
| 2020 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | All-Freshman Team | All-Defensive Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samir DoughtySr., G, Auburn Keyontae JohnsonSo., F, Florida Mason JonesJr., G, Arkansas Kira Lewis Jr.So., G, Alabama Skylar MaysSr., G, LSU Reggie PerrySo., F, Mississippi State Immanuel QuickleySo., G, Kentucky Nick RichardsJr., C, Kentucky Breein TyreeJr., G, Ole Miss | Kerry Blackshear Jr.Sr., F, Florida Anthony EdwardsFr., G, Georgia John FulkersonJr., F, Tennessee Maik KotsarSr., F, South Carolina Saben LeeJr., G, Vanderbilt Tyrese MaxeyFr., G, Kentucky Isaac OkoroFr., F, Auburn John Petty Jr.Jr., G, Alabama | Jermaine CouisnardSouth Carolina Anthony EdwardsGeorgia Scottie LewisFlorida Tyrese MaxeyKentucky Isaac OkoroAuburn Scotty Pippen Jr.Vanderbilt Jaden ShackelfordAlabama Trendon WatfordLSU | Ashton HagansSo., G, Kentucky Herbert JonesJr., F, Alabama Isaac OkoroFr., F, Auburn Yves PonsJr., F, Tennessee Nick RichardsJr., G, Kentucky | |||
| 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[4] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| co-Player of the Year | Mason Jones,Arkansas Reggie Perry,Mississippi State | |||||
| Coach of the Year | Buzz Williams,Texas A&M | |||||
| Newcomer of the Year | Anthony Edwards,Georgia | |||||
| 2020 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | |||||
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| †Mason JonesJr., G, Arkansas Kira Lewis Jr.So., G, Alabama †Reggie PerrySo., F, Mississippi State Immanuel QuickleySo., G, Kentucky Nick RichardsJr., C, Kentucky | Samir DoughtySr., G, Auburn Anthony EdwardsFr., G, Georgia Keyontae JohnsonSo., F, Florida Skylar MaysSr., G, LSU Breein TyreeSr., G, Ole Miss | |||||
| †- denotes unanimous selection | ||||||