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2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

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2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, SEC Network
Regular Season
2020 SEC ChampionsKentucky
Season MVPMason Jones (co-AP)
Reggie Perry (co-AP)
Immanuel Quickley (Coaches)
Tournament
Basketball seasons
2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Kentucky 15 3   .833 25 6   .806
No. 20 Auburn 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: The 2020 SEC tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 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 the 2020 SEC men's basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion was to have been guaranteed a selection to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament,[1] but the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Preseason

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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 Day Selections

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Media
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

Preseason All-SEC teams

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Media
Kerry Blackshear Jr. Florida
Anthony Edwards Georgia
Ashton Hagans Kentucky
Breein Tyree Ole Miss
Reggie Perry Mississippi State
  • Players in bold are media choices for SEC 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 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

Rankings

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Alabama AP RV
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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
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Georgia AP
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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
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Mississippi State AP RV RV RV RV
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Missouri AP RV RV RV RV
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Ole Miss AP
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South Carolina AP
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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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Vanderbilt AP
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Conference matrix

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Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Miss. State Missouri Ole Miss S. Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt
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

Postseason

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SEC tournament

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  • March 11–15 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 11
Second Round
March 12
Quarterfinals
March 13
Semifinals
March 14
Championship
March 15
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 Vanderbilt W, 86–73 vs. #6 South Carolina
12. Ole Miss 6–11 15–16 vs. #13 Georgia L, 63–81
13. Georgia 5–13 15–16 vs. #12 Ole Miss W, 81–63
14. Vanderbilt 3–15 11–20 vs. #11 Arkansas L, 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 the SEC tournament.

Honors and awards

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All-SEC Awards

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Coaches

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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 Doughty Sr., G, Auburn
Keyontae Johnson So., F, Florida
Mason Jones Jr., G, Arkansas
Kira Lewis Jr. So., G, Alabama
Skylar Mays Sr., G, LSU
Reggie Perry So., F, Mississippi State
Immanuel Quickley So., G, Kentucky
Nick Richards Jr., C, Kentucky
Breein Tyree Jr., G, Ole Miss
Kerry Blackshear Jr. Sr., F, Florida
Anthony Edwards Fr., G, Georgia
John Fulkerson Jr., F, Tennessee
Maik Kotsar Sr., F, South Carolina
Saben Lee Jr., G, Vanderbilt
Tyrese Maxey Fr., G, Kentucky
Isaac Okoro Fr., F, Auburn
John Petty Jr.Jr., G, Alabama
Jermaine Couisnard South Carolina
Anthony Edwards Georgia
Scottie Lewis Florida
Tyrese Maxey Kentucky
Isaac Okoro Auburn
Scotty Pippen Jr. Vanderbilt
Jaden Shackelford Alabama
Trendon Watford LSU
Ashton Hagans So., G, Kentucky
Herbert Jones Jr., F, Alabama
Isaac Okoro Fr., F, Auburn
Yves Pons Jr., F, Tennessee
Nick Richards Jr., G, Kentucky

AP

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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
Mason Jones Jr., G, Arkansas
Kira Lewis Jr. So., G, Alabama
Reggie Perry So., F, Mississippi State
Immanuel Quickley So., G, Kentucky
Nick Richards Jr., C, Kentucky
Samir Doughty Sr., G, Auburn
Anthony Edwards Fr., G, Georgia
Keyontae Johnson So., F, Florida
Skylar Mays Sr., G, LSU
Breein Tyree Sr., G, Ole Miss
- denotes unanimous selection

References

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  1. ^ "SEC announces Men's Basketball schedule". secsports.com. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "UK picked to win 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Championship" (Press release). October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "2020 SEC Men's Basketball Awards announced" (Press release). Southeaster Conference. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "AP SEC awards, All-SEC team rosters announced". March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.