2013–14 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2013–14 SEC Men's Basketball Season
2013–14 SEC Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	CBS, ESPN, SEC Network
Regular Season
2014 SEC Champions	Florida
Season MVP	Scottie Wilbekin, Florida
Top scorer	Jabari Brown, Missouri
Tournament
Champions	Florida
Runners-up	Kentucky
Finals MVP	Scottie Wilbekin, Florida
Basketball seasons
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Florida †	18	–	0	1.000	36	–	3	.923
Kentucky	12	–	6	.667	29	–	11	.725
Georgia	12	–	6	.667	20	–	14	.588
Tennessee	11	–	7	.611	24	–	13	.649
Arkansas	10	–	8	.556	22	–	12	.647
Missouri	9	–	9	.500	23	–	12	.657
LSU	9	–	9	.500	20	–	14	.588
Ole Miss	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Texas A&M	8	–	10	.444	18	–	16	.529
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Alabama	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
Auburn	6	–	12	.333	14	–	16	.467
South Carolina	5	–	13	.278	14	–	20	.412
Mississippi State	3	–	15	.167	14	–	19	.424

† 2014 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 2013–14 SEC men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2014 and concluded in March, followed by the 2014 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Pre-season

	Media^[2]
1.	Kentucky (21)
2.	Florida (5)
3.	Tennessee (1)
4.	LSU
5.	Missouri
6.	Alabama
7.	Ole Miss
8.	Arkansas
9.	Texas A&M
10.	Vanderbilt
11.	Georgia
12.	South Carolina
13.	Mississippi State
14.	Auburn

() first place votes

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media^[2]
Marshall Henderson OLE MISS Jordan McRae TENNESSEE Johnny O'Bryant IIILSU Julius Randle KENTUCKY Trevor Releford ALABAMA

Coaches select 8 players
Players in bold are choices for SEC Player of the Year

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		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
Alabama	AP
Alabama	C
Arkansas	AP										RV	RV
Arkansas	C
Auburn	AP
Auburn	C
Florida	AP	10	11	16	15	15	19	16	13	12	10	7	6	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
Florida	C	8	10	14	13	12	19	17	14	13	11	7	6	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	3
Georgia	AP
Georgia	C
Kentucky	AP	1	1	4	3	3	11	19	18	15	14	13	14	11	18	14	18	17	25	RV
Kentucky	C	1	1	5	4	4	10	21	18	16	16	13	14	11	14	13	16	15	24	RV	2
LSU	AP	RV	RV						RV	RV					RV
LSU	C	RV	RV
Mississippi State	AP
Mississippi State	C
Missouri	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	23	25	25	21	RV	RV
Missouri	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	25	25	21	RV	RV
Ole Miss	AP					RV
Ole Miss	C
South Carolina	AP
South Carolina	C
Tennessee	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV										RV					RV
Tennessee	C	RV	RV	RV	RV																23
Texas A&M	AP
Texas A&M	C
Vanderbilt	AP
Vanderbilt	C

Regular season

Conference matrix

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	Missouri	Ole Miss	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas A&M	Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Arkansas	1–1	–	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Auburn	1–1	1–0	–	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0
vs. Florida	0–2	0–1	0–2	–	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–2
vs. Georgia	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	–	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0
vs. Kentucky	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	–	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. LSU	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	–	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
vs. Mississippi State	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	–	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
vs. Missouri	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	–	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1
vs. Ole Miss	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–2
vs. South Carolina	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	–	1–0	1–1	0–1
vs. Tennessee	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	–	2–0	1–1
vs. Texas A&M	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	–	2–0
vs. Vanderbilt	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	–
Total	7–11	10–8	6–12	18–0	12–6	12–6	9–9	3–15	9–9	9–9	5–13	11–7	8–10	7–11

Postseason

SEC Tournament

March 12–16, 2014 Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament, Georgia Dome, Atlanta.

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First Round March 13	Second Round March 14	Quarterfinals March 15	Semifinals March 16	Championship March 17
2014 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
1.	‡Florida	18–0	32–2		BYE	BYE	vs. #8 Missouri W, 72–49	vs. #4 Tennessee W, 56–49	vs. #2 Kentucky W, 61–60
2.	†Kentucky	12–6	24–10	1–0 vs. UGA	BYE	BYE	vs. #7 LSU – W 85–67	vs. #3 Georgia – W 70–58	vs. #1 Florida – L 60–61
3.	†Georgia	12–6	19–13	0–1 vs. UK	BYE	BYE	vs. #6 Ole Miss – W, 75–73	vs. #2 Kentucky – L, 58–70
4.	†Tennessee	11–7	21–12		BYE	BYE	vs. #13 South Carolina – W, 59–44	vs. #1 Florida – L, 49–56
5.	#Arkansas	10–8	21–11		BYE	vs. #13 South Carolina – L, 69–71
6.	#Ole Miss	9–9	19–14	2–0 vs. LSU & MU	BYE	vs. #14 Mississippi State – W, 78-66	vs. #3 Georgia – L, 73-75
7.	#LSU	9–9	19–13	1–1 vs. UM and MU	BYE	vs. #10 Alabama – W, 68-56	vs. #2 Kentucky – L, 67-85
8.	#Missouri	9–9	22–11	0–2 vs. UM and LSU	BYE	vs. #9 Texas A&M – W, 91-83^2OT	vs. #1 Florida – L, 49–72
9.	#Texas A&M	8–10	17–15		BYE	vs. #8 Missouri – L, 83-91^2OT
10.	#Alabama	7–11	13–19	1–0 vs. Vanderbilt	BYE	vs. #7 LSU – L, 83-68
11.	Vanderbilt	7–11	15–16	0–1 vs. Alabama	vs. #14 Mississippi State – L, 68–82
12.	Auburn	6–12	14–16		vs. #13 South Carolina – L, 56–74
13.	South Carolina	5–13	13–21		vs. #12 Auburn – W, 74–56	vs. #5 Arkansas – W, 71–69	vs. #4 Tennessee– L, 44–59
14.	Mississippi State	3–15	14–19		vs. #11 Vanderbilt – W, 82–68	vs. #6 Ole Miss – L, 66–78
‡ – 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

Seed	Region	School	First Four	Second Round	Third Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	South	Florida		W, 67–55 vs. #16 Albany – (Orlando, Florida)	W, 61–45 vs. #8 Pittsburgh – (Orlando, Florida)	W, 79–68 vs. #4 UCLA – (Memphis, Tennessee)	W, 62–52 vs. #11 Dayton – (Memphis, Tennessee)	L, 53–63 vs. #7 Connecticut – (Arlington, Texas)
8	Midwest	Kentucky		W, 56–49 vs. #9 Kansas State – (St. Louis, Missouri)	W, 78–76 vs. #1 Wichita State – (St. Louis, Missouri)	W, 74–69 vs. #4 Louisville – (Indianapolis, Indiana)	W, 78–75 vs. #2 Michigan – (Indianapolis, Indiana)	W, 74–73 vs. #2 Wisconsin – (Arlington, Texas)	L, 54-60 vs. #7 Connecticut – (Arlington, Texas]
11	Midwest	Tennessee	W, 78–65 vs. #11 Iowa – (Dayton, Ohio)	W, 86–67 vs. #6 Massachusetts – (Raleigh, North Carolina)	W, 83–63 vs. #14 Mercer – (Raleigh, North Carolina)	L, 73–75 vs. #2 Michigan – (Indianapolis, Indiana)

National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Round	Second Round
2	Florida State Bracket	Georgia	W, 63–56 vs. #7 Vermont – (Athens, Georgia)	L, 79–71 vs. #3 Louisiana Tech – (Athens, Georgia)
2	Minnesota Bracket	Missouri	W, 85–77 vs. #7 Davidson – (Columbia, Missouri)	L, 71–64 vs. #3 Southern Miss – (Columbia, Missouri)
3	SMU Bracket	Arkansas	W, 91–71 vs. #6 Indiana State – (Fayetteville, Arkansas)	L, 75–64 vs. #2 California – (Berkeley, California)
5	SMU Bracket	LSU	W, 71–63 vs. #5 San Francisco – (San Francisco, California)	L, 75–64 vs. #1 SMU – (University Park, Texas)

College Basketball Invitational

School	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Texas A&M	W, 59–43 vs. Wyoming – (College Station, Texas)	L, 62–55 vs. Illinois State – (Normal, Illinois)

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	7	Julius Randle	PF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	17	James Young	SG/SF	United States	Boston Celtics (from Brooklyn)	Kentucky (Fr.)
2	35	Jarnell Stokes	PF	United States	Utah Jazz (traded to Memphis)	Tennessee (Jr.)
2	36	Johnny O'Bryant III	PF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from L.A. Lakers via Phoenix and Minnesota)	LSU (Jr.)
2	46	Jordan Clarkson	PG	United States	Washington Wizards (traded to L.A. Lakers)	Missouri (Jr.)
2	58	Jordan McRae	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Clippers via New Orleans, traded to Philadelphia)	Tennessee (Sr.)

Honors and awards

All-Americans

All-SEC awards and teams

Coaches

Award	Recipient(s)
2014 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[3]
Player of the Year	Scottie Wilbekin, G, FLORIDA
Coach of the Year	Billy Donovan, FLORIDA
Defensive Player of the Year	Patric Young, F, FLORIDA
Freshman of the Year	Julius Randle, F, KENTUCKY
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Patric Young, F, FLORIDA
Sixth Man Award	Dorian Finney-Smith, F, FLORIDA

First Team	Second Team	All-Freshman Team	All-Defensive Team
2014 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams^[3]
Jabari Brown Jr., G, MISSOURI Jordan McRae Sr., G, TENNESSEE Johnny O'Bryant III Sr., F, LSU Casey Prather Sr., F, FLORIDA Julius Randle Fr., F, KENTUCKY Trevor Releford Sr., G, ALABAMA Jarnell Stokes Jr., F, TENNESSEE Scottie Wilbekin Sr., G, FLORIDA	Jordan Clarkson Jr., G, MISSOURI Chris Denson Sr., G, AUBURN Marshall Henderson Sr., G, OLE MISS Charles Mann So., G, GEORGIA Jordan Mickey Fr., F, LSU Rod Odom Sr., F, VANDERBILT Bobby Portis Fr., F, ARKANSAS Jarvis Summers Jr., G, OLE MISS James Young Fr., G, KENTUCKY Patric Young Sr., F, FLORIDA	Shannon Hale Fr., F, ALABAMA Damian Jones Fr., C, VANDERBILT Jarell Martin Fr., F, LSU Jordan Mickey Fr., F, LSU Bobby Portis Fr., F, ARKANSAS Julius Randle Fr., F, KENTUCKY Sindarius Thornwell Fr., G, SOUTH CAROLINA James Young Fr., G, KENTUCKY	Willie Cauley-Stein So., C, KENTUCKY Jordan Mickey Fr., F, LSU Josh Richardson Jr., G, TENNESSEE Scottie Wilbekin Sr., G, FLORIDA Patric Young Sr., F, FLORIDA
† - denotes unanimous selection

Associated Press

Award	Recipient(s)
2014 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[4]
Player of the Year	Scottie Wilbekin, G, FLORIDA
Coach of the Year	Billy Donovan, FLORIDA
Newcomer of the Year	Julius Randle, F, KENTUCKY

First Team	Second Team
2014 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams^[4]
Jabari Brown Jr., G, MISSOURI Casey Prather Sr., F, FLORIDA Julius Randle† Fr., F, KENTUCKY Jarnell Stokes Jr., F, TENNESSEE Scottie Wilbekin† Sr., G, FLORIDA	Jordan McRae Sr., G, TENNESSEE Jordan Mickey Fr., F, LSU Johnny O'Bryant III Jr., F, LSU Trevor Releford Sr., G, ALABAMA Patric Young Sr., C, FLORIDA
† - denotes unanimous selection

References

^ Link to AP Poll
^ ^a ^b "Media Tabs Kentucky As SEC Men's Basketball Champion" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
^ ^a ^b 2014 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 11, 2014
^ ^a ^b "Wilbekin, Donovan, Randle take AP SEC honors". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

External links

SEC website

[AP_Poll-1] Link to AP Poll

[Preseason_media-2] "Media Tabs Kentucky As SEC Men's Basketball Champion" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.

[SEC-3] 2014 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 11, 2014

[AP_awards-4] "Wilbekin, Donovan, Randle take AP SEC honors". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

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