2012–13 SEC Men's Basketball Season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 14 |
TV partner(s) | CBS, ESPN, FSN |
Regular Season | |
2013 SEC Champions | Florida |
Season MVP | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia |
Tournament | |
Champions | Ole Miss |
Runners-up | Florida |
Finals MVP | Marshall Henderson, Ole MIss |
2012–13 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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#14 Florida | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2013 SEC Tournament winner As of March 31, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll |
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Coaches | Media [1] | |
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1. | Kentucky (17) | |
2. | Florida (3) | |
3. | Missouri (1) | |
4. | Tennessee (1) | |
5. | Arkansas | |
6. | Alabama | |
7. | Ole Miss | |
8. | Georgia | |
9. | Texas A&M | |
10. | Vanderbilt | |
11. | LSU | |
12. | Auburn | |
13. | South Carolina | |
14. | Mississippi State |
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Kenny Boynton Florida Nerlens Noel Kentucky Phil Pressey Missouri Jarnell Stokes Tennessee B. J. Young Arkansas |
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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 | |
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vs. Alabama | – | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
vs. Arkansas | 1–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
vs. Auburn | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
vs. Florida | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
vs. Georgia | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
vs. Kentucky | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
vs. LSU | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
vs. Mississippi State | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
vs. Missouri | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
vs. Ole Miss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
vs. South Carolina | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
vs. Tennessee | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–2 |
vs. Texas A&M | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 |
vs. Vanderbilt | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | – |
Total | 12–6 | 10–8 | 3–15 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 4–14 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 4–14 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–10 |
2013 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 |
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1. | ‡ Florida | 14–4 | 26–7 | BYE | BYE | #9 LSU - W, 80–58 | #4 Alabama - W, 61–51 | #3 Ole Miss - L, 63–66 | |
2. | † Kentucky | 12–6 | 21–11 | 1–1 vs ALA,MISS; 1–1 vs FLA | BYE | BYE | #10 Vanderbilt - L, 48–64 | ||
3. | † Ole Miss | 12–6 | 26–8 | 1–1 vs ALA,KEN; 0–1 vs FLA; 2–0 vs TENN | BYE | BYE | #6 Missouri - W, 64–62 | #10 Vanderbilt - W, 64–52 | #1 Florida - W, 66–63 |
4. | † Alabama | 12–6 | 21–12 | 1–1 vs KEN,MISS; 0–1 vs FLA; 1–1 vs TENN | BYE | BYE | #5 Tennessee - W, 58–48 | #1 Florida - L, 51–61 | |
5. | # Tennessee | 11–7 | 20–12 | 1–0 vs MIZZ | BYE | #13 Mississippi State - W, 69–53 | #4 Alabama - L, 48–58 | ||
6. | # Missouri | 11–7 | 23–10 | 0–1 vs TENN | BYE | #11 Texas A&M - W, 62–50 | #3 Ole Miss - L, 62–64 | ||
7. | # Arkansas | 10–8 | 19–13 | BYE | #10 Vanderbilt - L, 72–75 | ||||
8. | # Georgia | 9–9 | 15–17 | 1–0 vs LSU | BYE | #9 LSU - L, 63–68 | |||
9. | # LSU | 9–9 | 19–12 | 0–1 vs UGA | BYE | #8 Georgia - W, 68–63 | #1 Florida - L, 58–80 | ||
10. | # Vanderbilt | 8–10 | 16–17 | BYE | #7 Arkansas - W, 75–72 | #2 Kentucky - W, 64–48 | #3 Ole Miss - L, 52–64 | ||
11. | Texas A&M | 7–11 | 18–15 | #14 Auburn - W, 71–62 | #6 Missouri - L, 50–62 | ||||
12. | South Carolina | 4–14 | 14–18 | 1–1 vs MSST; 1–0 vs MISS | #13 Mississippi State - L, 59–70 | ||||
13. | Mississippi State | 4–14 | 10–22 | 1–1 vs SCAR; 1–1 vs MISS | #12 South Carolina - W, 70–59 | #5 Tennessee - L, 53–69 | |||
14. | Auburn | 3–15 | 9–23 | #11 Texas A&M - L, 62–71 | |||||
‡ – 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. | |||||||||
Seed | Region | School | Second Round | Third Round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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3 | South | Florida | #14 Northwestern State - Mar. 22, Austin - W, 79–47 | #11 Minnesota - Mar. 24, Austin - W, 78–64 | #15 Florida Gulf Coast - Mar. 29, Arlington - W, 62–50 | #4 Michigan - Mar. 31, Arlington - WL, 59–79 | ||
9 | Midwest | Missouri | #8 Colorado State - Mar. 21, Lexington - L, 72–84 | |||||
12 | West | Ole Miss | #5 Wisconsin - Mar. 22, Kansas City - W, 57–46 | #13 La Salle - Mar. 24, Kansas City - L, 74–76 | ||||
3 Bids | W-L (%): | 2–1 .667 | 1–1 .500 | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 4–3 .571 |
Seed | Bracket | School | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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1 | Kentucky | Kentucky | #8 Robert Morris - Mar. 19, Moon Township - L, 57–59 | ||||
1 | Alabama | Alabama | #8 Northeastern - Mar. 19, Tuscaloosa - W, 62–43 | #4 Stanford - Mar. 23, Tuscaloosa - W, 66–54 | #2 Maryland - Mar. 26, Tuscaloosa - L, 57–58 | ||
2 | Southern Miss | Tennessee | #7 Mercer - Mar. 20, Knoxville - L, 67–75 | ||||
3 Bids | W-L (%): | 1–2 .333 | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 2–3 .400 |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
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1 | 6 | Nerlens Noel | C | New Orleans Pelicans (traded to Philadelphia) [upper-alpha 1] | Kentucky (Fr.) | |
1 | 8 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | SG | Detroit Pistons | Georgia (So.) | |
1 | 29 | Archie Goodwin | SG | Oklahoma City Thunder (traded to Phoenix via Golden State) [upper-alpha 2] | Kentucky (Fr.) | |
2 | 49 | Erik Murphy | PF | Chicago Bulls | Florida (Sr.) | |
2 | 57 | Alex Oriakhi # | C | Phoenix Suns (from Denver via LA Lakers) | Missouri (Sr.) |
2013 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards [5] | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Player of the Year | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope , G., GEORGIA | |||||
Coach of the Year | Billy Donovan , FLORIDA | |||||
Defensive Player of the Year | Nerlens Noel , C., KENTUCKY | |||||
Freshman of the Year | Nerlens Noel , C., KENTUCKY | |||||
Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Patric Young , F., FLORIDA | |||||
Sixth Man Award | Kyle Wiltjer , F., KENTUCKY |
2013 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams [5] | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | All-Freshman Team | All-Defensive Team | |||
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope So., G., GEORGIA Erik Murphy Sr., F., FLORIDA Jordan McRae Jr., G., TENNESSEE Nerlens Noel Fr., C., KENTUCKY Johnny O'Bryant III Sr., F., LSU Phil Pressey Jr., G., MISSOURI Trevor Releford Jr., G., ALABAMA Elston Turner Sr., G., TEXAS A&M | Laurence Bowers Sr., F., MISSOURI Kenny Boynton Sr., G., FLORIDA Marshall Henderson Jr., G., OLE MISS Murphy Holloway Sr., F., OLE MISS Marshawn Powell Jr., F., ARKANSAS Mike Rosario Sr., G., FLORIDA Jarnell Stokes So., F., TENNESSEE B. J. Young So., G., ARKANSAS Patric Young Jr., F., FLORIDA | Michael Carrera Fr., F., SOUTH CAROLINA Willie Cauley-Stein Fr., C., KENTUCKY Michael Frazier Fr., G., FLORIDA Archie Goodwin Fr., G., KENTUCKY Charles Mann Fr., F., GEORGIA Nerlens Noel Fr., C., KENTUCKY Alex Poythress Fr., F., KENTUCKY Craig Sword Fr., G., MISS STATE Gavin Ware Fr., F., MISS STATE | Reginald Buckner Sr., F., OLE MISS Anthony Hickey So., G., LSU Nerlens Noel Fr., C., KENTUCKY Trevor Releford Jr., G., ALABAMA Scottie Wilbekin Jr., G., FLORIDA Patric Young Jr., F., FLORIDA | |||
† - denotes unanimous selection |
2013 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards [6] | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Player of the Year | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope , G, GEORGIA | |||||
Coach of the Year | Billy Donovan , FLORIDA | |||||
Newcomer of the Year | Marshall Henderson , G, OLE MISS |
2013 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams [5] | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | |||||
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, So., G, GEORGIA Erik Murphy, Sr., F/C, FLORIDA Trevor Releford, Jr., G, ALABAMA Jordan McRae, Jr., G, TENNESSEE Nerlens Noel, Fr., F, KENTUCKY | Marshall Henderson, Jr., G, OLE MISS Elston Turner, Sr., G, TEXAS A&M Jarnell Stokes, So., F, TENNESSEE Johnny O'Bryant III, Sr., F, LSU Murphy Holloway, Sr., F, OLE MISS Phil Pressey, Jr., G, MISSOURI | |||||
† - denotes unanimous selection |
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