2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2019 and will end in March, after which 14 member teams will participate in the 2019 SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.[1]

2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, SEC Network
Regular Season
2019 SEC ChampionsLSU
Season MVPGrant Williams, Tennessee
Tournament
ChampionsAuburn
  Runners-upTennessee
Finals MVPBryce Brown, Auburn
2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 12 LSU16–2 .889  28–7  .800
No. 6 Tennessee15–3 .833  31–6  .838
No. 7 Kentucky15–3 .833  30–7  .811
No. 14 Auburn†11–7 .611  30–10  .750
South Carolina11–7 .611  16–16  .500
Mississippi State10–8 .556  23–11  .676
Ole Miss10–8 .556  20–13  .606
Florida9–9 .500  20–16  .556
Alabama8–10 .444  18–16  .529
Arkansas8–10 .444  18–16  .529
Texas A&M6–12 .333  14–18  .438
Missouri5–13 .278  15–17  .469
Georgia2–16 .111  11–21  .344
Vanderbilt0–18 .000  9–23  .281
† 2019 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Preseason All-America teams

Preseason polls
Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre–season polls
AP Athlon
Sports		 Bleacher
Report		 Blue Ribbon
Yearbook		 CBS Sports Coaches ESPN FOX Sports KenPom Lindy's
Sports		 NBC Sports SBNation Sporting
News		 Sports
Illustrated		 USBWA Yahoo Sports
AlabamaRV#19#25#27 #23#21
Arkansas#36RV#65 #49
Auburn#66#35 #33
Florida#8#10#9#7#15 #7#9#10
Georgia#53RV#57 #58
Kentucky#5#6#6#4#9 #8#6#8
LSU#147#88 #91
Mississippi State#76#69 #48
MissouriRV#37RV#71 #25#39
Ole Miss#88#59 #53
South CarolinaRV#81RV#40 #61
Tennessee#118#49 #76
Texas A&M#25#21#27RV#19 #19#29
Vanderbilt#46#61 #59

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

() first place votes

Preseason All-SEC teams
Media[2] Coaches[3]
Daniel Gafford Arkansas Daniel Gafford Arkansas
Chris Silva South Carolina Admiral Schofield Tennessee
Reid Travis Kentucky Chris Silva South Carolina
Tremont Waters LSU Reid Travis Kentucky
Grant Williams Tennessee P. J. Washington Kentucky
Tremont Waters LSU
Quinndary Weatherspoon Mississippi State
Grant Williams Tennessee
  • Media select a five-member first team; coaches select an eight-member first team
  • Players in bold are media choices for SEC Player of the Year; coaches do not select a preseason Player of the Year

Head coaches

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 Avery Johnson Brooklyn Nets 4 57–46 (.553) 26–28 (.481) 1 0 0
Arkansas Mike Anderson Missouri 8 151–73 (.674) 70–54 (.565) 3 0 0
Auburn Bruce Pearl Tennessee 5 70–62 (.530) 29–43 (.403) 1 0 0
Florida Mike White Louisiana Tech 4 69–37 (.651) 34–20 (.630) 2 0 0
Georgia Tom Crean Indiana 1 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
Kentucky John Calipari Memphis 10 273–64 (.810) 121–35 (.776) 8 4 1
LSU Will Wade VCU 2 18–15 (.545) 8–10 (.444) 0 0 0
Mississippi State Ben Howland UCLA 4 56–45 (.554) 22–32 (.407) 0 0 0
Missouri Cuonzo Martin California 2 20–13 (.606) 10–8 (.556) 1 0 0
Ole Miss Kermit Davis Middle Tennessee 1 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
South Carolina Frank Martin Kansas State 7 113–90 (.557) 45–63 (.417) 1 1 0
Tennessee Rick Barnes Texas 4 57–44 (.564) 27–27 (.500) 1 0 0
Texas A&M Billy Kennedy Murray State 7 136–98 (.581) 60–66 (.476) 1 0 0
Vanderbilt Bryce Drew Valparaiso 2 31–36 (.463) 16–20 (.444) 1 0 0

Rankings
Legend
  Increase in ranking
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  Not ranked previous week
Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Alabama AP RV RV
C RV
Arkansas AP
C
Auburn AP 11 9
C 12 12
Florida AP RV RV
C RV RV
Georgia AP
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Kentucky AP 2 10
C 2 10
LSU AP 23 22
C RV RV
Mississippi State AP 18 17
C 19 19
Missouri AP RV
C RV
Ole Miss AP
C
South Carolina AP
C
Tennessee AP 6 5
C 6 6
Texas A&M AP
C
Vanderbilt AP RV
C RV

Regular season

Big 12/SEC Challenge
Date [4] Time Big 12 team SEC team Location TV Attendance Winner Leader
Sat., Jan. 26 12:00 PM BaylorAlabamaFerrell Center • Waco, TXESPNU
7,094
 Baylor (73-68)Big 12 (1–0)
No. 24 Iowa StateNo. 20 Ole MissThe Pavilion at Ole Miss • Oxford, MSESPN
8,839
Iowa State (87–73)Big 12 (2–0)
TCUFloridaSchollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TXESPN2
6,682
 TCU (55-50)Big 12 (3–0)
2:00 PMKansas StateTexas A&MReed Arena • College Station, TXESPN
7,100
 Texas A&M (65-53)Big 12 (3-1)
Oklahoma StateSouth CarolinaGallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, OKESPNU
7,658
 Oklahoma State (74-70)Big 12 (4-1)
TexasGeorgiaStegeman Coliseum • Athens, GAESPN2
10,374
 Georgia (98-88)Big 12 (4-2)
4:00 PM OklahomaVanderbiltLloyd Noble Center • Norman, OKESPN2
8,848
 Oklahoma (86-55)Big 12 (5-2)
West VirginiaNo. 1 TennesseeThompson–Boling Arena • Knoxville, TNESPN
22,149
 Tennessee (83-66)Big 12 (5-3)
6:00 PM No. 9 KansasNo. 8 KentuckyRupp Arena • Lexington, KYESPN
24,387
Kentucky (71-63) Big 12 (5-4)
No. 14 Texas TechArkansasUnited Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TXESPN2
14,290
Texas Tech (67-64) Big 12 (6-4)
Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Missouri did not participate for the SEC.
All times Eastern

SEC regular season

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Results updated through January 5, 2019.

Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Miss. State Missouri Ole Miss S. Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama –1–02–01–00–10–12–01–10–10–10–11–02–00–2
vs. Arkansas 0–1–1–01–00–11–01–11–01–11–11–01–01–10–2
vs. Auburn 0–20–1–0–10–22–01–01–10–12–01–00–10–10–1
vs. Florida 0–10–11–0–1–12–01–11–00–10–11–02–00–10–2
vs. Georgia 1–01–02–01–1–1–02–01–01–02–02–01–01–00–1
vs. Kentucky 1–00–10–20–20–1–1–00–20–10–10–11–10–10–2
vs. LSU 0–21–10–11–10–20–1–0–10–10–10–10–10–20–1
vs. Miss. State 1–10–11–10–10–12–01–0–0–11–11–11–00–10–1
vs. Missouri 1–01–11–01–00–11–01–01–0–2–01–12–01–10–1
vs. Ole Miss 1–01–10–21–00–21–01–01–10–2–1–01–00–10–1
vs. South Carolina 1–00–10–10–10–21–01–01–11–10–1–2–00–20–1
vs. Tennessee 0–10–11–00–20–11–11–00–10–20–10–2–0–10–2
vs. Texas A&M 0–21–11–01–00–11–02–01–01–11–02–01–0–0–1
vs. Vanderbilt 2–02–01–02–01–02–01–01–01–01–01–02–01–0–
Total 8–108–1011–79–92–1615–316–210–85–1310–811–715–36–120–18

Records against other conferences
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