2011–12 SEC Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, FSN
Regular Season
2012 SEC ChampionsKentucky
Season MVPAnthony Davis, Kentucky
SEC tournament
ChampionsVanderbilt
  Runners-upKentucky
Finals MVPJohn Jenkins, Vanderbilt
2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Kentucky16–0 1.00038–2  .950
No. 25 Florida10–6 .62526–11  .703
No. 20 Vanderbilt †10–6 .62525–11  .694
Tennessee10–6 .62519–15  .559
Alabama9–7 .56321–12  .636
Mississippi State8–8 .50021–12  .636
Ole Miss8–8 .50020–14  .588
LSU7–9 .43818–15  .545
Arkansas6–10 .37518–14  .563
Auburn5–11 .31315–16  .484
Georgia5–11 .31315–17  .469
South Carolina2–14 .12510–21  .323
† 2012 SEC tournament winner
As of April 2, 2012
Rankings from AP poll

The 2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 15, 2011, and ended with the SEC Tournament on March 8–11, 2012 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans.

This was the first season for the SEC's one-division alignment in men's basketball. The league's head coaches voted at the league's annual meeting on June 1, 2011, to eliminate the divisional format, starting with the 2011–12 season.[1]

Pre-season polls and teams

Pre-Season Poll:

SEC Media[2]
1. Kentucky (18)
2. Vanderbilt (4)
3. Florida (1)
4. Alabama
5. Mississippi State
6. Arkansas
7. Ole Miss
8. Georgia
9. LSU
10. Auburn
11. Tennessee
12. South Carolina

Pre-Season All-SEC Teams

SEC Media[3] SEC Coaches
Dee Bost Mississippi State
JaMychal Green Alabama
John Jenkins Vanderbilt
Terrence Jones Kentucky
Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt
  • SEC Coaches select 8 players
  • Players in bold are choices for SEC Player of the Year

Rankings

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Alabama AP 17 16 13 12 16 23 RV RV RV RV RV
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Auburn AP
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Florida AP 8 7 10 10 12 13 11 10 13 19 17 14 12 8 14 12 16 22 25
C 10 8 9 9 12 13 12 10 14 19 14 13 11 7 12 11 13 19 21 9
Georgia AP
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Kentucky AP 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
C 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Mississippi State AP 24 21 17 17 18 15 15 20 18 18 22 20 RV
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Ole Miss AP
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South Carolina AP
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Tennessee AP
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Vanderbilt AP 7 18 18 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV 20
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Conference schedules

Composite 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 Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama –0–20–21–00–11–01–11–11–11–00–11–0
vs. Arkansas 2–0–0–21–01–01–01–11–12–00–11–00–1
vs. Auburn 2–02–0–1–00–11–01–11–11–10–11–01–0
vs. Florida 0–10–10–1–1–12–00–10–10–10–22–01–1
vs. Georgia 1–00–11–01–1–2–01–00–11–02–01–12–0
vs. Kentucky 0–10–10–10–20–2–0–10–10–10–20–20–2
vs. LSU 1–11–11–11–00–11–0–1–11–10–11–01–0
vs. Mississippi State 1–11–11–11–01–01–01–1–1–10–10–10–1
vs. Ole Miss 1–10–21–11–00–11–01–11–1–0–11–01–0
vs. South Carolina 0–11–01–02–00–22–01–01–01–0–2–02–0
vs. Tennessee 1–00–10–10–21–12–00–11–00–10–2–1–1
vs. Vanderbilt 0–11–00–11–10–22–00–11–00–10–21–1–
Total 9–76–105–1110–65–1116–07–98–88–82–1410–610–6

Postseason

SEC tournament

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 8
1
1
 12:00 PM
#8 LSU vs. #9 Arkansas
 SEC Network
2
 2:30 PM SEC Network
2
3
 6:30 PM
#7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Auburn
 SEC Network
4
 9:00 PM SEC Network
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9
3
5
 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs. #8 LSU
 SEC Network
6
 2:30 PM
#4 Florida vs. #5 Alabama
 SEC Network
4
7
 6:30 PM
#2 Tennessee vs. #7 Ole Miss
 SEC Network
8
 9:00 PM
#3 Vanderbilt vs. #11 Georgia
 SEC Network
Semifinals - Saturday, March 10
5
9
 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs. #4 Florida
ABC
10
 2:30 PM
#7 Ole Miss vs. #3 Vanderbilt
ABC
Championship Game - Sunday, March 11
6
11
 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs. #3 Vanderbilt
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

NCAA tournament

Seed Region School First Four Second round Third round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 South Kentucky   #16 WKU - W, 81–66 #8 Iowa State - W, 87–71 #4 Indiana - W, 102–90 #3 Baylor - W, 82–70 #4 Louisville – W, 69-61 #2 Kansas - W, 67-59
7 West Florida   #10 Virginia – W, 71-45 #15 Norfolk State – W, 84-50 #3 Marquette - W, 68-58 #4 Louisville - L, 68-72    
5 East Vanderbilt   #12 Harvard – W, 79–70 #4 Wisconsin – L, 57-60        
9 Midwest Alabama   #8 Creighton – L, 57-58          

National Invitation Tournament

# of Bids Record Win % R2 R3 SF CG
4 1–4 .200 1 0 0 0
Team Bid Type Seed Results
TennesseeAt-large1W 65-51 vs. 8 Savannah State
L 64-71 vs. 4 Middle Tennessee
Ole MissAt-large2L 93-96 (OT) vs. 7 Illinois State
Mississippi StateAt-large4L 96-101 (2OT) vs. 5 UMass
LSUAt-large6L 74-96 vs. 3 Oregon

Other tournaments

2012 NBA draft

The following 1st & 2nd team All-SEC performers were listed as seniors: Dee Bost, Jeffery Taylor, JaMychal Green, Erving Walker, Terrance Henry. The deadline for entering the NBA draft is April 29, but once one has declared, the deadline for withdrawing the declaration and retaining NCAA eligibility is April 10.[4] The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3.[5]
The following SEC underclassmen have sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects:
The following SEC underclassmen declared early for the 2011 draft: Renardo Sidney,[6] Justin Hamilton[7] Arnett Moultrie,[8] B. J. Young,[8] John Jenkins,[9] Bradley Beal,[10] Anthony Davis,[11] Michael Kidd-Gilchrist,[11] Marquis Teague,[11] Terrence Jones[11] and Doron Lamb[11]
The following SEC underclassmen entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college: B. J. Young[12]
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
1 1 Anthony Davis PF  United States New Orleans Hornets Kentucky (Fr.)
1 2 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist SF  United States Charlotte Bobcats Kentucky (Fr.)
1 3 Bradley Beal SG  United States Washington Wizards Florida (Fr.)
1 18 Terrence Jones PF  United States Houston Rockets Kentucky (So.)
1 23 John Jenkins SG  United States Atlanta Hawks Vanderbilt (Jr.)
1 27 Arnett Moultrie PF  United States Miami Heat Mississippi St. (Jr.)
1 29 Marquis Teague PG  United States Chicago Bulls Kentucky (Fr.)
1 30 Festus Ezeli C  Nigeria Golden State Warriors Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2 31 Jeffery Taylor SF  Sweden Charlotte Bobcats Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2 42 Doron Lamb SG  United States Milwaukee Bucks Kentucky (So.)
2 45 Justin Hamilton C  United States Philadelphia 76ers LSU (Jr.)
2 46 Darius Miller SF  United States New Orleans Hornets Kentucky (Sr.)

Awards and honors

Player-of-the-Week

All-Americans

Starting on March 6, the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans were released for 2011–12 season, based upon selections by the four major syndicates. The four syndicates include the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, and Sporting News

All-SEC awards and teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

2012 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[13]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY
Coach of the Year John Calipari, KENTUCKY
Defensive Player of the Year Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY
Rookie of the Year Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Patric Young, F., FLORIDA
Sixth Man Award Darius Miller, F., KENTUCKY
2012 All-SEC Men's Basketball Teams[13]
First Team Second Team All-Freshman Team All-Defensive Team
Bradley Beal Fr., G, FLORIDA
Dee Bost Sr., G, MISS STATE
Kenny Boynton Jr., G, FLORIDA
Anthony Davis Fr., C, KENTUCKY
John Jenkins Jr., G, VANDERBILT
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Fr., F, KENTUCKY
Arnett Moultrie Sr., F, MISSISSIPPI STATE
Jeffery Taylor Sr., F, VANDERBILT		 JaMychal Green Sr., F, ALABAMA
Justin Hamilton Jr., F, LSU
Terrance Henry Jr., F, OLE MISS
Terrence Jones So., F, KENTUCKY
Doron Lamb So., G, KENTUCKY
Jeronne Maymon So., F, TENNESSEE
Trevor Releford So., G, ALABAMA
Erving Walker Sr., G, FLORIDA
B. J. Young Fr., G, ARKANSAS		 Bradley Beal, G., FLORIDA
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, G., GEORGIA
Anthony Davis, F., KENTUCKY
Anthony Hickey, G., LSU
Rodney Hood, F., MISS STATE
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F., KENTUCKY
Jarnell Stokes, F., TENNESSEE
B. J. Young, G., ARKANSAS		 Reginald Buckner, F., OLE MISS
Anthony Davis, F., KENTUCKY
Damontre Harris, F., SOUTH CAROLINA
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F., KENTUCKY
Jeffery Taylor, F., VANDERBILT
† - denotes unanimous selection

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School Year GPA Major

Second Team:

Player, School Year GPA Major

USBWA All-District team

On March 6, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2011–12 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the SEC representatives selected within their respective regions. (Note bold represents player of the year within that district)[14]

District IV (KY, TN, MS, AL, GA, FL)
  • Bradley Beal, Florida
  • Kenny Boynton, Florida
  • Anthony Davis, Kentucky
  • John Jenkins, Vanderbilt
  • Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky
  • Arnett Moultrie, Mississippi State
  • Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt

References

  1. ↑ "Destin Recap: Day Two" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  2. ↑ Media Tabs Florida As SEC Men’s Hoops Champion
  3. ↑ "Southeastern Conference".
  4. ↑ Snyder, Mark (March 21, 2012). "Michigan's Trey Burke inquiring about NBA draft status". USA Today. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  5. ↑ Baumgardner, Nick (March 22, 2012). "Michigan point guard Trey Burke 'has nothing to lose' by seeking advisory committee's opinion, NBA draft analyst says". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Renardo Sidney declares for NBA". ESPN. March 26, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Justin Hamilton to enter draft". ESPN. April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Underclassmen: To go or not to go?". ESPN. April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Vandy's John Jenkins to hire agent". ESPN. April 10, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  10. ↑ DiRocco, Michael (April 13, 2012). "Gators' Bradley Beal one and done". ESPN. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "UK's starting five opts for draft". ESPN. April 17, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  12. ↑ Norlander, Matt. "2012 NBA Draft early entry watch list". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  13. 1 2 2012 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 6, 2012
  14. ↑ "USBWA Names 2011-12 Men's All-District Teams". U.S. Basketball Writers Association. March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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