Wednesday SEC Basketball

SEC Notes:

• Tyrese Maxey (UK/Philadelphia) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (UK/Oklahoma City) have been named starters for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game.

• Five SEC players have been named to the USBWA Player of the Year Midseason Watch List: Darius Acuff Jr. (AR), Keyshawn Hall (AU), Thomas Haugh (UF), Labaron Philon (UA), Tyler Tanner (VU).

• Four SEC players have been named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25: Darius Acuff Jr. (AR), Nate Ament (UT), Thomas Haugh (UF), Labaron Philon Jr. (UA).

• The SEC leads the nations with 11 teams ranked in the Top 50 of the NCAA’s NET rankings.

• The SEC’s average WAB rank (44.8) leads the nation. The SEC is the only conference where all of its teams rank in the Top 100.

• The SEC is the top-ranked conference (+19.34) according to KenPom. The Big Ten ranks second at +18.19. Last year, the SEC’s +22.09 KenPom rating was the highest rating in history, breaking the ACC’s +21.37 record in 1997.

• 13 of 58 (22.4 percent) of SEC games have been decided by fewer than four points or in overtime.

• Eleven SEC teams are ranked in the Top 50 of KenPom’s rankings. All 16 teams rank in the Top 100.

• Eleven SEC teams rank among the Top 50 in KenPom’s Adjusted Offensive Efficiency ratings, including No. 3 Alabama, No. 6 Arkansas, No. 9 Texas, No. 10 Vanderbilt, No. 14 Auburn, and No. 17 Florida.

• Four SEC teams are ranked in the Associated Press Top 25: Arkansas 15th, Vanderbilt 18th, Florida 19th, and Alabama 23rd. Additionally, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas A&M, and Auburn are among the
teams receiving votes.

• SEC teams combine to lead the nation in scoring (84.60 ppg) and rebounding (38.98 rpg). The Big 12 is second in scoring (81.79 ppg) and the ACC is second in rebounding (37.47 rpg).

More SEC Notes:

• The SEC’s 1.015 points per possession leads all conferences.

• SEC teams have combined score at least 100 points 46 times this season. Fourteen different teams have scored at least 100 points.

• 32 of the top 42 (76.2 percent) highest attended games this season (through games of Jan. 27) have involved at least one SEC team.

• The top two winningest active DI coaches in the nation reside within the SEC: Arkansas’ John Calipari (1st with 851 wins) and Tennessee’s Rick Barnes (2nd with 849 wins). They are ninth and 10th, respectively, alltime in Division I history.

• SEC teams lead the nation statistically in: Blocks Per Game (Georgia, 7.3), Fastbreak Points (Georgia, 23.10), Free Throws Made Per Game (Georgia, 21.0), Rebound Margin (Florida, 15.4), Offensive Rebounds
Per Game (Florida, 17.15), Rebounds Per Game (Florida, 46.15), Three Point Attempts Per Game (Alabama, 35.7).

• SEC teams finished non-conference play with a 158-50 (76.0 percent) record. It is the fourth time in the last 20 seasons that the league has entered conference play with a winning percentage of 76 percent
or better.

• The SEC won the third annual ACC/SEC Challenge by a 9-7 margin. The SEC remains undefeated in the event and has won each of the last two. The SEC holds a 28-16 all-time advantage in the event.

• Twenty-three percent of the players on 2026 NBA Opening Day rosters that went to college attended SEC schools. The SEC led all conferences with 103 players on NBA Opening Day rosters.

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Kentucky fans national nightmare continues

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I can relate. When LSU baseball even struggles a little bit, we get antsy.

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We're the most balanced, top to bottom, but I don't see any of the teams making it further than the Elite Eight without some luck. None of us are just fully dominating teams. Alabama when healthy is scary against non-ranked foes, but as much as I love my team I have a hard time seeing them past the Sweet 16 without some luck (either through bracketology or just getting hot at the right time). We'll have to seriously outscore everyone to go deep into the tournament.

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I hear Nate is kicking the tires on Josh Primo to address these concerns going into the tournament.

Congrats on the win Florida!

You provide excellent info bigDgator. I know it’s hard work. Thank you.

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Congrats on the win Florida!

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Rat poison!

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LSU is 43rd in KenPom. We're not good, but we're not terrible either.

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Kenpom values close losses about the same as close wins. They undervalue a teams ability to close out a game and punish you for giving a half arse effort against a weak opponent.

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We're the most balanced, top to bottom

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How do you say that? You’re about to lose Bediako. Even with him, this isn’t a certainty.