2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
Sports season
The 2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2020 and was scheduled to end in March, after which 14 member teams were to participate in the 2020 SEC men's basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee . The tournament champion was to have been guaranteed a selection to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ,[ 1] but the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States .
Preseason
Kentucky was predicted to win the 2020 SEC championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Florida's Kerry Blackshear was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Blackshear, Edwards, Hagans, Tyree and Perry were each All-SEC First Team selections.[ 2]
Media
1.
Kentucky
2.
Florida
3.
LSU
4.
Auburn
5.
Tennessee
6.
Alabama
7.
Mississippi State
8.
Ole Miss
9.
Georgia
10.
South Carolina
11.
Arkansas
12.
Texas A&M
13.
Missouri
14.
Vanderbilt
() first place votes
Preseason All-SEC teams
Players in bold are media choices for SEC 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.
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
RV
C
Arkansas
AP
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
C
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Auburn
AP
24
22
19
18
14
12
12
8
8
5
4
16
C
23
23
18
17
13
10
9
8
7
5
4
16
Florida
AP
6
15
RV
24
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
C
6
6
RV
25
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Georgia
AP
C
Kentucky
AP
2
1
9
9
8
8
6
19
17
14
10
15
C
2
2
10
11
10
9
6
19
14
13
12
14
LSU
AP
22
23
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
C
24
24
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Mississippi State
AP
RV
RV
RV
RV
C
RV
RV
Missouri
AP
RV
RV
RV
RV
C
RV
Ole Miss
AP
C
RV
South Carolina
AP
C
Tennessee
AP
RV
RV
20
17
21
19
21
RV
C
25
25
17
16
20
17
21
RV
Texas A&M
AP
C
Vanderbilt
AP
C
Conference matrix
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Miss. State
Missouri
Ole Miss
S. Carolina
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama
–
0–0
0–1
1–0
0–0
1–0
1–0
0–1
0–1
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
vs. Arkansas
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
1–0
1–0
1–0
0–0
0–1
1–0
0–0
0–1
0–1
vs. Auburn
1–0
0–0
–
1–0
0–1
0-0
0–0
0–1
0–0
0–1
0–1
0–0
0–0
0–1
vs. Florida
0–1
0–0
0–1
–
0–0
0-0
1–0
1–0
1–0
0–1
0–1
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Georgia
0-0
0–0
1–0
0–0
–
2–0
0–0
1–0
1–0
1–0
0–0
0–1
0–0
0–0
vs. Kentucky
0–1
0–1
0–0
0–0
0–2
–
0–0
0–0
0–1
0–0
1–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
vs. LSU
0–1
0–1
0–0
0–1
0–0
0–0
–
0–1
0–0
0–1
0–0
0–1
0–1
0–0
vs. Miss. State
1–0
0–1
1–0
0–1
0–1
0–0
1–0
–
0–1
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Missouri
1–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
0–1
1–0
0–0
1–0
–
0–0
0–0
1–0
1–0
0–0
vs. Ole Miss
0-0
1–0
1–0
1–0
0–1
0–0
1–0
0–0
0-0
–
0–0
1–0
1–0
0–0
vs. South Carolina
0-0
0–1
1–0
1–0
0–0
0–1
0–0
0–0
0-0
0–0
–
1–0
0–1
0–1
vs. Tennessee
0-0
0–0
0–0
0–0
1–0
0–0
1–0
0–0
0–1
0–1
0–1
–
1–0
0–1
vs. Texas A&M
0-0
1–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
1–0
0–0
0–1
0–1
1–0
0–1
–
0–1
vs. Vanderbilt
1–0
1–0
1–0
0–0
0–0
1–0
0–0
0–0
0-0
0–0
1–0
1–0
1–0
–
Total
4–3
3–4
5–2
4–3
1–6
6–1
7–0
4–3
2–5
1–6
4–3
4–3
4–3
0–7
Postseason
SEC tournament
March 11–15 at the Bridgestone Arena , Nashville . Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
2019 SEC men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed
School
Conf.
Over.
Tiebreaker
First RoundMarch 11
Second RoundMarch 12
QuarterfinalsMarch 13
SemifinalsMarch 14
ChampionshipMarch 15
1.
‡Kentucky
15–3
25–6
Bye
Bye
2.
†Auburn
12–6
25–6
1–0 vs. LSU
Bye
Bye
3.
†LSU
12–6
21–10
0-1 vs. Auburn
Bye
Bye
4.
†Mississippi State
11–7
20–11
1–0 vs. Florida
Bye
Bye
5.
#Florida
11–7
19–12
0–1 vs. Mississippi State
Bye
vs. #13 Georgia
6.
#South Carolina
10–8
18–13
2–0 vs. Texas A&M
Bye
vs. #11 Arkansas
7.
#Texas A&M
10–8
16–14
0–2 vs, South Carolina
Bye
vs. #10 Missouri
8.
#Tennessee
9–9
17–14
Bye
vs. #9 Alabama
9.
#Alabama
8–10
16–15
Bye
vs. #8 Tennessee
10.
#Missouri
7–11
15–16
1–0 vs. Arkansas
Bye
vs. #7 Texas A&M
11.
Arkansas
7–11
19–12
0–1 vs. Missouri
vs. #14 Vanderbilt W, 86–73
vs. #6 South Carolina
12.
Ole Miss
6–11
15–16
vs. #13 Georgia L, 63–81
13.
Georgia
5–13
15–16
vs. #12 Ole Miss W, 81–63
14.
Vanderbilt
3–15
11–20
vs. #11 Arkansas L, 73–86
‡ – 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 .
Honors and awards
All-SEC Awards
Coaches
2020 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team
Second Team
All-Freshman Team
All-Defensive Team
Samir Doughty Sr., G, Auburn Keyontae Johnson So., F, Florida Mason Jones Jr., G, Arkansas Kira Lewis Jr. So., G, Alabama Skylar Mays Sr., G, LSU Reggie Perry So., F, Mississippi State Immanuel Quickley So., G, Kentucky Nick Richards Jr., C, Kentucky Breein Tyree Jr., G, Ole Miss
Kerry Blackshear Jr. Sr., F, Florida Anthony Edwards Fr., G, Georgia John Fulkerson Jr., F, Tennessee Maik Kotsar Sr., F, South Carolina Saben Lee Jr., G, Vanderbilt Tyrese Maxey Fr., G, Kentucky Isaac Okoro Fr., F, Auburn John Petty Jr. Jr., G, Alabama
Jermaine Couisnard South Carolina Anthony Edwards Georgia Scottie Lewis Florida Tyrese Maxey Kentucky Isaac Okoro Auburn Scotty Pippen Jr. Vanderbilt Jaden Shackelford Alabama Trendon Watford LSU
Ashton Hagans So., G, Kentucky Herbert Jones Jr., F, Alabama Isaac Okoro Fr., F, Auburn Yves Pons Jr., F, Tennessee Nick Richards Jr., G, Kentucky
AP
2020 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team
Second Team
†Mason Jones Jr., G, Arkansas Kira Lewis Jr. So., G, Alabama †Reggie Perry So., F, Mississippi State Immanuel Quickley So., G, Kentucky Nick Richards Jr., C, Kentucky
Samir Doughty Sr., G, Auburn Anthony Edwards Fr., G, Georgia Keyontae Johnson So., F, Florida Skylar Mays Sr., G, LSU Breein Tyree Sr., G, Ole Miss
† - denotes unanimous selection
References
Teams Championships & awards Conference challenges Seasons