2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	ESPN, SEC Network
Regular season
Season champions	Auburn Tigers
Season MVP	Johni Broome, Auburn
SEC tournament
Venue	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Florida
Runners-up	Tennessee
Finals MVP	Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida)

2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Auburn	15	–	3		.833			32	–	6		.842
No. 1 Florida †	14	–	4		.778			36	–	4		.900
No. 6 Alabama	13	–	5		.722			28	–	9		.757
No. 5 Tennessee	12	–	6		.667			30	–	8		.789
No. 19 Texas A&M	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
No. 12 Kentucky	10	–	8		.556			24	–	12		.667
Missouri	10	–	8		.556			22	–	12		.647
No. 18 Ole Miss	10	–	8		.556			24	–	12		.667
No. 20 Arkansas	8	–	10		.444			22	–	14		.611
Mississippi State	8	–	10		.444			21	–	13		.618
Georgia	8	–	10		.444			20	–	13		.606
Vanderbilt	8	–	10		.444			20	–	13		.606
Texas	6	–	12		.333			19	–	16		.543
Oklahoma	6	–	12		.333			20	–	14		.588
LSU	3	–	15		.167			14	–	18		.438
South Carolina	2	–	16		.111			12	–	20		.375
† 2025 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which started on November 3, 2024. Conference play began on January 4, 2025, and ended in March, after which the 16 member teams participated in the 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Tournament champion Florida received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.

This is the first season with 16 members of the conference as Texas and Oklahoma joined the conference before the start of the 2024–25.

The league set a record for most schools sent to the NCAA tournament, with 14 out of the league's 16 members granted bids to the tournament.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN[1]	Rivals[2]	On3 Recruits[3]	247 Sports[4]	Signees
Alabama		No. 3	No. 3	No. 2	4
Arkansas		No. 5	No. 2	No. 3	3
Auburn		No. 24	No. 15	No. 31	2
Florida		No. 64	–	–	2
Georgia		No. 10	No. 12	No. 10	4
LSU		No. 13	No. 13	No. 14	4
Kentucky		No. 51	No. 44	No. 45	2
Missouri		No. 6	No. 14	No. 5	5
Mississippi State		No. 70	–	No. 47	2
Oklahoma		No. 30	No. 41	No. 25	3
Ole Miss		No. 75	No. 45	–	1
South Carolina		No. 44	No. 46	–	2
Tennessee		No. 73	No. 43	–	1
Texas		No. 16	No. 26	No. 17	2
Texas A&M		No. 57	No. 39	No. 30	2
Vanderbilt		No. 82	–	–	2

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden[5]	Naismith[6]	Cousy[7]	West[8]	Erving[9]	Malone[10]	Abdul-Jabbar[11]	Olson[12]
Jonas Aidoo, Arkansas							Y
Chad Baker-Mazara, Auburn					Y
Johni Broome, Auburn	Y	Y				Y		Y
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida	Y	Y	Y					Y
Johnell Davis, Arkansas	Y	Y		Y				Y
Malik Dia, Ole Miss							Y
Darlinstone Dubar, Tennessee								Y
Boogie Fland, Arkansas				Y
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State	Y		Y					Y
Tre Johnson, Texas		Y		Y
Arthur Kaluma, Texas					Y
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee				Y
Mark Mitchell, Missouri					Y
Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina								Y
Matthew Murrell, Ole Miss	Y	Y		Y				Y
Grant Nelson, Alabama	Y	Y				Y		Y
Cliff Omoruyi, Alabama	Y						Y	Y
Jordan Pope, Texas			Y
Jaxson Robinson, Kentucky	Y	Y			Y			Y
Mark Sears, Alabama	Y	Y	Y					Y
Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M	Y	Y	Y					Y
Amari Williams, Kentucky							Y
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee	Y	Y	Y					Y

Preseason All-American teams

Player	AP[13]	CBS[14]	Fox Sports[15]
Mark Sears, Alabama	1st team	1st team	1st team
Johni Broome, Auburn	1st team	2nd team	2nd team
Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M	RV	3rd team	3rd team
Johnell Davis, Arkansas	RV	3rd team	3rd team
Tre Johnson, Texas	RV

Preseason polls

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls

	AP[16]	Blue Ribbon[17]	CBS Sports	Coaches	ESPN[18]	Fox Sports[19]	KenPom	NCAA Sports[20]	Sports Illustrated[21]
Alabama	No. 2	No. 1	No. 2	–	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 1	No. 1
Arkansas	No. 16	No. 15	No. 13	–	No. 14	No. 13	No. 25	No. 13	No. 21
Auburn	No. 11	No. 12	No. 10	–	No. 11	No. 15	No. 3	No. 15	No. 10
Florida	No. 21	No. 18	No. 22	–	No. 21	–	No. 28	No. 20	No. 18
Georgia	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 67	–	–
Kentucky	No. 23	No. 19	–	–	No. 23	No. 22	No. 42	No. 14	No. 23
LSU	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 51	–	–
Missouri	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 53	–	–
Mississippi State	RV	–	–	–	–	–	No. 32	–	–
Oklahoma	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 40	–	–
Ole Miss	No. 24	–	–	–	No. 20	No. 24	No. 47	No. 33	No. 17
South Carolina	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 65	–	–
Tennessee	No. 12	No. 11	No. 14	–	No. 13	No. 11	No. 13	No. 12	No. 12
Texas	No. 19	No. 24	No. 20	–	No. 22	–	No. 18	No. 27	–
Texas A&M	No. 13	No. 9	No. 11	–	No. 12	No. 20	No. 16	No. 22	No. 24
Vanderbilt	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 96	–	–

SEC media days

The SEC conducted its 2024 SEC media days in Birmingham, Alabama on October 15 & 16, 2024 on the SEC Network.[22]

The teams and representatives in respective order are as follows:

• Alabama – Nate Oats (HC), Mark Sears & Latrell Wrightsell Jr.
• Arkansas – John Calipari (HC), Johnell Davis & Adou Thiero
• Auburn – Bruce Pearl (HC), Johni Broome & Denver Jones
• Florida – Todd Golden (HC), Walter Clayton Jr. & Alijah Martin
• Georgia – Mike White (HC), Silas Demary Jr. & RJ Godfrey
• Kentucky – Mark Pope (HC), Lamont Butler & Jaxson Robinson
• LSU – Matt McMahon (HC), Cam Carter & Jalen Reed
• Oklahoma – Porter Moser (HC), Sam Godwin & Jalon Moore
• Ole Miss – Chris Beard (HC), Jaylen Murray & Sean Pedulla
• Mississippi State – Chris Jans (HC), Josh Hubbard & Cameron Matthews
• Missouri – Dennis Gates (HC), Mark Mitchell & Tony Perkins
• South Carolina – Lamont Paris (HC), Collin Murray-Boyles & Nick Pringl
• Tennessee – Rick Barnes (HC), Jahmai Mashack & Zakai Zeigler
• Texas – Rodney Terry (HC), Tre Johnson & Kadin Shedrick
• Texas A&M – Buzz Williams (HC), Anderson Garcia & Hayden Hefner
• Vanderbilt – Mark Byington (HC), AJ Hoggard & Tyler Nickel

Men's Basketball Preseason Poll

Place	Team
1.	Alabama
2.	Auburn
3.	Tennessee
4.	Arkansas
5.	Texas A&M
6.	Florida
7.	Texas
8.	Kentucky
9.	Ole Miss
10.	Mississippi State
11.	South Carolina
12.	Georgia
13.	Missouri
14.	LSU
15.	Oklahoma
16.	Vanderbilt

Source:[23]

SEC Preseason All-Conference

First Team[24]

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Johni Broome	Auburn	F	Sr.	6′ 10″, 240	Plant City, FL
Walter Clayton Jr.	Florida	G	Sr.	6′ 3″, 195	Lake Wales, FL
Mark Sears	Alabama	G	Gr	6′ 5″, 205	Muscle Shoals, AL
Wade Taylor IV	Texas A&M	G	Sr.	6′ 0″, 175	Dallas, TX
Zakai Zeigler	Tennessee	G	Sr.	5′ 9″, 171	Long Island, NY

Second Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Jonas Aidoo	Arkansas	F	Gr	6′ 11″, 240	Durham, NC
Johnell Davis	Arkansas	G	Gr	6′ 4″, 205	Gary, IN
Josh Hubbard	Mississippi State	G	So.	5′ 11″, 190	Madison, MS
Matthew Murrell	Ole Miss	G	Sr.	6′ 4″, 205	Memphis, TN
Grant Nelson	Alabama	F	Sr.	6′ 1″, 230	Devils Lake, ND

Third Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Collin Murray-Boyles	South Carolina	F	So.	6′ 8″, 245	Columbia, S.C.
Alex Condon	Florida	C	So.	6′ 11″, 230	Perth, Australia
Tramon Mark	Texas	G	Gr	6′ 5″, 200	Dickinson, TX
Chad Baker-Mazara	Auburn	F	Jr.	6′ 5″, 180	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Jaxson Robinson	Kentucky	G		6′ 6″, 192	Ada, OK

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden[25]	Naismith[26]	Naismith DPOY[27]	Robertson[28]	Cousy[29]	West[30]	Erving[31]	Malone[32]	Abdul-Jabbar[33]
Chad Baker-Mazara						Y
Johni Broome	Y	Y	Y	Y				Y
Lamont Butler			Y	Y
Walter Clayton Jr.	Y	Y		Y	Y
Jeremiah Fears	Y
Josh Hubbard	Y			Y
Tre Johnson	Y	Y				Y
Chaz Lanier	Y	Y		Y		Y
Alijah Martin					Y
Jahmai Mashack			Y
Cameron Matthews			Y
Jalon Moore						Y
Collin Murray-Boyles				Y
Asa Newell				Y					Y
Clifford Omoruyi			Y
Otega Oweh				Y
Zhuric Phelps				Y
Jaxson Robinson						Y
Mark Sears	Y	Y		Y	Y
Wade Taylor IV	Y
Zakai Zeigler	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Regular season

The schedule was released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular-season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and the SEC Network.

Multi-team tournaments

Team[34]	Tournament	Finish
Alabama	Players Era Festival	2nd
Arkansas	−	−
Auburn	Maui Invitational	1st
Florida	ESPN Events Invitational	1st
Georgia	−	−
Kentucky	−	−
LSU	Greenbrier Tip-Off	3rd
Missouri	−	−
Mississippi State	Arizona Tip-Off	2nd
Oklahoma	Battle 4 Atlantis	1st
Ole Miss	Rady Children's Invitational	2nd
South Carolina	Fort Myers Tip-Off	3rd
Tennessee	Bahamas Championship	1st
Texas	Legends Classic	1st
Texas A&M	Players Era Festival	5th
Vanderbilt	Charleston Classic	2nd

ACC–SEC Challenge

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Dec. 3	South Carolina	Boston College	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ACC–SEC Challenge	73–51	1–0
	Notre Dame	Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, Georgia		48–69	2–0
	California	Missouri	Mizzou Arena • Columbia, Missouri		93–98	3–0
	Arkansas	Miami (FL)	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida		76–73	4–0
	Syracuse	No.3 Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena • Knoxville, Tennessee		70–96	5–0
	Wake Forest	No. 22 Texas A&M	Reed Arena • College Station, Texas		44–57	6–0
	Florida State	LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center • Baton Rouge, Louisiana		75–85	7–0
	Georgia Tech	No. 21 Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, Oklahoma		61–76	8–0
	No. 23 Ole Miss	Louisville	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky		86–63	9–0
	No. 4 Kentucky	Clemson	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina		66–70	9–1
Dec. 4	Alabama	North Carolina	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina		94–79	10–1
	Virginia	Florida	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, Florida		87–69	11–1
	Auburn	Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina		78–84	11–2
	Texas	NC State	Lenovo Center • Raleigh, North Carolina		63–59	12–2
	Pittsburgh	Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum • Mississippi State, Mississippi		90–57	13–2
	Vanderbilt	Virginia Tech	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia		80–64	14–2

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

Records vs other conferences

The SEC has a record of 184–24 in non-conference play for the 2024–25 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Regular season Power 5 Conferences Conference Record ACC 30–4 Big East 4–5 Big Ten 10–9 Big 12 14–2 Combined 58–20 Other Conferences Conference Record America East 1–0 American 6-2 ASUN 17–1 Atlantic 10 2–0 Big Sky 2–0 Big South 2–0 Big West 0–0 Coastal 3–0 Conference USA 4–0 Horizon 2–0 Independents/Non-Division I 0–0 Ivy League 1–0 Metro Atlantic 0–0 Mid-American 4–0 Mid-Eastern Athletic 4–0 Missouri Valley 1-1 Mountain West 3–0 Northeast 3–0 Ohio Valley 8–0 Patriot 2–0 Southern 3–0 Southland 14–0 SWAC 20–0 Summit 3–0 Sun Belt 8–0 WCC 3–0 WAC 2–0 Combined 126–4 Thru December 31, 2024

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Nov. 4			●	−	0−0	0−0

† denotes neutral site game

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	Alabama	Arkansas	Auburn	Florida	Georgia	Kentucky	LSU	Oklahoma	Ole Miss	Mississippi State	Missouri	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas	Texas A&M	Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama	–	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Arkansas	1–0	–	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
vs. Auburn	0–1	0–0	–	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
vs. Florida	0–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
vs. Georgia	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
vs. Kentucky	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	–	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
vs. LSU	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	–	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Oklahoma	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	–	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1
vs. Ole Miss	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	–	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
vs. Mississippi State	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	–	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Missouri	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. South Carolina	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Tennessee	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	–	0–1	0–0	1–1
vs. Texas	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	–	1–1	1–0
vs. Texas A&M	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	–	0–0
vs. Vanderbilt	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	–
Total	10–2	4–8	11–1	10–3	4–9	6–6	3–10	3–10	8–5	7–6	8–4	0–13	8–5	5–8	9–4	5–7

Thru Feb. 19, 2025

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Alabama	2,258	1,978	280
Arkansas	1,841	1,654	187
Auburn	2,128	1,710	418
Florida	2,179	1,729	450
Georgia	1,950	1,773	177
Kentucky	2,148	1,907	241
LSU	1,992	1,878	114
Oklahoma	2,006	1,897	109
Ole Miss	2,023	1,792	231
Mississippi State	2,053	1,847	206
Missouri	2,065	1,724	341
South Carolina	1,809	1,843	-34
Tennessee	1,858	1,497	361
Texas	2,046	1,801	245
Texas A&M	1,917	1,704	213
Vanderbilt	1,934	1,733	201

Thru Feb. 19, 2025 [35]

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

Team	Poll	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	Wk 20	Final
Alabama	AP	2	2	8	9	10	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	6	7
	C	2	2	7	9	12	8	7	6	6	5	5	3	4	3	1	4	6	8
Arkansas	AP	16	18	20	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	16	21	23	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Auburn	AP	11	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	C	11	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Florida	AP	21	20	21	18	13	9	7	6	6	8	5	5	5	6	3	2	3	5
	C	21	18	19	16	13	7	6	5	5	8	4	6	6	6	3	2	3	5
Georgia	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Kentucky	AP	23	9	9	8	4	5	4	10	10	6	8	9	12	14	15	17	17	19
	C	23	18	11	8	6	5	4	10	11	7	9	9	12	14	18	21	23	24
LSU	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Oklahoma	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	21	13	14	12	12	17	RV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	21	17	15	11	10	16	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Ole Miss	AP	24	25	RV	23	23	19	17	16	24	23	21	16	23	25	19	24	RV	RV
	C	25	RV	RV	24	20	15	16	16	23	22	21	16	23	RV	23	RV	RV	RV
Mississippi State	AP	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	25	RV	19	17	14	15	14	14	22	22	21	24	25
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	19	16	13	18	14	13	RV	RV	23	24	RV
Missouri	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	20	15	21	15	14	15
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	24	21	16	22	16	16	15
South Carolina	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Tennessee	AP	12	11	11	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	6	6	8	4	5	6	5	4
	C	12	9	9	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	6	6	8	4	4	6	5	4
Texas	AP	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Texas A&M	AP	13	23	23	20	22	17	12	13	13	10	11	13	13	10	8	7	12	22
	C	15	23	22	20	24	18	11	13	12	9	11	13	15	13	9	7	11	21
Vanderbilt	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	RV	24	RV	NV	NV	RV	RV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV

Postseason

SEC Tournament

Main article: 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament

The conference tournament was played from March 12−16, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

* – denotes overtime

	First round Wednesday, March 12 SEC Network					Second round Thursday, March 13 SEC Network					Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 ESPN/SEC Network					Semifinals Saturday, March 15 ESPN					Championship Sunday, March 16 ESPN
											1	Auburn	62
						8	Ole Miss	83			8	Ole Miss	57
	9	Arkansas	72			9	Arkansas	80								1	Auburn	65
	16	South Carolina	68													4	Tennessee	70
											4	Tennessee	83
						5	Texas A&M	89			13	Texas	72
	12	Vanderbilt	72			13	Texas	94**													4	Tennessee	77
	13	Texas	79																		2	Florida	86
											2	Florida	95
						7	Missouri	85			7	Missouri	81
	10	Mississippi State	91			10	Mississippi State	73								2	Florida	104
	15	LSU	62													3	Alabama	82
											3	Alabama	99
						6	Kentucky	85			6	Kentucky	70
	11	Georgia	75			14	Oklahoma	84
	14	Oklahoma	81

Source:[36]

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	South	Auburn	Bye	W 83–63 vs. (16) Alabama State	W 82–70 vs. (9) Creighton	W 78–65 vs. (5) Michigan	W 70–64 vs. (2) Michigan State	L 73–79 vs. (W1) Florida	DNP
1	West	Florida		W 95–69 vs. (16) Norfolk State	W 77–75 vs. (8) UConn	W 87–71 vs. (4) Maryland	W 84–79 vs. (3) Texas Tech	W 79–73 vs. (S1) Auburn	vs. (MW1) Houston
2	East	Alabama		W 90–81 vs. (15) Robert Morris	W 80–66 vs. (7) Saint Mary's	W 113–88 vs. (6) BYU	L 65–85 vs. (1) Duke	DNP
2	Midwest	Tennessee		W 77–62 vs. (15) Wofford	W 67–58 vs. (7) UCLA	W 78–65 vs. (3) Kentucky	L 50–69 vs. (1) Houston	DNP
3	Midwest	Kentucky		W 76–57 vs. (14) Troy	W 84–75 vs. (6) Illinois	L 65–78 vs. (2) Tennessee	DNP
4	South	Texas A&M		W 80–71 vs. (13) Yale	L 79–91 vs. (5) Michigan	DNP
6	South	Ole Miss		W 71–64 vs. (11) North Carolina	W 91–78 vs. (3) Iowa State	L 70–73 vs. (2) Michigan State	DNP
6	West	Missouri		L 57–67 vs. (11) Drake	DNP
8	East	Mississippi State		L 72–75 vs. (9) Baylor	DNP
9	Midwest	Georgia		L 68–89 vs. (8) Gonzaga	DNP
9	West	Oklahoma		L 59–67 vs. (8) UConn	DNP
10	East	Vanderbilt		L 56–59 vs. (7) Saint Mary's	DNP
10	West	Arkansas		W 79–72 vs. (7) Kansas	W 75–66 vs. (2) St. John's	L 83–85^OT vs. (3) Texas Tech	DNP
11	Midwest	Texas	L 80–86 vs. (11) Xavier	DNP
	14 Bids	W–L (%):	0–1 (.000)	8–5 (.615)	7–1 (.875)	4–3 (.571)	2–2 (.500)	1–1 (.500)	1–0 (1.000)
TOTAL: 21–13 (.618)

NIT

Main article: 2025 National Invitation Tournament

The following teams from the conference that will be selected to participate:

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			−	−	−	−	−
	Bid	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

LSU and South Carolina were invited to the NIT, but both schools declined the invite.[37][38]

CBC

Main article: 2026 College Basketball Crown

Seed	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		−	−	−	−	−
	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won
SEC member lost

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coach	School	Reason	Replacement
Eric Musselman	Arkansas	Accepted coaching position at USC	John Calipari
John Calipari	Kentucky	Accepted coaching position at Arkansas	Mark Pope

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. SEC records are from time at current school.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Record at school	SEC record	SEC titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Alabama	Nate Oats	Buffalo	6th	117–54 (.684)	62–28 (.689)	2	4	1	0
Arkansas	John Calipari	Kentucky	1st	0–0 (–)	198–65 (.753)	6	23	6	1
Auburn	Bruce Pearl	Tennessee	11th	214–119 (.643)	162–114 (.587)	2	5	1	0
Florida	Todd Golden	San Francisco	3rd	40–29 (.580)	20–16 (.556)	0	1	0	0
Georgia	Mike White	Florida	3rd	36–33 (.522)	12–24 (.333)	0	0	0	0
Kentucky	Mark Pope	BYU	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	2	0	0
LSU	Matt McMahon	Murray State	3rd	31–35 (.470)	11–25 (.306)	0	3	0	0
Oklahoma	Porter Moser	Loyola Chicago	4th	54–45 (.545)	0–0 (–)	0	2	1	0
Ole Miss	Chris Beard	Texas	2nd	20–12 (.625)	7–11 (.389)	0	5	1	0
Mississippi State	Chris Jans	New Mexico State	3rd	42–27 (.609)	8–10 (.444)	0	5	0	0
Missouri	Dennis Gates	Cleveland State	3rd	33–34 (.493)	11–25 (.306)	0	2	0	0
South Carolina	Lamont Paris	Chattanooga	3rd	37–29 (.561)	17–19 (.472)	0	2	0	0
Tennessee	Rick Barnes	Texas	10th	202–101 (.667)	100–60 (.625)	2	28	1	0
Texas	Rodney Terry	UTEP	3rd	43–21 (.672)	0–0 (–)	0	3	0	0
Texas A&M	Buzz Williams	Virginia Tech	6th	97–62 (.610)	45–37 (.549)	0	10	0	0
Vanderbilt	Mark Byington	James Madison	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	1	0	0

Notes:

• SEC records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2024–25 season.
• NCAA tournament appearances, NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools.

Awards and honors

SEC Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the SEC offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.

Week	Player of the Week	School	Freshman of the Week	School	Ref.
November 11, 2024	Johni Broome	Auburn	Tre Johnson	Texas	[39]
November 18, 2024	Andrew Carr	Kentucky	Asa Newell	Georgia	[40]
November 25, 2024	Chaz Lanier	Tennessee	Labaron Philon	Alabama	[41]
December 2, 2024	Johni Broome (2)	Auburn	Jeremiah Fears	Oklahoma	[42]
December 9, 2024	Tamar Bates	Missouri	Asa Newell (2)	Georgia	[43]
December 16, 2024	Johni Broome (3) Lamont Butler	Auburn Kentucky	Boogie Fland	Arkansas	[44]
December 23, 2024	Jordan Pope Collin Murray-Boyles	Texas South Carolina	Jeremiah Fears (2)	Oklahoma	[45]
December 30, 2024	Zakai Zeigler	Tennessee	Labaron Philon (2)	Alabama	[46]
January 6, 2025	Koby Brea Chaz Lanier (2)	Kentucky Tennessee	Labaron Philon (3)	Alabama	[47]
January 13, 2025	Mark Sears Alex Condon	Alabama Florida	Asa Newell (3)	Georgia	[48]
January 20, 2025	Caleb Grill	Missouri	Tahaad Pettiford	Auburn	[49]
January 27, 2025	Johni Broome (4)	Auburn	Tre Johnson (2)	Texas	[50]
February 3, 2025	Johni Broome (5)	Auburn	Tre Johnson (3)	Texas	[51]
February 10, 2025	Alex Condon (2)	Florida	Asa Newell (4)	Georgia	[52]
February 17, 2025	Denver Jones	Auburn	Tre Johnson (4)	Texas	[53]
February 24, 2025	Mark Sears (2) Chaz Lanier (3)	Alabama Tennessee	Jeremiah Fears (3)	Oklahoma	[54]
March 3, 2025	Silas Demary Jr.	Georgia	Tre Johnson (5)	Texas	[55]

Totals per school

School	Total
Auburn	7
Texas	6
Alabama	5
Georgia	5
Tennessee	4
Kentucky	3
Oklahoma	3
Florida	2
Missouri	2
Arkansas	1
South Carolina	1
LSU	0
Ole Miss	0
Mississippi State	0
Texas A&M	0
Vanderbilt	0

All-Americans

Main article: 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Consensus All-Americans
First Team	Second Team
None	None

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[56]

Associated Press	NABC	Sporting News	USBWA
First Team
Second Team
Third Team

Sources:
*Associated Press All-America Team
*National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America Team
*Sporting News All-America Team
*USBWA All-America Team

All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the SEC to their All-District Teams:

District IV

All-District Team

District IV

Player of the Year

All-District Team

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named the following from the SEC to their All-District Teams:

District 20

SEC season awards

Source:[57]

SEC individual awards

Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Johni Broome, Auburn
Coach of the Year	Bruce Pearl, Auburn
Defensive Player of the Year	Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Newcomer of the Year	Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year	Tre Johnson, Texas
Sixth Man Award	Caleb Grill, Missouri
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, South Carolina

2024-25 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Defensive Team	Freshman Team
Johni Broome, Auburn Walter Clayton Jr., Florida Mark Sears, Alabama Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee	Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State Tre Johnson, Texas Chaz Lanier, Tennessee Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina Otega Oweh, Kentucky	Chad Baker-Mazara, Auburn Alex Condon, Florida Jason Edwards, Vanderbilt Mark Mitchell, Missouri Sean Pedulla, Ole Miss	Denver Jones, Auburn Jahmai Mashack, Tennessee Cameron Matthews, Mississippi State Anthony Robinson II, Missouri Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee	Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma Tre Johnson, Texas Asa Newell, Georgia Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn Labaron Philon, Alabama

Scholar Athlete of the year

Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.	GPA	Major

SEC All-Tournament Team

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Team

SEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Team

2024–25 Season statistic leaders

Source:[58]

Scoring leaders Rk Player PTS PPG 1 Tre Johnson 555 20.6 2 Mark Sears 555 19.1 3 Johni Broome 497 18.4 4 Josh Hubbard 533 18.4 5 Chaz Lanier 517 17.8

Rebound leaders Rk Player REB RPG 1 Johni Broome 292 10.8 2 Amari Williams 255 8.8 3 Collin Murray-Boyles 244 8.4 4 Devin McGlockton 232 8.0 4 Grant Nelson 232 8.0

Field goal leaders (avg 5 fga/gm) Rk Player FG FGA PCT 1 Collin Murray-Broyles 184 310 .594 2 Asa Newell 170 309 .550 3 Adou Thiero 138 252 .548 4 Will Richard 145 285 .509 5 Johni Broome 193 382 .505

Assist leaders Rk Player AST APG 1 Zakai Zeigler 201 7.2 2 Boogie Fland 103 5.7 3 Mark Sears 144 5.0 4 A.J. Hoggard 129 4.6 5 Wade Taylor IV 115 4.6

Block leaders Rk Player BLK BPG 1 Johni Broome 66 2.4 2 Zvonimir Ivisic 59 2.1 3 Felix Okpara 52 1.8 4 Kadin Shedrick 49 1.7 5 Somto Cyril 47 1.6

Free throw leaders Rk Player FT FTA PCT 1 Chad Baker-Mazara 103 115 .896 2 Tre Johnson 98 111 .883 3 Josh Hubbard 108 123 .878 4 Cam Carter 93 107 .869 5 Wade Taylor IV 97 112 .866

Steal leaders Rk Player STL SPG 1 Cameron Matthews 73 2.5 2 Anthony Robinson II 60 2.1 3 Zakai Zeigler 55 2.0 4 Sean Padulla 56 1.9 5 Zhuric Phelps 52 1.9

Three point leaders Rk Player 3P 3PA % 1 Brycen Goodine 54 119 .454 2 Koby Brea 75 170 .441 3 Caleb Grill 68 158 .430 4 Aden Holloway 71 168 .423 5 Miles Kelly 69 168 .411

Thru March 3, 2025

2025 NBA draft

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position	School	Nationality

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Game 13	Game 14	Game 15	Game 16	Game 17	Game 18	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	15,383	13,474†	13,474†	13,474†																40,422	13,474
Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena	19,368	19,200†	19,200†	19,200†																57,600	19,200	99.03%
Auburn	Neville Arena	9,121	9,121†	9,121†	9,121†																27,363	9,121	100.00%
Florida	O'Connell Center	11,255	8,381†	7,857	8,005																24,243	8,081
Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum	10,523	6,193†	5,405	5,757	5,775															23,130	5,783
Kentucky	Rupp Arena	20,545	19,635	20,048†	19,314																58,997	19,666
LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center	13,215	8,043†	7,247	6,442																21,732	7,244
Missouri	Mizzou Arena	15,061	11,044†	8,912	8,889																28,845	9,615
Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum	9,100	9,125†	8,726	8,744																26,595	8,865
Oklahoma Sooners	Lloyd Noble Center	10,967	4,886	4,742	4,922	4,678	7,725†	1,611	6,244												34,808	4,972
Ole Miss	SJB Pavilion	9,500	7,982†	7,314	4,033																19,329	6,443
South Carolina	Colonial Life Arena	18,000	12,388†	12,205	11,577																36,170	12,057
Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena	21,678	17,813†	16,916	17,232																51,961	17,320
Texas	Moody Center	10,763	10,993†	10,662	10,457																32,112	10,704
Texas A&M	Reed Arena	12,989	8,673	7,195	11,658†																27,526	9,175
Vanderbilt	Memorial Gymnasium	14,316	5,011	5,700	5,945†	5,249															21,905	5,476
Total		13,823

old – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

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