This Week In Basketball - Week 1

November 11, 2009

Craig Pinkerton (Men’s Basketball Contact) [email protected]

www.secsports.com 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North Birmingham, AL 35203-1103 Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030

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THIS WEEK IN THE SEC OCTOBER 30 (Friday)

at Tennessee 117, North Alabama 79 (exh.)

31 (Saturday)

at Mississippi State 82, Oklahoma City 54 (exh.)

NOVEMBER 2 (Monday)

AROUND THE SEC • Seven SEC teams are receiving mention in the Associated Press and

ESPN/USA Today preseason polls. Kentucky is ranked fourth by the Associated Press and fifth by ESPN/USA Today while Tennessee is ranked as high as 10th and Mississippi State is 18th. Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt are each receiving votes in the polls.

at Kentucky 74, Campbellsville 38 (exh.) [FSN] at Florida 95, Saint Leo 46 (exh.) at Arkansas 77, Dillard 59 (exh.)

• Seven SEC players have been named preseason candidates for the 2009-10 John R. Wooden Award. Included on the list of 50 players are: Devan Downey (South Carolina), Tasmin Mitchell (LSU), A.J. Ogilvy (Vanderbilt), Patrick Patterson (UK), Tyler Smith (UT), Jarvis Varnado (Mississippi State) and Terrico White (Ole Miss).

4 (Wednesday) at Tennessee 97, Lincoln Memorial 58 (exh.) at Alabama 81, Montevallo 53 (exh.) 5 (Thursday)

at South Carolina 78, Kentucky Wesleyan 55 (exh.) at Arkansas 102, Lemoyne-Owen 69 (exh.)

6 (Friday)

at Ole Miss 102, Auburn-Montgomery 62 (exh.) at Kentucky 117, Clarion 52 (exh.) [FSN] at Auburn 87, Miles College 40 (exh.) at Georgia 87, North Georgia 53 (exh.)

7 (Saturday)

at Mississippi State 90, Georgetown (Ky.) 70 (exh.)

• Eight SEC players have been named preseason candidates for the 2009-10

Naismith Award. Included among the SEC’s candidates are: Devan Downey (USC), Tasmin Mitchell, (LSU), A.J. Ogilvy (VU), Patrick Patterson (UK), Tyler Smith (UT), Jarvis Varnado (MS), John Wall (UK) and Terrico White (UM). • Eight of the SEC’s 12 schools return at least four starters from their 2008-09 teams, including five (Arkansas, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Vanderbilt) that return all five starters.

9 (Monday)

at Florida 104, Webber International 53 (exh.)

10 (Tuesday)

at Vanderbilt 91, Alabama-Huntsville 56 (exh.) at Alabama 61, Augusta State 55 (exh.)

13 (Friday)

Morehead State at Kentucky [ESPNU] UALR at Ole Miss Alabama A&M at South Carolina [SS] Austin Peay at Tennessee UL-Monroe at LSU Alcorn State at Arkansas 1-Niagara at Auburn Rider at Mississippi State New Orleans at Georgia

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14 (Saturday)

Cornell at Alabama

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15 (Sunday)

Stetson at Florida [FSN]

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16 (Monday)

Miami (Ohio) at Kentucky [FSN/BBSN] Georgia Southern at South Carolina [SS] Auburn at Missouri State

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ALL TIMES LOCAL

• Three coaches join the conference this season with Anthony Grant at

*SEC Game

Alabama, Mark Fox at Georgia and John Calipari at Kentucky. • Five the SEC’s top 10 scorers from 2008-09 return for 2009-10. USC’s

Devan Downey is the league’s top returning scorer at 19.8 points per game. • Seven of the league’s top 10 rebounders from last season return for 2009-

10. Arkansas’ Michael Washington led the SEC with 9.8 boards per game. • Eight of the conference’s top 10 assist leaders from 2008-09 return for 2009-10. Arkansas’ Courtney Fortson is the top returning setup man after leading all SEC freshmen with 5.9 assists per game last season. • Five players that earned first team All-SEC honors from the league’s coach-

es are on SEC rosters for 2009-10. Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson, LSU’s Tasmin Mitchell, Mississippi State’s Jarvis Varnado, South Carolina’s Devan Downey and Tennessee’s Tyler Smith are were first team all-conference selections in 2008-09. An additional five players that earned second team All-SEC accolades also return.

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2009-10 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MEDIA SERVICES Coaches Teleconference The weekly SEC men’s basketball coaches teleconference is scheduled for every Monday Jan. 4 - March 8. The 12 Southeastern Conference men’s head basketball coaches will be featured from 10:00 - 11:17 a.m. (CT). Media representatives wishing to participate in the teleconference should contact the SEC Media Relations Department for further details. Each coach will appear on the teleconference for seven minutes, according to the following schedule: Order of Appearance (All Times Central) 10:00 a.m. Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt 10:07 a.m. Billy Donovan, Florida 10:14 a.m. Darrin Horn, South Carolina 10:21 a.m. Mark Fox, Georgia 10:28 a.m. Trent Johnson, LSU 10:35 a.m. John Calipari, Kentucky 10:42 a.m. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee 10:49 a.m. John Pelphrey, Arkansas 10:56 a.m. Anthony Grant, Alabama 11:03 a.m. Jeff Lebo, Auburn 11:10 a.m. Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss 11:17 a.m. Rick Stansbury, Miss. State

In addition, the SEC men’s basketball teams who make it to postseason will be on a teleconference on Monday, March 15 beginning at 10:00 a.m. CT. All SEC basketball teleconferences can be listened to on the internet at www.secsports.com starting at 1:00 p.m. CT. SEC Websites General SEC basketball information can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.secsports.com. The basketball section is updated with new material daily on the page, with standings, statistics, game previews, notes and other important information. The SEC basketball release can also be printed off of the secsports.com website in an Adobe Acrobat file. Adobe Reader, which is used to read the Adobe Acrobat file, can be downloaded for free on your computer on the adobe.com website. The SEC also offers a media-only section of the website - www.secsportsmedia.com. Media covering the SEC can retrieve information from the conference office as well as the 12 SEC institutions from the media site. An internet photo gallery, logos and a championship credentialing system for SEC basketball is available on the site. (The site houses all media information for the other 19 sports the SEC sponsors). SEC Release The conference basketball release will be available each Monday beginning in early November via the league’s websites. Any media representative wishing to receive information via e-mail should register on www.secsportsmedia.com SEC standings and results will be updated each weekday, while conference statistics will be updated as often as needed based on the schedule of play. Information is also available via the school’s SIDs. SEC Weekly Awards The SEC will name a Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week throughout the 2009-10 season (November-March) for Monday afternoon publication. Nominations for both awards are made by the SEC men’s basketball sports information contacts. The honorees are selected by a vote of the SEC Media Relations staff. The first Player and Freshman of the Week awards will be Monday, November 16.

SEC Tournament Credentials Media credential request forms for the 2010 SEC Tournament will be available in early January on the SEC media website at www.secsportsmedia.com. For more information, please contact the SEC media relations department at (205) 458-3000. The 2010 SEC Men’s Tournament is March 11-14 (Thursday-Sunday) at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. SEC Basketball SID Contacts Alabama Ty Patton, [email protected] Office: (205) 348-5401 Fax: (205) 348-8841 Press Row: (205) 348-6084 www.rolltide.com

LSU Kent Lowe, [email protected] Office: (225) 578-8226 Fax: (225) 578-1861 Press Row: (225) 578-8226 www.lsusports.net

Arkansas Phil Pierce, [email protected] Office: (479) 575-2751 Fax: (479) 575-7481 Press Row: (479) 575-6622 www.arkansasrazorbacks.com

Ole Miss Joey Jones, [email protected] Office: (662) 915-7526 Fax: (662) 915-7006 Press Row: (662) 236-1931 www.olemisssports.com

Auburn Chuck Gallina, [email protected] Office: (334) 844-9800 Fax: (334) 844-9708 Press Row: (334) 844-1933/1935 www.auburntigers.com

Mississippi State Gregg Ellis, [email protected] Office: (662) 325-3595 Fax: (662) 325-3654 Press Row: (662) 325-3776 www.mstateathletics.com

Florida Fred Demarest, [email protected] Office: (352) 375-4683 x6100 Fax: (352) 375-4809 Press Row: (352) 371-0281 www.gatorzone.com

South Carolina Emily Feeney, [email protected] Office: (803) 777-7743 Fax: (803) 777-2967 Press Row: (803) 777-6182 www.gamecocksonline.com

Georgia Tim Hix, [email protected] Office: (706) 542-1621 Fax: (706) 542-7993 Press Row: (706) 542-8052 www.georgiadogs.com

Tennessee Tom Satkowiak, [email protected] Office: (865) 974-1212 Fax: (865) 974-1269 Press Row: (865) 544-0789 www.utsports.com

Kentucky DeWayne Peevy, [email protected] John Hayden, [email protected] Office: (859) 257-3838 Fax: (859) 323-4310 Press Row: (859) 252-3602 www.ukathletics.com

Vanderbilt Andy Boggs, [email protected] Office: (615) 322-4121 Fax: (615) 343-7064 Press Row: (615) 320-0436 www.vucommodores.com

SEC Media Relations Staff Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner E-mail: [email protected] Craig Pinkerton, Director (Men’s Basketball Contact) E-mail: [email protected] Chuck Dunlap, Associate Director E-mail: [email protected] Tammy Wilson, Associate Director E-mail: [email protected] Ayanna Wakefield, Assistant Director E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (205) 458-3000 Fax: (205) 458-3030

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2010 SEC Tournament March 11-14 • Sommet Center • Nashville, Tenn. The 2010 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament returns to the Sommet Center in Nashville. It will be the third time that the arena has served as the host of the SEC Tournament, having also hosted in 2001 and 2006. The Sommet Center, which also is the home of the NHL’s Nashville Predators, opened in December 1996 and has hosted more than 12 million guests. It has become Nashville’s No. 1 venue for large-scale musical productions, as well as one of the nation’s most highly acclaimed entertainment and sports venues. Seating capacity is approximately 18,160 for basketball games. The winner of the 11-game tournament receives the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The tournament seeds, conference championship and division titles are determined by the 16-game conference schedule during the regular season. Teams are seeded by their divisional finish and features Eastern Division-Western Division matchups in every game should the higher seed win each contest. Atlanta served as host of the inaugural SEC Tournament played following the 1932-33 season and did so again after the 1933-34 season. The event was held every year through 1952, with the exception of 1935. After a 26-year layoff (1953-78), the tournament was renewed in 1979. The 2010 tournament will be the 51st in league history and the 32nd since the renewal. The SEC has shown extraordinary balance in the tournament, evidenced by the fact that a different school won the first seven titles after the renewal. The event has helped set the stage for SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament, as 22 of the last 29 tournament champions have advanced to at least the Sweet 16 with five of the last 13 going on to win the national championship. Since the renewal in 1979, the SEC Tournament Champion has failed to win at least one NCAA Tournament game only four times. Kentucky leads the league with 25 SEC Tournament titles. Alabama is second with six, while Tennessee ranks third with four. Florida and Mississippi State each have three championship trophies. Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and former league member Georgia Tech have each won one SEC Tournament championship.

Media Predicts Kentucky as 2010 SEC Champion Kentucky was predicted to win the 2010 Southeastern Conference men’s basketball championship in a voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Each SEC school selected media members that cover their team and additional writers from across the nation were selected by the conference office to form the 25-member voting panel. The Wildcats are coming off a 22-14 season and an appearance in the NIT. They earned 20 first-place votes, topping Mississippi State which earned three votes and Tennessee which had two votes as SEC Champion. Kentucky was the media’s favorite to win the East with 148 total points (23 first-place votes), ahead of second-place Tennessee’s 117 points (two firstplace). Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia round out the top six. In the West, Mississippi State’s 144 total points (22 first-place votes) were ahead of Ole Miss’ 120 points (two first-place ). Alabama was picked third with 84 points. LSU, Arkansas and Auburn round out the top six in the West.

FIRST ROUND - March 11 (Thursday) Game 1 Eastern #5 vs. Western #4 [SEC Network] Game 2 Western #6 vs. Eastern #3 [SEC Network] Game 3 Western #5 vs. Eastern #4 [SEC Network] Game 4 Eastern #6 vs. Western #3 [SEC Network]

Noon CT 2:15 CT 6:30 CT 8:45 CT

Coaches Pick All-SEC Teams The coaches preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC Head Men’s Basketball Coaches. No ties were broken and no predicted order of finish was made.

SECOND ROUND - March 12 (Friday) Game 5 Game 1 Winner vs. Eastern #1 [SEC Network] Game 6 Game 2 Winner vs. Western #2 [SEC Network] Game 7 Game 3 Winner vs. Western #1 [SEC Network] Game 8 Game 4 Winner vs. Eastern #2 [SEC Network]

Noon CT 2:15 CT 6:30 CT 8:45 CT

SEMIFINALS - March 13 (Saturday) Game 9 Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner [ABC] Game 10 Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner [ABC]

Noon CT 2:15 CT

FINALS - March 14 (Sunday) Game 11 Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner [ABC]

Noon CT

FUTURE SEC TOURNAMENT DATES & SITES March 11-14, 2010 Nashville, Tenn. (The Sommet Center) March 10-13, 2011 Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) March 8-11, 2012 New Orleans, La. (New Orleans Arena) March 14-17, 2013 Nashville, Tenn. (The Sommet Center) March 13-16, 2014 Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome)

Preseason Media Poll (First-Place Votes in Parentheses) SEC Champion: Kentucky (20); Mississippi State (3); Tennessee (2) Eastern Division Kentucky (23) Tennessee (2) Vanderbilt South Carolina Florida Georgia

Points 148 117 90 77 68 25

Western Division Points Mississippi State (22) 144 Ole Miss (2) 120 Alabama 84 LSU (1) 70 Arkansas 63 Auburn 44

First Team All-SEC Devan Downey, SC *Patrick Patterson, UK Tyler Smith, UT Jarvis Varnado, MS Terrico White, UM

Second Team All-SEC Tasmin Mitchell, LS A.J. Ogilvy, VU DeWayne Reed, AU John Wall, UK Chris Warren, UM

SEC Player of the Year: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky

FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC Devan Downey, South Carolina# Tasmin Mitchell, LSU# A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt Patrick Patterson, Kentucky# Tyler Smith, Tennessee# Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State# Michael Washington, Arkansas Terrico White, Ole Miss#

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Wt 175 235 250 235 215 230 239 211

Cl Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So.

Hometown Chester, S.C. Denham Springs, La. Sydney, Australia Huntington, W.Va. Pulaski, Tenn. Brownsville, Tenn. McGehee, Ark. Memphis, Tenn.

SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC Pos Ht Dominique Archie, South Carolina F 6-7 Wayne Chism, Tennessee F/C 6-9 JaMychal Green, Alabama F 6-9 DeWayne Reed, Auburn G 6-1 Trey Thompkins, Georgia F 6-10 Alex Tyus, Florida F 6-8 John Wall, Kentucky G 6-4 Chris Warren, Ole Miss G 5-10

Wt 200 246 220 175 247 220 195 165

Cl Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr.

Hometown Augusta, Ga. Jackson, Tenn. Montgomery, Ala. Houston, Texas Lithonia, Ga. St. Louis, Mo. Raleigh, N.C. Orlando, Fla.

#-Unanimous Selection Ties are not broken

Pos G F C F G/F F F G

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SEC Highlights • For the first time in league history, each of the 96 conference games will be televised live as part of the SEC’s historic 15-year agreements with CBS Sports and ESPN that begin this year. Almost half of the SEC’s league games will be distributed nationally with ESPN or ESPN2 televising 27 contests, ESPNU showing eight and CBS Sports five. The SEC’s games on the ESPN family of networks will be exclusively branded as the “SEC on ESPN.” • National coverage of the SEC Basketball Tournament has been expanded with the semifinals and championship game broadcast on ESPN on ABC. The SEC Network will televise the first two rounds of the tournament which this year will be played March 11-14 in Nashville. • Florida’s Billy Donovan will be honored with the John R. Wooden Award’s “Legends of Coaching Award” at the Los Angeles Athletic Club in April of 2010. • The SEC/Big East Invitational returns for a third season and will feature four games in two days. Opening the event is Georgia vs. St. John’s and Kentucky vs. Connecticut in New York City Dec. 9. The following night will showcase Mississippi State vs. DePaul and Florida vs. Syracuse in Tampa, Fla. • Three SEC players active in 2009-10 have recorded triple-doubles, including two that accomplished the feat last season. Arkansas sophomore Courtney Fortson recorded the second triple-double in school history when he had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists against North Carolina Central on Dec. 10, 2008. Tyler Smith became the first player in Tennessee history to record a tripledouble when he had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against UNC Asheville Dec. 3, 2008. Mississippi State’s Jarvis Varnado recorded a triple-double with 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks against Kentucky in 2007-08. • According to KenPom.com, in 2008-09 eight of the Southeastern Conference’s 12 teams ranked among the 90 (out of 344 total) youngest teams in the nation. Ole Miss (344), Arkansas (340), Vanderbilt (338), Mississippi State (321) and Florida (312) each rank among the 35 youngest squads. • Throughout the history of men’s college basketball, the Southeastern Conference has captured 10 NCAA Championships and four NIT titles, putting the SEC as one of the nation’s top basketball conferences. • Of the 60 starters at the 2009 SEC Tournament, only 11 were seniors. • The SEC won 72.6 percent (135-51) of its non-conference games in 2008-09, including 54 of its last 74 games. • Two SEC schools ranked in the top four nationally in attendance for 200809. Kentucky led the nation with an average of 22,239 fans per game and Tennessee was fourth nationally with an average of 20,483 per game. Syracuse was second in the nation in attendance at 21,044 and North Carolina was third with 21,035. Kentucky has led the nation in attendance 13 of the last 14 seasons. • The SEC individual statistics were dominated by youth in 2008-09. Among the league’s statistical leaders, only five of the top 30 scorers, five of the top 30 rebounders and two of the top 15 assist-men were seniors. • Every team in the SEC has made at least one NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven editions of the NCAA Tournament. • The SEC is one of just two conferences in the nation to have all of its teams ranked at least one week in the Associated Press top 25 (excluding preseason polls) since 1999-00. Simply stated, every SEC team has been a top-25 team nationally at one point in the last 10 seasons. The ACC is the only other conference that can make this claim.

Seven SEC Players On Preseason Wooden List Seven SEC players have been named preseason candidates for the 200910 John R. Wooden Award All-American Team and Player of the Year trophy, announced Wednesday, August 19, by Richard “Duke” Llewellyn, Wooden Award Chairman and founder. SEC players on the list are: South Carolina's Devan Downey, LSU's Tasmin Mitchell, A.J. Ogilvy of Vanderbilt, Kentucky's Patrick Patterson, Tennessee's Tyler Smith, Mississippi State's Jarvis Varnado and Ole Miss Terrico White. The list of candidates is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball's most prestigious honor. In late December, the Wooden Award Committee will release the Midseason Top 30 list, followed in March by the National Ballot, consisting of approximately 20 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA. The Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the “Elite Eight” round during the NCAA Tournament. The 34th annual Wooden Award ceremony, which will include the announcement of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winner, and the presentation of the Wooden Award All-American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, will take place the weekend of April 9-11, 2010. Eight SEC Players On Preseason Naismith List Eight Southeastern Conference men’s basketball student-athletes were among the 50 players on the Naismith 2009-10 preseason watch list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Oct. 29. Included among the SEC’s candidates are: South Carolina’s Devan Downey, LSU’s Tasmin Mitchell, Vanderbilt’s A.J. Ogilvy, Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson, Tennessee’s Tyler Smith, Mississippi State’s Jarvis Varnado, Kentucky’s John Wall and Ole Miss’ Terrico White. The watch list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on player performances from the previous year and expectations for the 2009-10 college basketball season. The Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T will be awarded at the 2010 NCAA Men’s Final Four in Indianapolis, Ind. In late February, the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Board of Selectors will compile a mid-season team of the Top 30 players in the nation. Then in March, the Naismith Trophy voting academy will vote to narrow the list to the four finalists. Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Candidates South Carolina’s Devan Downey and Tennessee’s Tyler Smith - student-athletes who excel both on and off the court - have been tabbed as candidates for the 2009-10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – classroom, character, community and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School™, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The list of 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of classroom, character, community and competition.

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SEC/Big East Invitational The third annual SEC/Big East Invitational will be held Dec. 9 in New York City and Dec. 10 Tampa, Fla. The two-night men's college basketball event begins with a doubleheader in New York City on Dec. 9 followed by a doubleheader in Tampa on Dec. 10. The games at Madison Square Garden in New York City feature Georgia taking on St. John’s at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2, followed by Kentucky facing Connecticut at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN. Also part of the event is a Dec. 10 doubleheader at St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, featuring Mississippi State vs. DePaul at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, followed by Florida vs. Syracuse at 9:00 p.m. on ESPN. Visit www.secbigeastinvitational.com for more information. 2007 Results Dec. 5, 2007 Georgetown 70, Alabama 60 Birmingham, Ala. West Virginia 88, Auburn 59 Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 6, 2007 South Carolina 68, Providence 67 Philadelphia, Pa. Villanova 68, LSU 67 Philadelphia, Pa. 2008 Results Dec. 16 Vanderbilt 72, South Florida 51 Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee 80, Marquette 68 Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 18 Cincinnati 75, Mississippi State 63 Cincinnati, Ohio Louisville 77, Ole Miss 68 Cincinnati, Ohio 2009 Schedule Dec. 19 Georgia vs. St. John’s New York City Kentucky vs. Connecticut New York City Dec. 10 Mississippi State vs. DePaul Tampa, Fla. Syracuse vs. Florida Tampa, Fla. Triple-Doubles There are three active SEC players who have recorded a triple-double. Arkansas’ Courtney Fortson recorded just the second triple-double in school history when he had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists against North Carolina Central on Dec. 10, 2008. Tyler Smith became the first player in Tennessee history to record a tripledouble when he accumulated 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against UNC Asheville Dec. 3, 2008. Jarvis Varnado registered Mississippi State’s third recorded triple-double with 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks against Kentucky Jan. 15, 2008. All-Time Triple Doubles At SEC Schools *Alvin Robertson (AR) at Texas – 23p, 11r, 10a .............................................1/19/84 Chris Mills (UK) vs. Austin Peay – 19p, 10r, 10a..........................................12/27/88 Shaquille O’Neal (LS) vs. Texas – 16p, 19r, 10b..............................................1/2/90 Shaquille O’Neal (LS) vs. Loyola-Marymount – 20p, 24r, 12b ..........................2/3/90 Shaquille O’Neal (LS) vs. Florida – 31p, 21r, 10b .........................................1/26/91 Shaquille O’Neal (LS) at South Carolina – 19p, 14r, 11b ..............................2/19/92 Shaquille O’Neal (LS) vs. Auburn – 30p, 20r, 11b.........................................2/22/92 Shaquille O’Neal (LS) vs.BYU – 26p, 13r, 11b ..............................................3/19/92 Roy Rogers (UA) vs. Georgia – 15p, 12r, 15b ...............................................2/10/96 Roy Rogers (UA) vs. LSU – 27p, 10r, 10b......................................................2/17/96 Chuck Eidson (SC) vs. S.C. State – 25p, 10r, 10a .......................................11/29/02 Lawrence Roberts (MS) vs. Nicholls St – 18p, 11r, 12a.................................11/21/04 Corey Brewer (UF) vs. Jacksonville – 15p, 10r, 13a ....................................12/18/05 Jamont Gordon (MS) vs. Vanderbilt – 15p, 12r, 10a......................................2/21/07 Jarvis Varnado (MS) vs. Kentucky – 10p, 12r, 10b .........................................1/15/08 Nick Calathes (UF) vs. Creighton – 11p, 13r, 11a.........................................3/21/08 Tyler Smith (UT) vs. UNC Asheville – 12p, 10r, 10a .......................................12/3/08 Courtney Fortson (AR) vs. N.C. Central – 20p, 10r, 11a ..............................12/10/08 Nick Calathes (UF) vs. Georgia – 20p, 13r, 10a ...........................................1/28/09 * achieved while Arkansas was a member of the Southwest Conference

Record Attendance, Again The SEC posted the largest attendance season attendance in league history, totaling 2,638,852 fans for games featuring SEC teams in 2008-09. It marks the third consecutive year more than 2.5 million fans witnessed SEC basketball. A then-record 2,562,073 fans saw SEC basketball in 2006-07 and 2,561,545 were in attendance for the 2007-08 season. Poll Worthy The SEC is the one of just two conferences in the nation to have all of its teams ranked at least one week in the Associated Press top 25 (excluding preseason polls) since 1999-00. Simply stated, every SEC team has been a top25 team nationally at one point in the last nine seasons. A look at SEC teams in the AP top 25 show the league’s diversity since the 2000 season. Every team has been in the top 25. School Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky

Last Ranked 2006-07 2007-08 1999-00 2008-09 2002-03 2006-07

School LSU Ole Miss Mississippi State South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt

Last Ranked 2008-09 2007-08 2004-05 2003-04 2008-09 2007-08

Here’s a look at the other major basketball conferences and their teams who have not achieved an AP top 25 ranking over that span:

Big East Big Ten Big 12 Pac-10

14 of 16 9 of 11 10 of 12 9 of 10

Rutgers, South Florida Northwestern, Penn State Colorado, Nebraska Oregon State

SEC vs. Non-Conference Opponents The SEC has won at least 68 percent of its non-conference games since the league expanded to 12 teams in 1991-92. Year 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01

Record 123-58 (.680) 102-43 (.703) 102-47 (.685) 103-41 (.715) 119-39 (.753) 107-50 (.682) 125-35 (.781) 121-42 (.742) 132-43 (.754) 131-38 (.775)

Year 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Record 133-41 (.764) 114-39 (.745) 120-31 (.795) 120-46 (.723) 133-42 (.760) 146-46 (.760) 137-50 (.741) 135-51 (.726) 0-0 (.000)

How Sweet It Is The Southeastern Conference has had at least one team advance to the Sweet 16 in 19 of the last 20 years. The SEC record for most teams advancing to the Sweet 16 is four which was accomplished in 1986 (Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU) and in 1996 (Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State). Eleven of the SEC’s 12 members have advanced to the Sweet 16 since 1996. Here’s a look at the major basketball conferences and their teams who have not been to the Sweet 16 since 1996: SEC Big East Pac 10 Big Ten ACC Big 12

11 of 12 (.917 13 of 16 (.813) 8 of 10 (.800) 9 of 11 (.818) 9 of 12 (.750) 8 of 12 (.667)

South Carolina DePaul, Rutgers, South Florida Arizona State, Oregon State Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern Florida State, Virginia, Virginia Tech Baylor, Colorado, Kansas State, Nebraska

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SEC Among Final Four Leaders In the last 17 NCAA Tournaments (1993-2009), the SEC’s 12 Final Four appearances are the second most by any conference. The SEC has had a total of five different teams to make the national semifinals, behind only the Big Ten’s seven over the 16-year span. SEC teams have made a total of 22 all-time appearances in the Final Four (27 including five appearances by Arkansas prior to joining the SEC). Here’s a look at the major basketball conference’s Final Four appearances and their teams since 1993: ACC SEC Big Ten

15 12 12

Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Maryland Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi St. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin Big 12* 8 Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Pacific-10 8 Arizona, Stanford, UCLA Big East^ 9 Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Syracuse, Villanova *Including teams part of the Big 8 ^Including teams part of C-USA before joining the Big East

First Round Success The SEC is 41-20 (67.2 percent) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament over the last 11 tournaments (since 1999). In 1999 the SEC won each of its six first round games, becoming the first conference to have six teams win their first round games in the same season. Everybody Dance Every team in the SEC has made at least one NCAA Tournament appearance in the last decade, displaying the balance in the league. Team Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Ole Miss Mississippi State South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt

NCAA Appearances 2000-2009 2002, 03, 04, 05, 06 2000, 01, 06, 07, 08 2000, 03 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 2002, 01, 08 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 2000, 03, 05, 06, 09 2001, 02 2002, 03, 04, 05, 08, 09 2004 2000, 01, 06, 07, 08, 09 2004, 07, 08

Here’s a look at the other major basketball conferences and their teams who have not been to the NCAA Tournament over that span:

Big 12 Big East Big Ten Pac-10

11 of 12 14 of 16 9 of 11 9 of 10

Nebraska Rutgers, South Florida Northwestern Oregon State

SECond To None During the 2006-07 academic year the Southeastern Conference became the first conference to win the Division I National Championship in Football (Florida), Men’s Basketball (Florida) and Women’s Basketball (Tennessee) in the same school year. Only the SEC and the Big East have ever won both the men’s and women’s basketball titles in one season. SEC won both three times in 1996, 1998 and 2007. The Big East has won both twice in 2003 and 2004. The SEC swept both the NIT and NCAA Tournaments in 2006 when Florida won its first NCAA championship and South Carolina earned its second straight NIT title. Only four conferences have won both the NIT and NCAA title, including the Big East (2003), ACC (1992) and Big Ten (1979)

Spreading The Wealth Since the 1980-81 season, each of the 12 SEC schools has captured either an SEC divisional, overall or tournament title and 11 different schools have won or shared the SEC Championship since the league’s inception in 1933. Divisional Alabama 2 Arkansas 4 Auburn 1 Florida 5 Georgia 1 Kentucky 11 LSU 4 Ole Miss 4 Mississippi State 6 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 5 Vanderbilt 1 *1988 titles vacated

SEC TITLES SINCE 1980-81 Overall Tournament 2 5 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 11* 12* 6 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 1 0

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PRESEASON PICKS Lindy’s Basketball NCAA Tournament Predictions Sweet 16: Kentucky, Tennessee Field of 65: Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt All-SSEC Teams First Team: John Wall, Kentucky; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Tasmin Mitchell, LSU Second Team: Terrico White, Ole Miss; Dominique Archie, South Carolina; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky Third Team: Scotty Hopson, Tennessee; Wayne Chism, Tennessee; JaMychal Green, Alabama; Trey Thompkins, Georgia; Michael Washington, Arkansas Player of the Year: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Newcomer of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky Top shooter: Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas Top rebounder: Michael Washington, Arkansas Top defender: Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Top playmaker: Devan Downey, South Carolina Most versatile: Tyler Smith, Tennessee Top NBA Prospect: John Wall, Kentucky Most entertaining: Senario Hillman, Alabama Player & Unit Rankings Point Guards: (2) John Wall, Kentucky; (4) Devan Downey, South Carolina; (18) Courtney Fortson, Arkansas; (24) Chris Warren, Ole Miss Shooting Guards: (4) Terrico White, Ole Miss; (21) Scotty Hopson, Tennessee Small Forwards: (1) Tasmin Mitchell, LSU; (2) Tyler Smith, Tennessee; (12) Dominique Archie, South Carolina Power Forwards: (3) Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; (13) Wayne Chism, Tennessee Centers: (4) Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; (9) DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; (10) A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; (13) JaMychal Green, Alabama; (15) Michael Washington, Arkansas; (16) Trey Thompkins, Georgia Top 10 Backcourts: (8) Kentucky, (9) Ole Miss Top 10 Frontcourts: (7) Mississippi State, (9) Tennessee

Athlon Sports NCAA Tournament Predictions Elite Eight: Kentucky, Tennessee Sweet 16: Mississippi State, Vanderbilt One & Done: South Carolina, Ole Miss NIT: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, All-A America Teams First Team: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Honorable Mention: Wayne Chism, Tennessee; Tasmin Mitchell, LSU; A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; Terrico White, Ole Miss Super 6 Freshmen: DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; John Wall, Kentucky All-SSEC Teams First Team: Devan Downey, South Carolina; Tasmin Mitchell, LSU; Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Second Team: Dominique Archie, South Carolina; Wayne Chism, Tennessee; A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; John Wall, Kentucky; Terrico White, Ole Miss Third Team: Courtney Fortson, Arkansas; JaMychal Green, Alabama; Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt; Michael Washington, Arkansas; Chris Warren, Ole Miss Player of the Year: Devan Downey, South Carolina Best Defensive Player: Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Most Underrated: Dominique Archie, South Carolina Newcomer of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky Hoops Madness 10 Impact Freshmen: Kenny Boynton, Florida; DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; John Jenkins, Vanderbilt; John Wall, Kentucky 12 Key Transfers for 2010-1 11: Jeff Peterson, Arkansas; Gerald Robinson, Georgia; Malcolm White, LSU; Nick Williams, Ole Miss

6 Key Players Back From Injury: Eniel Polyniece, Ole Miss; Andre Walker, Vanderbilt; Chris Warren, Ole Miss 20 Impact Transfers: Vernon Macklin, Florida Five Best 2008-0 09 First-YYear Coaches: Trent Johnson, LSU Five Top New Hires For 2009-1 10: John Calipari, Kentucky; Anthony Grant, Alabama Hoop Superlatives Floor Leaders: (2) Devan Downey, South Carolina; (7) John Wall, Kentucky; (9) Chris Warren, Ole Miss; (10) Courtney Fortson, Arkansas Inside-O Out: (3) Tyler Smith, Tennessee; (4) Tasmin Mitchell, LSU Post Men: (2) Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; (6) Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; (7) A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; (10) Wayne Chism, Tennessee Slashers: (10) Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt Scorers: (4) Terrico White, Ole Miss Shooters: (7) John Jenkins, Vanderbilt; (9) Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas

Sporting News NCAA Tournament Predictions Kentucky (No. 1 seed); Mississippi State (No. 3 seed); Tennessee (No. 4 seed); Vanderbilt (No. 9 seed); South Carolina (No. 10 seed) All-A America First Team: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Second Team: John Wall, Kentucky College Basketball’s Top 10 Point Guards: (2) John Wall, Kentucky; (4) Devan Downey, South Carolina College Basketball’s Top 10 Shooting Guards: (5) Terrico White, Ole Miss College Basketball’s Top 10 Small Forwards: (6) Tyler Smith, Tennessee College Basketball’s Top 10 Power Forwards: (1) Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; (8) Renardo Sidney, Mississippi State College Basketball’s Top 10 Centers: (6) Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; (10) A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt All-SSEC Team First Team: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; John Wall, Kentucky Rating The SEC Best penetrator: Devan Downey, South Carolina Best passer: Dee Bost, Mississippi State Best shooter: Ravern Johnson, Mississippi State Best shot-bblocker: Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Best athlete: Senario Hillman, Alabama Best under pressure: Devan Downey, South Carolina Best leader: Tasmin Mitchell, LSU Top NBA prospect: John Wall, Kentucky Top freshman: John Wall, Kentucky Best rebounder: Michael Washington, Arkansas Top transfer: Vernon Macklin, Florida Best Interview: Bruce Pearl, Tennessee Best coach: Billy Donovan, Florida Best recruiter: John Calipari, Kentucky Best homecourt advantage: Tennessee

Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook All-A America Teams Second Team: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Third Team: Tyler Smith, Tennessee Fourth Team: Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State All-SSEC Team First Team: Devan Downey, South Carolina; Tasmin Mitchell, LSU; Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Player of the Year: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Newcomer of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky

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PRESEASON PICKS YAHOO! Sports NCAA Tournament Field Kentucky (No. 1 seed); Tennessee (No. 5 seed); Mississippi State (No. 8 seed); Vanderbilt (No. 9 seed); Ole Miss (No. 11 seed) All-A America Teams Second Team: John Wall, Kentucky Third Team: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State Player & Unit Rankings Point Guards: (3) John Wall, Kentucky; (10) Devan Downey, South Carolina; (12) Terrico White, Ole Miss; (17) Courtney Fortson, Arkansas; (18) Chris Warren, Ole Miss Shooting Guards: (23) Kenny Boynton, Florida Small Forwards: (3) Tyler Smith, Tennessee; (4) Tasmin Mitchell, LSU; (14) Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt; (19) Darius Miller, Kentucky Power Forwards: (4) Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; (11) Wayne Chism, Tennessee; (20) Dominique Archie, South Carolina; (21) Alex Tyus, Florida; (22) Trey Thompkins, Georgia; (24) JaMychal Green, Alabama Centers: (3) Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; (9) A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; (13) Michael Washington, Arkansas; (15) DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; (21) Mike Holmes, South Carolina The Fresh Five (Top Freshmen): John Wall, Kentucky All-SSEC Teams First Team: Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Devan Downey, South Carolina; John Wall, Kentucky Second Team: A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; Wayne Chism, Tennessee; Tasmin Mitchell, LSU; Courtney Fortson, Arkansas; Terrico White, Ole Miss Player of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky Newcomer of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky

CBS Sports.com All-A America Teams Preseason National Player of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky Second Team: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Under Consideration: Kenny Boynton, Florida; DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; Terrico White, Ole Miss Player Rankings Nation's top point guards and combo guards: (1) John Wall, Kentucky; (4) Devan Downey, South Carolina; (8) Kenny Boynton, Florida; (23) Chris Warren, Ole Miss; (25) Courtney Fortson, Arkansas Nation's top wings: (8) Terrico White, Ole Miss; (12) Tyler Smith, Tennessee; (15) Tasmin Mitchell, LSU; (39) Scotty Hopson, Tennessee Nation's top big men: (4) Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; (16) DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; (18) Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; (29) A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; (34) JaMychal Green, Alabama; (35) Wayne Chism, Tennessee; (37) Michael Washington, Arkansas

FoxSports.com All-A America Teams Preseason National Player of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky First Team: John Wall, Kentucky Second Team: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Fourth Team: Kenny Boynton, Florida Fifth Team: Devan Downey, South Carolina All-FFreshman Team: Renardo Sidney, Mississippi St.; John Wall, Kentucky Top 50 Shooters: (1) Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas; (3) John Jenkins, Vanderbilt; (28) Ravern Johnson, Mississippi State Top Transfers: (6) Vernon Macklin, Florida Top Impact Freshmen: (1) John Wall, Kentucky; (4) Kenny Boynton, Florida; (6) DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; (7) Renardo Sidney, Mississippi State; (11) Eric Bledsoe, Kentucky; (18) Marshawn Powell, Arkansas Top Backcourts: (4) Kentucky; (12) Ole Miss Top Frontcourts: (2) Kentucky; (7) Tennessee; (17) Vanderbilt

All-SSEC Team First Team: Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; Devan Downey, South Carolina; John Wall, Kentucky Player of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky Frosh to Watch: John Wall, Kentucky; Eric Bledsoe, Kentucky; DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; Kenny Boynton, Florida; Renardo Sidney, Mississippi State; John Riek, Mississippi State; John Jenkins, Vanderbilt; Lakeem Jackson, South Carolina

Dick Vitale Dazzling Dozen Kentucky (2) All-SSolid Gold Teams Second Team: Patrick Patterson, Kentucky Super Seven All-D Diaper Dandy Team John Wall, Kentucky; DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky; Renardo Sidney, Mississippi State (pending NCAA clearance)

National Predictions AS SN SM LN BR DV CB YH FS UA --------------106 --AR --------------112 --AU --------------125 --UF --------------57 --UG --------------163 --UK 6 2 8 8 7 2 2 2 2 LS --------------65 --UM --------------35 25 MS 15 10 16 21 ----26 26 --SC --38 --24 ------50 --UT 8 12 10 12 10 --14 17 11 VU 16 35 --35 ------36 23 KEY--AS-Athlon Sports; SN-Sporting News; SM-Slam Magazine‘s Top 25; LNLindy’s Top 40; BR-Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook; DV-Dick Vitale’s Top 40; CB-CBSSports.com; RV-Rivals.com; YAHOO Sports; FS-FoxSports.com

Conference Predictions West Division AS UA 3 AR 5 AU 4 LS 6 UM 2 MS 1

SN 3 5 6 4 2 1

US -------------

LN 3 5 4 6 2 1

BR 3 5 4 6 2 1

CB 3 4 6 5 2 1

YH 4 5 6 3 2 1

FS 5 3 6 4 1 2

East Division AS SN US LN BR CB YH FS UF 5 5 --5 4 4 5 4 UG 6 6 --6 6 6 6 6 UK 1 1 --1 1 1 1 1 SC 4 4 --3 5 3 4 5 UT 2 2 --2 2 2 2 2 VU 3 3 --4 3 5 3 3 KEY--AS-Athlon Sports; US-USA Today Sports Weekly; SN-Sporting News; LNLindy’s; BR-Blue Ribbon; CB-CBSSports.com; YAHOO Sports

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NON-CONFERENCE RECORD Conference Record America East...................................0-0 Atlantic 10......................................0-0 Atlantic Coast .................................0-0 Atlantic Sun ....................................0-0 Big 12............................................0-0 Big East ..........................................0-0 Big Sky ...........................................0-0 Big South........................................0-0 Big Ten ...........................................0-0 Big West .........................................0-0 Colonial .........................................0-0 Conference USA .............................0-0 Gulf South......................................0-0 Horizon League...............................0-0 Ivy Group .......................................0-0 Metro Atlantic .................................0-0 Mid-American .................................0-0 Mid-Continent.................................0-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic.........................0-0 Missouri Valley ................................0-0 Mountain West................................0-0 Northeast .......................................0-0 Ohio Valley.....................................0-0 Pacific-10 .......................................0-0 Southern.........................................0-0 Southland .......................................0-0 Southwestern Athletic .......................0-0 Summit...........................................0-0 Sun Belt..........................................0-0 Patriot.............................................0-0 West Coast .....................................0-0 Western Athletic ..............................0-0 Independents ..................................0-0 Non-Division I.................................0-0 Totals 0-0

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DOUBLE-DOUBLES

NATIONAL RANKINGS

Player, School 2009-10 Career Patrick Patterson, Kentucky.................0 21 Tasmin Mitchell, LSU .........................0 16 Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State ........0 15 Michael Washington, Arkansas ..........0 14 Tyler Smith, Tennessee .......................0 11 Wayne Chism, Tennessee ..................0 10 Mike Holmes, South Carolina ............0 10 A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt .......................0 9 JaMychal Green, Alabama ................0 7 Perry Stevenson, Kentucky..................0 7 Dominique Archie, South Carolina.....0 6 Murphy Holloway, Ole Miss...............0 6 Alex Tyus, Florida..............................0 5 Courtney Fortson, Arkansas ...............0 4 Trey Thompkins, Georgia ..................0 4 Phil Turner, MSU ..............................0 4 Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt ....................0 3 Dan Werner, Florida..........................0 3 Dee Bost, Mississippi State.................0 2 Devan Downey, South Carolina .........0 2 Demetrius Jemison, Alabama.............0 2 Chandler Parsons, Florida .................0 2 Barry Stewart, Mississippi State...........0 2 Brian Williams, Tennessee..................0 2 Lucas Hargrove, Auburn....................0 1 Josh Harrellson, Kentucky..................0 1 Albert Jackson, Georgia....................0 1 Bobby Maze, Tennessee.....................0 1 Eniel Polyniece, Ole Miss...................0 1 Jeremy Price, Georgia .......................0 1 J.P. Prince, Tennessee.........................0 1 Michael Sanchez, Arkansas................0 1 Chris Warren, Ole Miss.....................0 1 Storm Warren, LSU ...........................0 1

Associated Press (Preseason) Rk Team Record Points Prev 1. Kansas (55) 0-0 1,612 14 2. Michigan State (5) 0-0 1,515 8 3. Texas (1) 0-0 1,397 NR 4. Kentucky (3) 0-0 0 1,372 NR 5. Villanova 0-0 1,347 11 6. North Carolina (1) 0-0 1,320 2 7. Purdue 0-0 1,284 17 8. West Virginia 0-0 1,115 NR 9. Duke 0-0 1,064 6 10. Tennessee 0-0 0 897 NR 11. Butler 0-0 864 22 12. Connecticut 0-0 844 5 13. California 0-0 800 NR 14. Washington 0-0 776 15 15. Michigan 0-0 578 NR 16. Ohio State 0-0 465 NR 17. Oklahoma 0-0 410 7 18. Mississippi State 0-0 0 393 NR 19. Louisville 0-0 335 1 20. Georgetown 0-0 326 NR 21. Dayton 0-0 318 NR 22. Georgia Tech 0-0 301 NR 23. Illinois 0-0 282 NR 24. Clemson 0-0 217 24 25. Minnesota 0-0 172 NR Receiving Votes: Vanderbilt 90, Florida 53, South Carolina 28, Mississippi 15

TRIPLE-DOUBLES Player, School 2009-10 Career Courtney Fortson, Arkansas ...............0 1 Tyler Smith, Tennessee .......................0 1 Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State ........0 1

ESPN/USA Today Coaches (Preseason) Rk Team Record Points Prev 1. Kansas (27) 0-0 770 10 2. Michigan State (3) 0-0 732 2 3. Texas 0-0 676 23 4. North Carolina (1) 0-0 653 1 5. Kentucky 0-0 0 635 NR 6. Villanova 0-0 620 4 7. Purdue 0-0 586 14 8. Duke 0-0 528 11 9. West Virginia 0-0 501 NR 10. Butler 0-0 408 25 11. Tennessee 0-0 0 406 NR 12. California 0-0 370 NR 13. Washington 0-0 364 16 14. Connecticut 0-0 361 3 15. Michigan 0-0 279 NR 16. Oklahoma 0-0 244 7 17. Ohio State 0-0 241 NR 18. Minnesota 0-0 151 NR 19. Mississippi State 0-0 0 149 NR 20. Georgia Tech 0-0 136 NR 21. Georgetown 0-0 134 NR 22. Dayton 0-0 130 NR 23. Louisville 0-0 123 5 24. Clemson 0-0 114 NR 25. Syracuse 0-0 111 12 Receiving Votes: Vanderbilt 38, Florida 13, Mississippi 3, South Carolina 1

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ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

Head Coach: Anthony Grant 0-0 in 1st year at Alabama 76-25 in 4th year as a head coach

Head Coach: John Pelphrey 37-28 in 3rd year at Arkansas 117-95 in 8th year as a head coach

Anthony Grant takes over the reins of the Crimson Tide after three extremely successful seasons at VCU where he led the Rams to three-straight postseason appearances (2 NCAA, 1 NIT), three CAA regular season titles and two CAA Tournament titles. Grant is no stranger to the SEC, serving as an assistant and then associate head coach for a combined 10 seasons at Florida (19962006). Grant has the luxury of returning four starters from last year’s Alabama team that closed out the 2008-09 regular season with four wins in five games. Three other players return from last season, with the exception of forward Demetrius Jemison who will miss the season with an Achilles tendon injury suffered on September 26. JaMychal Green enters his sophomore season after earning unanimous SEC All-Freshman honors last season. Green averaged 10.3 points and 7.6 rebounds with seven double-doubles. Six of his doubledoubles came against SEC competition, trailing only Auburn’s Korvotney Barber for the most double-doubles against league competition. Green also led all SEC freshmen in efficiency and was 10th in the nation in the category. Three-point shooting was not one of Alabama’s strengths last season until the latter half of the season when Anthony Brock continued to convert from behind the arc at a 44.9 percent clip. His season percentage would have easily led the league if he had the requisite number of attempts to be including in the league standings. Helping him on the perimeter will be junior college transfer Charvez Davis who made 163 three-pointers in two seasons at Northwest Florida State College (formerly Okaloosa-Walton).

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

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NOVEMBER 2 Dillard (Exh.) 5 Lemoyne-Owen (Exh.) 13 Alcorn State 17 1-vs. Louisville [ESPN2] 20 2-Appalachian State 24 2-Morgan State 27 2-East Tennessee State [RSN] 29 South Alabama DECEMBER 2 at Oklahoma [RSN] 5 Mississippi Valley State 7 Delaware State 16 Alabama State [RSN] 19 Stephen F. Austin [RSN] 22 Missouri State [RSN] 30 3-vs. Baylor [ESPN2] JANUARY 2 UAB [RSN] 5 Texas [ESPN/2] 14 *at Mississippi State [ESPNU] 16 *Alabama [SEC Network] 21 *Florida [ESPN/2] 23 *at Kentucky [SEC Network] 28 *Mississippi State [ESPN/2] 30 *at Ole Miss [SEC Network] FEBRUARY 3 *at Georgia [CSS] 6 *Auburn [SEC Network] 10 *LSU [SEC Network] 13 *at Alabama [SEC Network] 17 *South Carolina [CSS] 20 *at Auburn [FSN] 24 *at LSU [SEC Network] 27 *Vanderbilt [SEC Network] MARCH 3 *at Tennessee [CSS] 6 *Ole Miss [SEC Network]

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All Times Central; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-Hall of Fame Classic (St. Louis, Mo.); 2-Hall of Fame Classic (Fayetteville, Ark.); 3-at North Little Rock, Ark.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 4 Montevallo (Exh.) 10 Augusta State (Exh.) 14 Cornell 17 Jackson State 20 Providence 26 1-vs. Baylor [ESPN2] 27 1-vs. Florida St./Iona [ESPN2/U] 29 1-Old Spice Classic DECEMBER 2 North Florida 5 Louisiana-Monroe 12 Purdue [ESPN2] 16 Samford 19 2-vs. Kansas State 23 Mercer 30 Tennessee State JANUARY 4 at Toledo 9 *at LSU [FSN] 13 *Vanderbilt [CSS] 16 *at Arkansas [SEC Network] 19 *Tennessee [ESPN] 23 *Mississippi State [CBS] 27 *LSU [SEC Network] 30 *at Auburn [SEC Network] FEBRUARY 4 *Florida [ESPNU] 6 *at Ole Miss [FSN] 9 *at Kentucky [ESPNU] 13 *Arkansas [SEC Network] 20 *at Georgia [SEC Network] 24 *at Mississippi State [CSS] 27 *Ole Miss [ESPN2] MARCH 3 *at South Carolina [ESPNU] 6 *Auburn [SEC Network]

The Razorbacks are a more experienced team this winter than they were a year ago. Last season Arkansas started three freshmen (two true freshmen and a redshirt). Those three along with seniors Michael Washington and Stefan Welsh and junior Marcus Britt should give the Razorbacks what they need to be better late in games where the Hogs failed to finish a year ago. Arkansas is a deeper team with the addition of five key players from the high school and JUCO ranks to go along with five returning starters. Arkansas has something to build on from last season’s pair of wins over top 10-ranked teams. The Razorbacks took down then No. 4-ranked Oklahoma and No. 7-ranked Texas over a eight-day span last season before struggling during SEC play. Sophomore Rotnei Clarke was named the top shooter in the country by Foxsports.com prior to the start of the season. As a true freshman, Clarke hit 39.3 percent of his three-point attempts and averaged 12.2 points and 1.9 rebounds over 31.5 minutes per game. He was the top shooting three-point freshman in the nation and No. 2 in the SEC overall. Senior Michael Washington returned to campus after testing the NBA draft waters and that is a significant boost to the Razorback lineup. Not only was the 6-9 center/forward a second-team all-SEC performer a year ago, but he averaged 9.8 rebounds per game to lead the SEC.

Result Attendance W, 81-53 W, 61-55 9047 1:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 4/6:30 p.m. TBA

High Scorer Green 18 Green 12

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All Times Central; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-Old Spice Classic (Orlando, Fla.); 2-at Mobile, Ala.

Result Attendance W, 77-59 W, 102-69 3233 7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

High Scorer Washington 25 Clarke 21

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AUBURN TIGERS

FLORIDA GATORS

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

Head Coach: Jeff Lebo 81-76 in 5th year at Auburn 196-139 in 12th year as a head coach

Head Coach: Billy Donovan 310-126 in 14th year at Florida 345-146 in 16th year as a head coach

Auburn enters the 42nd and final season of Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum with excitement after recording the second most wins in Auburn history with last year’s 24-12 Tigers. The Tigers return three starters in leading scorer DeWayne Reed, leading three-point shooter Tay Waller and Lucas Hargrove off a team that came within a game of reaching the NIT Final Four. Mix the senior starting trio in with sophomore guard Frankie Sullivan, 6-foot-10 senior center Brendon Knox, forward Johnnie Lett, Oklahoma transfer Tony Neysmith and a very impressive recruiting class, and the Tigers look to close out the Coliseum in style. Reed ranked third in the SEC with 1.9 steals, sixth with 3.7 assists and 17th in scoring at 13.2 points per game. He averaged 16.0 points and 3.7 rebounds in the NIT. Waller averaged 12.1 points last year and ranked second in the SEC making 100 three-point field goals, which also ranked second on Auburn's single-season chart. He ranked third in the SEC shooting 36.8 percent from three-point range and finished the season strong as he averaged 13.8 points and shot 42.5 percent from three-point range in the final 12 games. Highly-rated newcomers will provide Auburn an immediate boost in 6foot-8 Paris (Texas) Junior College transfer Kenny Gabriel, three-time first-team Class AAA All-State selection Andre Malone, two-time first-team Class 4A AllState pick Earnest Ross, 6-foot-10 freshman Rob Chubb and 6-foot-9 freshman Ty Armstrong.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 6 Miles College (Exh.) 13 1-Niagara 16 at Missouri State 20 2-Central Florida 21 2-IUPUI 22 2-North Carolina State 25 High Point DECEMBER 1 at Alabama A&M 4 Troy 7 Virginia [CSS] 17 at Florida State [FSN-FL] 20 Sam Houston State [CSS] 22 Alabama State 29 Charleston Southern JANUARY 2 Georgia Southern 5 West Georgia 9 *South Carolina [SEC Network] 14 *at Tennessee [ESPN/2] 16 *Kentucky [SEC Network] 20 *at LSU [SEC Network] 23 *at Vanderbilt [SEC Network] 28 *Ole Miss [ESPNU] 30 *Alabama [SEC Network] FEBRUARY 6 *at Arkansas [SEC Network] 10 *Georgia [CSS] 13 *at Mississippi State [FSN] 18 *at Florida [ESPN/2] 20 *Arkansas [FSN] 24 *at Ole Miss [SEC Network] 27 *LSU [FSN] MARCH 3 *Mississippi State [SEC Network] 6 *at Alabama [SEC Network]

Result W, 97-40 8:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

Attendance 3780

High Scorer Waller 15

7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m.

All Times Central; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-Glenn Wilkes Classic (Auburn, Ala.); 2-Glenn Wilkes Classic (Daytona Beach, Fla.)

Florida returns four players with starting experience led by senior Dan Werner, the last link the Gators' national championship team of 2007. The theme for the Gators in 2009-10 will be players playing in their natural positions. Erving Walker will slide over from the two guard spot to the point, Dan Werner will be able to play more of the small forward, Alex Tyus slides back to the more natural power forward from center and transfer Vernon Macklin will play the five. Walker knocked down 70 three-pointers a year ago, the most by a UF freshman since Anthony Roberson set a UF freshman record of 74 in 2002-03. While not a strong rebounding team a year ago, Florida brings back 76.1 percent of its rebounding and adds 6-10/240 lb transfer Vernon Macklin. The Gators have six frontcourt players that are 6-8 or bigger, its largest lineup since 2007. The Gators have won 261 games this decade, the most of any SEC school and the fifth-highest total in the nation

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 2 Saint Leo (Exh.) 9 Webber International (Exh.) 15 Stetson [FSN] 18 1-Georgia Southern [FSN-FL] 20 1-Troy [FSN-FL] 24 Florida State [FSN] 27 2-vs. Michigan State [HDNet] 28 2-vs. UMass/Rutgers [HDNet] DECEMBER 1 Florida A&M [FSN] 4 at Jacksonville [FSN-FL] 10 3-vs. Syracuse [ESPN] 19 4-vs. Richmond [SUN] 22 South Alabama [CSS] 28 American [FSN] 30 Presbyterian [CSS] JANUARY 3 at North Carolina State [FSN] 9 *at Vanderbilt [ESPN2] 12 *Kentucky [ESPN] 16 *LSU [FSN] 21 *at Arkansas [ESPN/2] 23 *South Carolina [ESPN] 27 *Georgia [CSS] 31 *at Tennessee [CBS] FEBRUARY 4 *at Alabama [ESPNU] 6 *Mississippi State [SEC Network] 10 *at South Carolina [SEC Network] 13 Xavier [ESPN] 18 *Auburn [ESPN/2] 20 *at Ole Miss [CBS] 23 *Tennessee [ESPN] 27 *at Georgia [SEC Network] MARCH 2 *Vanderbilt [ESPN] 7 *at Kentucky [CBS]

Result Attendance W, 95-46 8804 W, 104-53 9061 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 5:30/8:00 p.m.

High Scorer Boynton 22 Boynton 25

7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Noon 9:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Noon 9:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Noon

All Times Eastern; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-Legends Classic (Gainesville, Fla.); 2-Legends Classic (Atlantic City, N.J.); 3-SEC/Big East Invitational (Tampa, Fla.); 4-Orange Bowl Classic (Sunrise, Fla.)

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GEORGIA BULLDOGS

KENTUCKY WILDCATS

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

Head Coach: Mark Fox 0-0 in 1st season at Georgia 123-43 in 6th season as a head coach

Head Coach: John Calipari 0-0 in 1st year at Kentucky 445-140 in 18th year as a head coach

Mark Fox became the 21st head basketball coach in the history of the University of Georgia on April 3, 2009. The native Kansan arrived in Athens after five successful seasons in a similar capacity at the University of Nevada, which played in the postseason in each of those five years. During Fox’s fiveyear tenure as head coach, Nevada won at least 21 games each season, won or shared four straight WAC titles and played in three consecutive NCAA Tournaments. He was named the WAC Coach of the Year three times. Foremost among the multiple early-season tasks for Fox is to create some offense. The Bulldogs in 2009 ranked 12th in the SEC in scoring at 64.9 points per game, the second-lowest figure by a Georgia team in the past 50 years. Finding points among this group could prove challenging. Thirty-eight percent of those 65 points per game is gone, largely with leading scorer Terrance Woodbury. A likely starting point toward this goal will be to minimize turnovers. Georgia hasn’t had a positive assist/turnover ratio since the 2003 season. The only returning player on the 2010 squad with a positive ratio last year was point guard Dustin Ware. Sophomore Howard “Trey” Thompkins had a productive summer of 2009. The Lithonia, Ga., native was selected in late May to the U.S. team that played in the FIBA Under 19 World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand, where the Americans won the gold medal in convincing fashion. Thompkins started five of the nine games and averaged 10.6 points — second-best on the team — and 5.0 rebounds, shooting 54 percent from the field. His 22 points in a fourth-round victory over Greece was the single highest offensive output by the Americans during the tournament.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 6 North Georgia (exh.) 13 New Orleans 17 Wofford 21 at UAB 24 UNC-Asheville [CSS] 27 Jacksonville State DECEMBER 2 St. Louis 6 at Virginia Tech 9 1-St. John’s [ESPN2] 19 2-vs. Illinois [ESPNU] 23 Florida Atlantic 30 Pepperdine JANUARY 2 at Missouri 5 Georgia Tech [CSS] 9 *at Kentucky [SEC Network] 13 *Ole Miss [SEC Network] 16 *at Mississippi State [ESPN2] 23 *Tennessee [FSN] 27 *at Florida [CSS] 30 *at South Carolina [FSN] FEBRUARY 3 *Arkansas [CSS] 6 *Vanderbilt [FSN] 10 *at Auburn [CSS] 13 *South Carolina [SEC Network] 17 *at Tennessee [SEC Network] 20 *Alabama [SEC Network] 25 *at Vanderbilt [ESPNU] 27 *Florida [SEC Network] MARCH 3 *Kentucky [SEC Network] 6 *at LSU [FSN]

Result W, 87-53 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Attendance 4580

High Scorer Leslie 21

7:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.

All Times Eastern; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-SEC/Big East Invitational (New York, N.Y.); 2-at Duluth, Ga.

Kentucky, the NCAA’s all-time winningest program, is 12 wins shy from becoming the first team to reach 2,000 victories. North Carolina is second with 1,984 wins. Kentucky will open up a new era of basketball with one of the most successful coaches over the last decade. John Calipari, a two-time NCAA Final Four coach, will take over the reins of the Kentucky program after amassing the most wins (137) over a four-year span in NCAA Division I history during his last four years at Memphis. Kentucky faces numerous challenges in year one of the John Calipari era – namely meshing six new player with seven returners from last year’s 22-win team. Kentucky has hauled in the Rivals.com No. 1 recruiting class in the country. Headlining the recruiting class is the highly touted point guard John Wall, the consensus No. 1 high school player in the 2009 recruiting class. Top-50 recruits Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Daniel Orton, Jon Hood will join Wall, in addition to returning veterans Ramon Harris, Perry Stevenson, DeAndre Liggins and FIBA U-19 World Championships gold medalist Darius Miller. Kentucky will be led by two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection and preseason SEC Player of the Year and Wooden Trophy award candidate Patrick Patterson. The junior forward turned down a likely first-round NBA draft selection to graduate in three years, improve his overall game under John Calipari and win an NCAA championship.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 2 Campbellsville (Exh.) [FSN] 6 Clarion (Exh.) [FSN] 13 Morehead State [ESPNU] 16 Miami (Ohio) [FSN/BBSN] 19 1-Sam Houston State [FSN] 21 1-Rider [FSN] 24 2-vs. Cleveland State [CBSCS] 25 2-vs. Stanford/Virginia [CBSCS] 30 3-vs. UNC Asheville [FSN] DECEMBER 5 North Carolina [CBS] 9 4-vs. Connecticut [ESPN] 12 at Indiana [CBS] 19 Austin Peay [CSS] 21 Drexel [ESPNU] 23 Long Beach State [FSN] 29 Hartford [ESPN2] JANUARY 2 Louisville [CBS] 9 *Georgia [SEC Network] 12 *at Florida [ESPN] 16 *at Auburn [SEC Network] 23 *Arkansas [SEC Network] 26 *at South Carolina [ESPN] 30 *Vanderbilt [ESPN] FEBRUARY 2 *Ole Miss [ESPN] 6 *at LSU [SEC Network] 9 *Alabama [ESPNU] 13 *Tennessee [ESPN] 16 *at Mississippi State [ESPN] 20 *at Vanderbilt [ESPN] 25 *South Carolina [ESPN/2] 27 *at Tennessee [CBS] MARCH 3 *at Georgia [SEC Network] 7 *Florida [CBS]

Result Attendance W, 74-38 21384 W, 117-52 23802 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7/9:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

High Scorer Dodson 19 Wall 27

12:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Noon 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Noon 8:00 p.m. Noon

All Times Eastern; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-Cancun Challenge (Lexington, Ky); 2-Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico); 3-at Louisville; 4-SEC/Big East Invitational (New York, NY)

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LSU TIGERS

OLE MISS REBELS

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

Head Coach: Trent Johnson 27-8 in 2nd year at LSU 186-129 in 11th year as a head coach

Head Coach: Andy Kennedy 61-39 in 4th year at Ole Miss 82-52 in 5th year as a head coach

LSU goes from one of the oldest teams in the league in 2009-10 to one of the younger teams in the SEC. Tasmin Mitchell, who is considered the team leader as he is one of just two seniors, is one of just nine players to start on two SEC championship teams. The Denham Springs, La., native came back for a fifth season instead of going to the NBA. The Tigers have very little margin for error with injuries and youth of the team. Point guard Bo Spencer surprised many with his scoring ability last year was a big plus as he adapted to Trent Johnson’s system. Aaron Dotson, a native of Seattle, Wash., has good chance to play early at off guard position. Dotson has a lot of talent but is coming off minor knee surgery during his senior year in high school.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 13 UL-Monroe 16 1-Indiana State 17 1-Milwaukee or Western Kentucky 23/24 2-NIT Season Tip-Off 25/27 3-NIT Season Tip-Off DECEMBER 1 UL-Lafayette [CST] 12 Northwestern State 14 Southeastern Louisiana 17 Nicholls State [CST] 19 Rice [CST] 22 4-vs. Washington State 29 at Xavier (Ohio) [ESPNU] JANUARY 2 Utah [CSS] 4 McNeese State 9 *Alabama [FSN] 13 *at South Carolina [SEC Network] 16 *at Florida [FSN] 20 *Auburn [SEC Network] 23 *Ole Miss [SEC Network] 27 *at Alabama [SEC Network] 30 *at Mississippi St. [SEC Network] FEBRUARY 4 *Tennessee [ESPN/2] 6 *Kentucky [SEC Network] 10 *at Arkansas [SEC Network] 13 *at Vanderbilt [SEC Network] 20 *Mississippi State [SEC Network] 24 *Arkansas [SEC Network] 27 *at Auburn [FSN] MARCH 4 *at Ole Miss [ESPN/2] 6 *Georgia [FSN]

Result 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. TBA TBA TBA

Attendance

High Scorer

6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

All Times Central; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-NIT Season Tip-Off (Baton Rouge, La.); 2-NIT Season Tip-Off (Baton Rouge, La.); 3-NIT Season Tip-Off (New York, N.Y..); 4-Cougar Hardwood Classic (Seattle, Wash.)

Three Rebels who missed all or most of the 2008-09 season with serious knee injuries - Trevor Gaskins, Eniel Polynice and Chris Warren - were cleared for full activity in June and July. Zach Graham, who had surgery on his knee following the season, was cleared to return to action in September. Ole Miss may boast one of the nation’s deepest and most talented backcourts in 2009-10. In addition to the return of the three injured players (which includes 2008-09 Preseason All-SEC point guard Chris Warren), the Rebels return the 2009 SEC Freshman of the Year, Terrico White, and a full-time starter from last year in Graham. They boast scoring averages of 19.6 ppg (Warren), 13.7 (White), 10.7 (Polynice), 8.5 (Graham) and 5.9 (Gaskins) in each of their most recent campaigns. A new $13 million, 51,000-square-foot basketball practice facility that will be the day-to-day home of the men’s and women’s teams has been constructed on campus and will be ready for the teams to move into during December. White is a preseason candidate for the 2009-10 John R. Wooden Award and a member of the Gold Medal-winning U.S. squad at the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championships in New Zealand this summer. The Rebel frontcourt will be younger and less experienced. The top returning big men are sophomore Murphy Holloway (8.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg) and senior DeAundre Cranston (JUCO transfer last year 3.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg). Freshman Reginald Buckner, who holds the all-time record for blocked shots in Tennessee high school basketball, should also make an immediate impact.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 6 Auburn-Montgomery (Exh.) 13 UALR 16 Alabama State 19 1-vs.Indiana [ESPN2] 20 1-vs. Boston/Kansas State 22 1-Puerto Rico Tip-Off 29 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi DECEMBER 2 at Arkansas State 5 Southern Miss [FSN] 12 McNeese State 16 2-vs. UTEP 19 Centenary 23 at West Virginia [ESPN2] 29 Jacksonville State JANUARY 5 UCF 9 *Mississippi State [SEC Network] 13 *at Georgia [SEC Network] 16 *at Tennessee [SEC Network] 20 *South Carolina [CSS] 23 *at LSU [SEC Network] 28 *at Auburn [ESPNU] 30 *Arkansas [SEC Network] FEBRUARY 2 *at Kentucky [ESPN] 6 *Alabama [FSN] 11 *at Mississippi State [ESPN/2] 18 *Vanderbilt [ESPNU] 20 *Florida [CBS] 24 *Auburn [SEC Network] 27 *at Alabama [ESPN2] MARCH 4 *LSU [ESPN/2] 6 *at Arkansas [SEC Network]

Result Attendance W, 102-62 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. TBA TBA 3:00 p.m.

High Scorer Warren 22

7:00 p.m. Noon 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

All Times Central; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan, Puerto Rico); 2-at Southaven, Miss.

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MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

Head Coach: Rick Stansbury 231-128 in 12th year at Mississippi State 231-128 in 12th year as a head coach

Head Coach: Darrin Horn 21-10 in 2nd year at South Carolina 132-58 in 7th year as a head coach

Mississippi State returns all five starters and its top three reserves from a team that won the SEC Tournament. The Bulldogs lost Twany Beckham, a backup point guard, for the season due to severe bone spurs in both hips. Jarvis Varnado, a preseason Woodean Award candidate and first team All-SEC selection, is just 141 blocks shy of tying the NCAA career mark and 18 shy of tying the SEC mark set by Shaquille O'Neal. This is one of the more experienceladen teams Rick Stansbury has ever had. Incoming freshman Renardo Sidney still hasn't been cleared by the NCAA. John Riek is coming along faster on the floor than maybe most expected. Barry Stewart has a chance to become the school's all-time three-point shooter. Rick Stansbury currently has 231 victories. The rest of the coaches in the West have a combined 206.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OCTOBER 31 Oklahoma City (Exh.) NOVEMBER 7 Georgetown (Ky.) (Exh.) 13 Rider 19 Southeastern Louisiana 21 1-Bethune-Cookman 24 1-UT-Pan American 27 2-vs. Richmond [FCS] 28 2-vs. Old Dominion/Missouri DECEMBER 5 St. Bonaventure 10 3-vs. DePaul [ESPN2] 12 4-vs. UCLA [FSN] 16 Wright State [ESPN2] 19 at Houston [CSS] 22 5-vs. Centenary 28 Mississippi Valley State 31 at San Diego JANUARY 4 at Western Kentucky [CSS] 9 *at Ole Miss [SEC Network] 14 *Arkansas [ESPNU] 16 *Georgia [ESPN2] 23 *at Alabama [CBS] 28 *at Arkansas [ESPN/2] 30 *LSU [SEC Network] FEBRUARY 3 *at Vanderbilt [SEC Network] 6 *at Florida [SEC Network] 11 *Ole Miss [ESPN/2] 13 *Auburn [FSN] 16 *Kentucky [ESPN] 20 *at LSU [SEC Network] 24 *Alabama [CSS] 27 *at South Carolina [ESPN] MARCH 3 *at Auburn [SEC Network] 6 *Tennessee [ESPN]

Result W, 82-54

Attendance 2938

High Scorer Johnson 23

W, 90-70 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. TBA

2995

Varnado 17

1:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.

All Times Central; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-South Padre Invitational (Starkville, Miss.); 2-South Padre Invitational (South Padre Island, Texas); 3-SEC/Big East Invitational (Tampa, Fla.); 4-Wooden Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); 5-at Jackson, Miss.

South Carolina returns four starters and eight letterwinners from its 2009 SEC East Co-Championship team, including a trio of All-SEC performers in senior point guard Devan Downey (All-SEC First Team, coaches/media; All-SEC Defensive Team/coaches), senior forward Dominique Archie (All-SEC Second Team, coaches; All-SEC Honorable Mention, media; All-SEC Defensive Team, coaches) and senior guard Brandis Raley-Ross (SEC Sixth Man of the Year, coaches). South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn enters his second season at the helm of the Gamecock program ranked as the No. 22 winningest active coach (by percentage, .695) in NCAA Division I men’s basketball. Several Gamecocks currently rank in the career record chart in various categories. Downey needs just 81 steals to surpass Chuck Eidson (272) for the most all time, while Archie is currently tied for 10th all time with 86 career blocks. Evka Baniulis currently ranks second in three-point career percentage (.430) and Raley-Ross is sixth on the chart with a .377 career three-point percentage. South Carolina welcomes five newcomers to the court this season. Freshmen Ramon Galloway, Lakeem Jackson and Stephen Spinella, while also adding junior college transfer Johndre Jefferson and walk-on Malik Cooke to its 2009-10 roster. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Cooke will not be eligible to play this season.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 5 Kentucky Wesleyan (exh.) 13 Alabama A&M [SS] 16 Georgia Southern [SS] 19 1-vs. La Salle [ESPNU] 20 1-Charleston Classic 22 1-Charleston Classic 27 Jacksonville [SS] DECEMBER 2 Western Kentucky [SS] 6 at Clemson [FSN] 16 Richmond [SS] 19 at Wofford [SS] 21 Furman [SS] 30 at Boston College [ESPNU] JANUARY 2 Baylor [FSN] 5 Longwood [FSN] 9 *at Auburn [SEC Network] 13 *LSU [SEC Network] 16 *Vanderbilt [CSS] 20 *at Ole Miss [CSS] 23 *at Florida [ESPN] 26 *Kentucky [ESPN] 30 *Georgia [FSN] FEBRUARY 6 *at Tennessee [ESPN] 10 *Florida [SEC Network] 13 *at Georgia [SEC Network] 17 *at Arkansas [CSS] 20 *Tennessee [SEC Network] 25 *at Kentucky [ESPN/2] 27 *Mississippi State [ESPN] MARCH 3 *Alabama [ESPNU] 6 *at Vanderbilt [ESPN2]

Result W, 78-55 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. TBA TBA 7:00 p.m.

Attendance

High Scorer Muldrow 17

7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

All Times Eastern; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-Charleston Classic (Charleston, S.C.)

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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS

VANDERBILT COMMODORES

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

OVERALL: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A, 0-0 N) SEC: 0-0 (0-0 H, 0-0 A)

Head Coach: Bruce Pearl 98-37 in 5th year at Tennessee 415-121 in 18th year as a head coach

Head Coach: Kevin Stallings 189-128 in 11th year at Vanderbilt 312-191 in 17th year as a head coach

In four seasons under head coach Bruce Pearl, the Volunteers have led the league in scoring four times, won more regular-season SEC games than any other league school, reached a pair of Sweet Sixteens, won three SEC Eastern Division crowns and attained a No. 1 national ranking. The Vols return all five starters from last season’s SEC Eastern Division championship team that posted a 21-13 overall record and advanced to the SEC Tournament championship game. The four senior starters—Wayne Chism, Bobby Maze, J.P. Prince and Tyler Smith—combine to boast 16 games worth of NCAA Tournament experience. The fifth starter, sophomore guard Scotty Hopson, made the SEC AllFreshman Team a year ago. Coach Pearl intends to restore the pressing, uptempo style of play that helped lead UT to back-to-back Sweet Sixteen berths in 2007 and 2008. Tennessee’s lack of experience at the guard position led to an uncharacteristic slower pace of play in 2008-09. The Vols’ 1,196 steals over the past four seasons are the most in the SEC. Coach Pearl believes the Vols will display a marked improvement at the point guard position this season and has admitted to not trusting his point guards enough at certain times last year. Maze is a scoring point guard who Pearl believes has benefitted from spending a full year in the UT system, building chemistry. Newcomer Melvin Goins, a junior transfer from Mt. San Jacinto [Calif.] College, has earned a reputation as a tremendous defender who can also penetrate into the lane and set up his teammates offensively.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OCTOBER 30 North Alabama (Exh.) NOVEMBER 4 Lincoln Memorial (Exh.) 13 Austin Peay 17 UNC Asheville [FSN] 20 1-vs. East Carolina 21/22 1-DePaul/Northern Iowa 23 1-TBA 27 College of Charleston [CSS] DECEMBER 2 East Tennessee State 11 2-vs. Middle Tennessee [CSS] 15 Wyoming [ESPNU] 19 at Southern Cal [FSN] 23 North Carolina A&T [CSS] 31 at Memphis [ESPN2] JANUARY 6 Charlotte [CSS] 10 Kansas [CBS] 14 *Auburn [ESPN/2] 16 *Ole Miss [SEC Network] 19 *at Alabama [ESPN] 23 *at Georgia [FSN] 27 *Vanderbilt [ESPNU] 31 *Florida [CBS] FEBRUARY 4 *at LSU [ESPN/2] 6 *South Carolina [ESPN] 9 *at Vanderbilt [ESPN] 13 *at Kentucky [ESPN] 17 *Georgia [SEC Network] 20 *at South Carolina [SEC Network] 23 *at Florida [ESPN] 27 *Kentucky [CBS] MARCH 3 *Arkansas [CSS] 6 *at Mississippi State [ESPN]

Result Attendance W, 117-79 18362 W, 97-58 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. TBA 7:00 p.m.

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High Scorer Hopson 20 Hopson 20

7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:30/4:30 7:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Noon 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

All Times Eastern; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands); 2-Sun Belt Classic (Nashville, Tenn.)

All five starters and 14 letterwinners return from the 2008-09 team. A.J. Ogilvy made the All-SEC second team for the second straight year, and Jeffery Taylor was named to the All-SEC Freshman team for their exploits on the floor. Ogilvy was named to the All-SEC second team by the league’s coaches and was an honorable mention selection by the league’s media after averaging 15.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, both team highs. The Commodores finished with a 19-12 overall record and an 8-8 record in SEC play, but missed the postseason for the first time since the 2002-03 season and only the second time in the Kevin Stallings era, which began prior to the 1999-00 season. However, the Commodores were the eighth-least experienced team in the nation in 2008-09 according to KenPom.com, and the team won eight out of its last 11 regular season games, including a win over SEC regular champion LSU in Baton Rouge on March 4. Vanderbilt had two freshman double digit scorers for first time since 1977. Taylor and Brad Tinsley both averaged double digits at 12.2 and 10.7 points per game, respectively, the first time since 1977 that VU has had a true freshman scoring tandem. Charles Davis (15.3) and Greg Fuller (10.8) accomplished the feat in 1977.

2009-10 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 10 Alabama-Huntsville (exh.) 16 Lipscomb 20 at Saint Mary's 23 1-vs. Cincinnati [ESPN2] 24 1-Maryland/Chaminade [ESPN/2] 25 1-Maui Invitational DECEMBER 2 Missouri [ESPNU] 5 DePaul 8 at Illinois [BTN] 11 2-vs. Western Kentucky [CSS] 19 Tennessee State 21 Mercer 30 Manhattan JANUARY 2 Southern Miss [FSN] 4 Middle Tennessee [FSN] 9 *Florida [ESPN2] 13 *at Alabama [CSS] 16 *at South Carolina [CSS] 23 *Auburn [SEC Network] 27 *at Tennessee [ESPNU] 30 *at Kentucky [ESPN] FEBRUARY 3 *Mississippi State [SEC Network] 6 *at Georgia [FSN] 9 *Tennessee [ESPN] 13 *LSU [SEC Network] 18 *at Ole Miss [ESPNU] 20 *Kentucky [ESPN] 25 *Georgia [ESPNU] 27 *at Arkansas [SEC Network] MARCH 2 *at Florida [ESPN] 6 *South Carolina [ESPN2]

Result Attendance W, 91-56 11882 7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. TBA TBA

High Scorer Taylor 19

8:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

All Times Eastern; *SEC Game; [ ] TV Game; 1-Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii); 2-Sun Belt Classic (Nashville, Tenn.)