2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2011–12 SEC Men's Basketball Season
2011–12 SEC Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS, ESPN, FSN
Regular Season
2012 SEC Champions	Kentucky
Season MVP	Anthony Davis, Kentucky
SEC tournament
Champions	Vanderbilt
Runners-up	Kentucky
Finals MVP	John Jenkins, Vanderbilt
Basketball seasons
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kentucky	16	–	0	1.000	38	–	2	.950
No. 25 Florida	10	–	6	.625	26	–	11	.703
No. 20 Vanderbilt †	10	–	6	.625	25	–	11	.694
Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	19	–	15	.559
Alabama	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Mississippi State	8	–	8	.500	21	–	12	.636
Ole Miss	8	–	8	.500	20	–	14	.588
LSU	7	–	9	.438	18	–	15	.545
Arkansas	6	–	10	.375	18	–	14	.563
Auburn	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Georgia	5	–	11	.313	15	–	17	.469
South Carolina	2	–	14	.125	10	–	21	.323

† 2012 SEC tournament winner As of April 2, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

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

Pre-season polls and teams

Pre-Season Poll:

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

Pre-Season All-SEC Teams

SEC Media^[3]	SEC Coaches
Dee Bost Mississippi State JaMychal Green Alabama John Jenkins Vanderbilt Terrence Jones Kentucky Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt

SEC Coaches select 8 players
Players in bold are choices for SEC Player of the Year

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

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

Conference schedules

Composite matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	Alabama	Arkansas	Auburn	Florida	Georgia	Kentucky	LSU	Mississippi State	Ole Miss	South Carolina	Tennessee	Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama	–	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
vs. Arkansas	2–0	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1
vs. Auburn	2–0	2–0	–	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. Florida	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1
vs. Georgia	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
vs. Kentucky	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. LSU	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	–	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. Mississippi State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	–	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Ole Miss	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	–	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. South Carolina	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	–	2–0	2–0
vs. Tennessee	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	–	1–1
vs. Vanderbilt	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	–
Total	9–7	6–10	5–11	10–6	5–11	16–0	7–9	8–8	8–8	2–14	10–6	10–6

Postseason

SEC tournament

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

NCAA tournament

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

National Invitation Tournament

# of Bids	Record	Win %	R2	R3	SF	CG
4	1–4	.200	1	0	0	0

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Tennessee	At-large	1	W 65-51 vs. 8 Savannah State L 64-71 vs. 4 Middle Tennessee
Ole Miss	At-large	2	L 93-96 (OT) vs. 7 Illinois State
Mississippi State	At-large	4	L 96-101 (2OT) vs. 5 UMass
LSU	At-large	6	L 74-96 vs. 3 Oregon

Other tournaments

2012 NBA draft

The following 1st & 2nd team All-SEC performers were listed as seniors: Dee Bost, Jeffery Taylor, JaMychal Green, Erving Walker, Terrance Henry. The deadline for entering the NBA draft is April 29, but once one has declared, the deadline for withdrawing the declaration and retaining NCAA eligibility is April 10.^[4] The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3.^[5]

The following SEC underclassmen have sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects:

The following SEC underclassmen declared early for the 2011 draft: Renardo Sidney,^[6] Justin Hamilton^[7] Arnett Moultrie,^[8] B. J. Young,^[8] John Jenkins,^[9] Bradley Beal,^[10] Anthony Davis,^[11] Michael Kidd-Gilchrist,^[11] Marquis Teague,^[11] Terrence Jones^[11] and Doron Lamb^[11]

The following SEC underclassmen entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college: B. J. Young^[12]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	1	Anthony Davis	PF	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	2	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	SF	United States	Charlotte Bobcats	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	3	Bradley Beal	SG	United States	Washington Wizards	Florida (Fr.)
1	18	Terrence Jones	PF	United States	Houston Rockets	Kentucky (So.)
1	23	John Jenkins	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Vanderbilt (Jr.)
1	27	Arnett Moultrie	PF	United States	Miami Heat	Mississippi St. (Jr.)
1	29	Marquis Teague	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	30	Festus Ezeli	C	Nigeria	Golden State Warriors	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2	31	Jeffery Taylor	SF	Sweden	Charlotte Bobcats	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2	42	Doron Lamb	SG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Kentucky (So.)
2	45	Justin Hamilton	C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	LSU (Jr.)
2	46	Darius Miller	SF	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Kentucky (Sr.)

Awards and honors

Player-of-the-Week

All-Americans

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

AP

First Team

Anthony Davis, Kentucky

Third Team

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky

USBWA

First Team

Anthony Davis, Kentucky

Second Team

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky

NABC

First Team

Anthony Davis, Kentucky

Third Team

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky

Sporting News

First Team

Anthony Davis, Kentucky

Second Team

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky

All-SEC awards and teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

Award	Recipient(s)
2012 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[13]
Player of the Year	Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY
Coach of the Year	John Calipari, KENTUCKY
Defensive Player of the Year	Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY
Rookie of the Year	Anthony Davis, C., KENTUCKY
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Patric Young, F., FLORIDA
Sixth Man Award	Darius Miller, F., KENTUCKY

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

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major

Second Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major

USBWA All-District team

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

District IV (KY, TN, MS, AL, GA, FL)

Bradley Beal, Florida
Kenny Boynton, Florida
Anthony Davis, Kentucky
John Jenkins, Vanderbilt
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky
Arnett Moultrie, Mississippi State
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt

References

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

[1] "Destin Recap: Day Two" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.

[2] Media Tabs Florida As SEC Men’s Hoops Champion

[3] "Southeastern Conference".

[MTBiaNds-4] Snyder, Mark (March 21, 2012). "Michigan's Trey Burke inquiring about NBA draft status". USA Today. Retrieved March 23, 2012.

[MpgTBhntlbsacoNdas-5] Baumgardner, Nick (March 22, 2012). "Michigan point guard Trey Burke 'has nothing to lose' by seeking advisory committee's opinion, NBA draft analyst says". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved March 23, 2012.

[6] "Renardo Sidney declares for NBA". ESPN. March 26, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[7] "Justin Hamilton to enter draft". ESPN. April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

[UTgontg-8] "Underclassmen: To go or not to go?". ESPN. April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.

[9] "Vandy's John Jenkins to hire agent". ESPN. April 10, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

[10] DiRocco, Michael (April 13, 2012). "Gators' Bradley Beal one and done". ESPN. Retrieved April 14, 2012.

[Usfofd-11] "UK's starting five opts for draft". ESPN. April 17, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.

[12] Norlander, Matt. "2012 NBA Draft early entry watch list". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 30, 2012.

[SEC-13] 2012 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 6, 2012

[14] "USBWA Names 2011-12 Men's All-District Teams". U.S. Basketball Writers Association. March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

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