2011–12 Southeastern Conference 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
NBA Draft
Top draft pick	Anthony Davis, Kentucky
Picked by	New Orleans Hornets
Regular Season
2012 SEC Champions	Kentucky
Season MVP	Anthony Davis, Kentucky
SEC Tournament
Champions	Vanderbilt
Runners-up	Kentucky
SEC Tournament MVP	John Jenkins, Vanderbilt

2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Kentucky	16	–	0	1.000	38	–	2	.950
#25 Florida	10	–	6	.625	26	–	11	.703
#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

The 2011–12 Southeasten 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.

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

Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

		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

Main article: 2012 SEC Men's Basketball 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 . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball 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

Main article: 2012 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

Main articles: 2012 College Basketball Invitational and 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament

2012 NBA Draft

Main article: 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	Davis, AnthonyAnthony Davis	PF	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	2	Kidd-Gilchrist, MichaelMichael Kidd-Gilchrist	SF	United States	Charlotte Bobcats	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	3	Beal, BradleyBradley Beal	SG	United States	Washington Wizards	Florida (Fr.)
1	18	Jones, TerrenceTerrence Jones	PF	United States	Houston Rockets	Kentucky (So.)
1	23	Jenkins, JohnJohn Jenkins	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Vanderbilt (Jr.)
1	27	Moultrie, ArnettArnett Moultrie	PF	United States	Miami Heat	Mississippi St. (Jr.)
1	29	Teague, MarquisMarquis Teague	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	30	Ezeli, FestusFestus Ezeli	C	Nigeria	Golden State Warriors	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2	31	Taylor, JefferyJeffery Taylor	SF	Sweden	Charlotte Bobcats	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2	42	Lamb, DoronDoron Lamb	SG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Kentucky (So.)
2	45	Hamilton, JustinJustin Hamilton	C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	LSU (Jr.)
2	46	Miller, DariusDarius Miller	SF	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Kentucky (Sr.)

Awards and honors

Player-of-the-Week

All-Americans

Main article: 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball 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

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
↑ http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/228875/media-tabs-kentucky-as-sec-mens-champion.aspx
↑ Snyder, Mark (2012-03-21). "Michigan's Trey Burke inquiring about NBA draft status". USA Today. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
↑ Baumgardner, Nick (2012-03-22). "Michigan point guard Trey Burke 'has nothing to lose' by seeking advisory committee's opinion, NBA draft analyst says". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
↑ "Renardo Sidney declares for NBA". ESPN. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ "Justin Hamilton to enter draft". ESPN. 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
1 2 "Underclassmen: To go or not to go?". ESPN. 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
↑ "Vandy's John Jenkins to hire agent". ESPN. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
↑ DiRocco, Michael (2012-04-13). "Gators' Bradley Beal one and done". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
1 2 3 4 5 "UK's starting five opts for draft". ESPN. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Norlander, Matt. "2012 NBA Draft early entry watch list". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
1 2 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. 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

Southeastern Conference men's basketball

Teams	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Missouri Tigers Ole Miss Rebels South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Texas A&M Aggies Vanderbilt Commodores

Championships & awards	List of champions SEC Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Big 12/SEC Challenge SEC–Big East Challenge

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball conference seasons

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