2012–13 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2012–13 SEC Men's Basketball Season
2012–13 SEC Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	CBS, ESPN, FSN
Regular Season
2013 SEC Champions	Florida
Season MVP	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
Tournament
Champions	Ole Miss
Runners-up	Florida
Finals MVP	Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss
Basketball seasons
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the regular season in November. Conference play started in early January 2013, and concluded in March with the 2013 SEC men's basketball tournament at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. This was the first season for two former Big 12 teams, as the Texas A&M Aggies and the Missouri Tigers played their first season in the SEC.

2012–13 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Florida	14	–	4	.778	29	–	8	.784
Ole Miss †	12	–	6	.667	27	–	9	.750
Alabama	12	–	6	.667	23	–	13	.639
Kentucky	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Missouri	11	–	7	.611	23	–	11	.676
Tennessee	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Arkansas	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
LSU	9	–	9	.500	19	–	12	.613
Georgia	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
Vanderbilt	8	–	10	.444	16	–	17	.485
Texas A&M	7	–	11	.389	18	–	15	.545
South Carolina	4	–	14	.222	14	–	18	.438
Mississippi State	4	–	14	.222	10	–	22	.313
Auburn	3	–	15	.167	9	–	23	.281

† 2013 SEC tournament winner As of March 31, 2013 Rankings from AP poll

Preseason

	Coaches	Media^[1]
1.		Kentucky (17)
2.		Florida (3)
3.		Missouri (1)
4.		Tennessee (1)
5.		Arkansas
6.		Alabama
7.		Ole Miss
8.		Georgia
9.		Texas A&M
10.		Vanderbilt
11.		LSU
12.		Auburn
13.		South Carolina
14.		Mississippi State

() first place votes

Preseason All-SEC teams

Media^[1]
Kenny Boynton Florida Nerlens Noel Kentucky Phil Pressey Missouri Jarnell Stokes Tennessee B. J. Young Arkansas

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

Conference Schedules

Conference 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	Missouri	Ole Miss	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas A&M	Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama	–	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Arkansas	1–0	–	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Auburn	1–1	2–0	–	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
vs. Florida	0–1	1–1	0–1	–	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Georgia	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	–	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–0
vs. Kentucky	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. LSU	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	–	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1
vs. Mississippi State	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	–	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Missouri	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	–	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Ole Miss	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	–	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1
vs. South Carolina	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	2–0
vs. Tennessee	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	–	0–1	0–2
vs. Texas A&M	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	–	1–0
vs. Vanderbilt	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	–
Total	12–6	10–8	3–15	14–4	9–9	12–6	9–9	4–14	11–7	12–6	4–14	11–7	7–11	8–10

Postseason

SEC tournament

March 13–17, 2013 Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN.

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First Round March 13	Second Round March 14	Quarterfinals March 15	Semifinals March 16	Championship March 17
2013 SEC men's basketball tournament seeds and results
1.	‡Florida	14–4	26–7		BYE	BYE	#9 LSU - W, 80–58	#4 Alabama - W, 61–51	#3 Ole Miss - L, 63–66
2.	†Kentucky	12–6	21–11	1–1 vs ALA,MISS; 1–1 vs FLA	BYE	BYE	#10 Vanderbilt - L, 48–64
3.	†Ole Miss	12–6	26–8	1–1 vs ALA,KEN; 0–1 vs FLA; 2–0 vs TENN	BYE	BYE	#6 Missouri - W, 64–62	#10 Vanderbilt - W, 64–52	#1 Florida - W, 66–63
4.	†Alabama	12–6	21–12	1–1 vs KEN,MISS; 0–1 vs FLA; 1–1 vs TENN	BYE	BYE	#5 Tennessee - W, 58–48	#1 Florida - L, 51–61
5.	#Tennessee	11–7	20–12	1–0 vs MIZZ	BYE	#13 Mississippi State - W, 69–53	#4 Alabama - L, 48–58
6.	#Missouri	11–7	23–10	0–1 vs TENN	BYE	#11 Texas A&M - W, 62–50	#3 Ole Miss - L, 62–64
7.	#Arkansas	10–8	19–13		BYE	#10 Vanderbilt - L, 72–75
8.	#Georgia	9–9	15–17	1–0 vs LSU	BYE	#9 LSU - L, 63–68
9.	#LSU	9–9	19–12	0–1 vs UGA	BYE	#8 Georgia - W, 68–63	#1 Florida - L, 58–80
10.	#Vanderbilt	8–10	16–17		BYE	#7 Arkansas - W, 75–72	#2 Kentucky - W, 64–48	#3 Ole Miss - L, 52–64
11.	Texas A&M	7–11	18–15		#14 Auburn - W, 71–62	#6 Missouri - L, 50–62
12.	South Carolina	4–14	14–18	1–1 vs MSST; 1–0 vs MISS	#13 Mississippi State - L, 59–70
13.	Mississippi State	4–14	10–22	1–1 vs SCAR; 1–1 vs MISS	#12 South Carolina - W, 70–59	#5 Tennessee - L, 53–69
14.	Auburn	3–15	9–23		#11 Texas A&M - L, 62–71
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the SEC tournament.

NCAA tournament

Seed	Region	School	Second Round	Third Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
3	South	Florida	#14 Northwestern State - Mar. 22, Austin - W, 79–47	#11 Minnesota - Mar. 24, Austin - W, 78–64	#15 Florida Gulf Coast - Mar. 29, Arlington - W, 62–50	#4 Michigan - Mar. 31, Arlington - WL, 59–79
9	Midwest	Missouri	#8 Colorado State - Mar. 21, Lexington - L, 72–84
12	West	Ole Miss	#5 Wisconsin - Mar. 22, Kansas City - W, 57–46	#13 La Salle - Mar. 24, Kansas City - L, 74–76
	3 Bids	W-L (%):	2–1 .667	1–1 .500	1–0 1.000	0–1 .000	0–0 –	TOTAL: 4–3 .571

National Invitation tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
1	Kentucky	Kentucky	#8 Robert Morris - Mar. 19, Moon Township - L, 57–59
1	Alabama	Alabama	#8 Northeastern - Mar. 19, Tuscaloosa - W, 62–43	#4 Stanford - Mar. 23, Tuscaloosa - W, 66–54	#2 Maryland - Mar. 26, Tuscaloosa - L, 57–58
2	Southern Miss	Tennessee	#7 Mercer - Mar. 20, Knoxville - L, 67–75
	3 Bids	W-L (%):	1–2 .333	1–0 1.000	0–1 .000	0–0 –	TOTAL: 2–3 .400

NBA draft

The following 1st & 2nd team All-SEC performers were listed as seniors: Erik Murphy, Elston Turner, Laurence Bowers, Kenny Boynton, Murphy Holloway, Mike Rosario. 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.^[2] The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3.^[3]

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: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Archie Goodwin, Nerlens Noel, Marshawn Powell, Phil Pressey, B. J. Young

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	6	Nerlens Noel	C	United States	New Orleans Pelicans (traded to Philadelphia)^[A]	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	8	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons	Georgia (So.)
1	29	Archie Goodwin	SG	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder (traded to Phoenix via Golden State) ^[B]	Kentucky (Fr.)
2	49	Erik Murphy	PF	United States/ Finland	Chicago Bulls	Florida (Sr.)
2	57	Alex Oriakhi#	C	United States	Phoenix Suns (from Denver via LA Lakers)	Missouri (Sr.)

Notes

^ The New Orleans Pelicans traded 6th pick Nerlens Noel and a 2014 protected first-round pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Jrue Holiday and 42nd pick Pierre Jackson.^[4]
^ The Golden State Warriors traded 29th pick Archie Goodwin and Malcolm Lee to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for 30th pick Nemanja Nedovic.^[4]

Honors and awards

All-Americans

All-SEC awards and teams

Coaches

Award	Recipient(s)
2013 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[5]
Player of the Year	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, G., GEORGIA
Coach of the Year	Billy Donovan, FLORIDA
Defensive Player of the Year	Nerlens Noel, C., KENTUCKY
Freshman of the Year	Nerlens Noel, C., KENTUCKY
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Patric Young, F., FLORIDA
Sixth Man Award	Kyle Wiltjer, F., KENTUCKY

First Team	Second Team	All-Freshman Team	All-Defensive Team
2013 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams^[5]
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope So., G., GEORGIA Erik Murphy Sr., F., FLORIDA Jordan McRae Jr., G., TENNESSEE Nerlens Noel Fr., C., KENTUCKY Johnny O'Bryant III Sr., F., LSU Phil Pressey Jr., G., MISSOURI Trevor Releford Jr., G., ALABAMA Elston Turner Sr., G., TEXAS A&M	Laurence Bowers Sr., F., MISSOURI Kenny Boynton Sr., G., FLORIDA Marshall Henderson Jr., G., OLE MISS Murphy Holloway Sr., F., OLE MISS Marshawn Powell Jr., F., ARKANSAS Mike Rosario Sr., G., FLORIDA Jarnell Stokes So., F., TENNESSEE B. J. Young So., G., ARKANSAS Patric Young Jr., F., FLORIDA	Michael Carrera Fr., F., SOUTH CAROLINA Willie Cauley-Stein Fr., C., KENTUCKY Michael Frazier Fr., G., FLORIDA Archie Goodwin Fr., G., KENTUCKY Charles Mann Fr., F., GEORGIA Nerlens Noel Fr., C., KENTUCKY Alex Poythress Fr., F., KENTUCKY Craig Sword Fr., G., MISS STATE Gavin Ware Fr., F., MISS STATE	Reginald Buckner Sr., F., OLE MISS Anthony Hickey So., G., LSU Nerlens Noel Fr., C., KENTUCKY Trevor Releford Jr., G., ALABAMA Scottie Wilbekin Jr., G., FLORIDA Patric Young Jr., F., FLORIDA
† - denotes unanimous selection

Associated Press

Award	Recipient(s)
2013 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[6]
Player of the Year	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, G, GEORGIA
Coach of the Year	Billy Donovan, FLORIDA
Newcomer of the Year	Marshall Henderson, G, OLE MISS

First Team	Second Team
2013 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams^[5]
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, So., G, GEORGIA Erik Murphy, Sr., F/C, FLORIDA Trevor Releford, Jr., G, ALABAMA Jordan McRae, Jr., G, TENNESSEE Nerlens Noel, Fr., F, KENTUCKY	Marshall Henderson, Jr., G, OLE MISS Elston Turner, Sr., G, TEXAS A&M Jarnell Stokes, So., F, TENNESSEE Johnny O'Bryant III, Sr., F, LSU Murphy Holloway, Sr., F, OLE MISS Phil Pressey, Jr., G, MISSOURI
† - denotes unanimous selection

References

^ ^a ^b "Media Tabs Kentucky As SEC Men's Basketball Champion" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 22, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Nerlens Noel heading to Philly". ESPN.com. June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 12, 2013
^ "Associated Press All-SEC Team" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. March 18, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.

External links

SEC website

[76ersPelicanstrade-5] The New Orleans Pelicans traded 6th pick Nerlens Noel and a 2014 protected first-round pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Jrue Holiday and 42nd pick Pierre Jackson.^[4]

[WarriorsSunsTrade-6] The Golden State Warriors traded 29th pick Archie Goodwin and Malcolm Lee to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for 30th pick Nemanja Nedovic.^[4]

[Preseason_media-1] "Media Tabs Kentucky As SEC Men's Basketball Champion" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 22, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[MTBiaNds-2] Snyder, Mark (March 21, 2012). "Michigan's Trey Burke inquiring about NBA draft status". USA Today. Retrieved March 23, 2012.

[MpgTBhntlbsacoNdas-3] 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.

[drafttracker-4] "Nerlens Noel heading to Philly". ESPN.com. June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.

[SEC-7] 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 12, 2013

[SECAP-8] "Associated Press All-SEC Team" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. March 18, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.

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