Battle of Chustenahlah

2014–15 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kentucky †	18	–	0	1.000	38	–	1	.974
No. 21 Arkansas	13	–	5	.722	27	–	9	.750
LSU	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Georgia	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Texas A&M	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Ole Miss	11	–	7	.611	21	–	13	.618
Vanderbilt	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Alabama	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Florida	8	–	10	.444	16	–	17	.485
Tennessee	7	–	11	.389	16	–	16	.500
South Carolina	6	–	12	.333	17	–	16	.515
Mississippi State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Auburn	4	–	14	.222	15	–	20	.429
Missouri	3	–	15	.167	9	–	23	.281

† 2015 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2015 and concluded in March, followed by the 2015 SEC men's basketball tournament at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

Preseason

SEC recruits at the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

	Media^[1]
1.	Kentucky (20)
2.	Florida
3.	Arkansas
4.	LSU
5.	Georgia
6.	Ole Miss
7.	Missouri
8.	Auburn
9.	Texas A&M
10.	Alabama
11.	Vanderbilt
12.	South Carolina
13.	Tennessee
14.	Mississippi State

() first place votes

Preseason All-SEC teams

Media^[1]
Bobby Portis ARKANSAS Michael Frazier FLORIDA Aaron Harrison KENTUCKY Jordan Mickey LSU Jarvis Summers OLE MISS

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
Alabama	C
Arkansas	AP	RV	RV	25	18	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	19	RV	RV	RV	24	18	18	18	21	21
Arkansas	C	RV	RV	RV	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	19	RV	25	RV	23	17	16	18	20	20	20
Auburn	AP
Auburn	C
Florida	AP	7	8	18	RV			RV	RV
Florida	C	7	7	16	24	RV	RV	RV
Georgia	AP											RV	RV	RV
Georgia	C												RV
Kentucky	AP	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kentucky	C	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
LSU	AP	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV					RV	RV
LSU	C		RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV
Mississippi State	AP
Mississippi State	C
Missouri	AP
Missouri	C
Ole Miss	AP													RV
Ole Miss	C														RV		RV	RV
South Carolina	AP									RV
South Carolina	C									RV
Tennessee	AP											RV
Tennessee	C
Texas A&M	AP												RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Texas A&M	C												RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Vanderbilt	AP
Vanderbilt	C

SEC regular season

Conference matrix

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

	Alabama	Arkansas	Auburn	Florida	Georgia	Kentucky	LSU	Mississippi State	Missouri	Ole Miss	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas A&M	Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama	–	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0
vs. Arkansas	0–1	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Auburn	2–0	1–0	–	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
vs. Florida	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Georgia	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	–	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–2
vs. Kentucky	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	–	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. LSU	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1
vs. Mississippi State	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
vs. Missouri	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
vs. Ole Miss	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. South Carolina	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	–	1–1	1–0	1–0
vs. Tennessee	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	1–1
vs. Texas A&M	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–1
vs. Vanderbilt	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	–
Total	8–10	13–5	4–14	8–10	11–7	18–0	11–7	6–12	3–15	11–7	6–12	7–11	11–7	9–9

Postseason

SEC tournament

March 11–15, 2015 Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.


First round Wednesday, March 11 SEC Network			Second round Thursday, March 12 SEC Network			Quarterfinals Friday, March 13 SEC Network			Semifinals Saturday, March 14 ESPN			Championship Sunday, March 15 ESPN



						1	#1 Kentucky	64

			8	Florida	69	8	Florida	49

			9	Alabama	61				1	#1 Kentucky	91

									13	Auburn	67

						4	LSU	70

			5	Texas A&M	59	13	Auburn	73^OT

12	Mississippi State	68	13	Auburn	66							1	#1 Kentucky	78

13	Auburn	74										2	#21 Arkansas	63

						2	#21 Arkansas	80

			7	Vanderbilt	61	10	Tennessee	72

			10	Tennessee	67				2	#21 Arkansas	60

									3	Georgia	49

						3	Georgia	74

			6	Ole Miss	58	11	South Carolina	62

11	South Carolina	63	11	South Carolina	60

14	Missouri	54

NCAA tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	2nd Round	3rd Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four
1	Midwest	Kentucky		W, 79–56 vs. #16 Hampton – (Louisville)	W, 64–51 vs. #8 Cincinnati – (Louisville)	W, 78–39 vs. #5 West Virginia – (Cleveland)	W, 68–66 vs. #3 Notre Dame – (Cleveland)	L, 64–71 vs. #1 Wisconsin – (Indianapolis)
5	West	Arkansas		W, 56–53 vs. #12 Wofford – (Jacksonville)	L, 78–87 vs. #4 North Carolina – (Jacksonville)
9	East	LSU		L, 65–66 vs. #8 NC State – (Pittsburgh)
10	East	Georgia		L, 63–70 vs. #7 Michigan State – (Charlotte)
11	West	Ole Miss	W 94–90 vs. #11 BYU – (Dayton)	L, 57–67 vs. #6 Xavier – (Jacksonville)

NIT

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals
2	Temple Bracket	Texas A&M	W, 81–64 vs. #7 Montana – (College Station)	L, 72–84 vs. #3 Louisiana Tech – (College Station)
5	Colorado State Bracket	Vanderbilt	W, 75–64 vs. #4 Saint Mary's – (Moraga)	W, 92–77 vs. #8 South Dakota State – (Nashville)	L, 75–78 vs. #5 Stanford – (Palo Alto)
6	Richmond Bracket	Alabama	W, 79–58 vs. #3 Illinois – (Tuscaloosa)	L, 66–73 vs. #2 Miami – (Coral Gables)

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Starting on March 6, the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans were released for 2014–15 season, based upon selections by the four major syndicates. The four syndicates include the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, and Sporting News.

AP

First Team

Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky

Second Team

Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky

USBWA

First Team

Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky

Second Team

Bobby Portis, Arkansas

NABC

First Team

Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky

Third Team

Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky

Sporting News

First Team

Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky

Third Team

Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky

All-SEC awards and teams

Coaches

Award	Recipient(s)
2015 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[2]
Player of the Year	Bobby Portis, So., F, ARKANSAS
Coach of the Year	John Calipari, KENTUCKY
Defensive Player of the Year	Willie Cauley-Stein, Jr., C, KENTUCKY
Freshman of the Year	Karl-Anthony Towns, F, KENTUCKY
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Levi Randolph, Sr., F, ALABAMA
Sixth Man Award	Devin Booker, Fr., G, KENTUCKY

First Team	Second Team	All-Freshman Team	All-Defensive Team
2015 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams^[2]
Willie Cauley-Stein Jr., C, KENTUCKY Danuel House Jr., F, TEXAS A&M Damian Jones So., F, VANDERBILT Bobby Portis So., F, ARKANSAS Jarell Martin So., F, LSU Jordan Mickey So., F, LSU Stefan Moody Jr., G, OLE MISS Josh Richardson Sr., G, TENNESSEE Karl-Anthony Towns Fr., C, KENTUCKY	Devin Booker Fr., G, KENTUCKY Dorian Finney-Smith Jr., F, FLORIDA K. T. Harrell Sr., G, AUBURN Aaron Harrison So., G, KENTUCKY Jalen Jones Jr., F, TEXAS A&M Michael Qualls Jr., G, ARKANSAS Levi Randolph Sr., F, ALABAMA Craig Sword Jr., G, MISSISSIPPI STATE Marcus Thornton Sr., F, GEORGIA	Wade Baldwin IV Fr., G, VANDERBILT Anton Beard Fr., G, ARKANSAS Devin Booker Fr., G, KENTUCKY Riley LaChance Fr., G, VANDERBILT Trey Lyles Fr., G, KENTUCKY Devin Robinson Fr., F, FLORIDA Karl-Anthony Towns Fr., C, KENTUCKY Tyler Ulis Fr., G, KENTUCKY	Willie Cauley-Stein, Jr., C, KENTUCKY Damian JonesSo., F, VANDERBILT Jordan Mickey, So., F, LSU Josh Richardson, Sr., G, TENNESSEE Marcus Thornton Sr., F, GEORGIA
† - denotes unanimous selection

References

^ ^a ^b "Media picks Kentucky to win 2015 SEC Men's Basketball Championship" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
^ ^a ^b 2015 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 10, 2015

External links

SEC website

[Preseason_media-1] "Media picks Kentucky to win 2015 SEC Men's Basketball Championship" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.

[SEC-2] 2015 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 10, 2015

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Southeastern Conference men's basketball
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Championships & awards	List of champions SEC men's basketball tournament Player of the Year Rookie of the Year
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