2012–13 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season explained

2012–13 SEC Men's Basketball Season
Color:	193980
Color Text:	white
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	125px
No Of Teams:	14
Tv:	CBS, ESPN, FSN
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Florida
Season Champ Name:	2013 SEC Champions
Season Runner-Up:	Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss
Mvp:	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
Mvp Link:	Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Ole Miss
Finals Runner-Up:	Florida
Finals Mvp:	Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss
Finals Mvp Link:	SEC Men's Basketball Tournament#Champions
Seasonslistnames:	Basketball
Prevseason Link:	2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:	2011–12
Nextseason Link:	2013–14 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:	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.

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

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

See main article: 2012–13 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		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
C			RV	RV	RV
Arkansas	AP
C
Auburn	AP
C
Florida	AP	10	10	7	7	6	5	8	14	13	11	10	8	4	2	7	5	8	11	13	14
C	10	10	8	7	5	5	9	11	9	9	9	7	4	2	6	4	6	9	11	12
Georgia	AP
C	RV	RV
Kentucky	AP	3	3	8	8	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV				RV	25				RV
C	3	3	7	8	19	22	23	23	RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV		RV
LSU	AP					RV	RV
C
Mississippi State	AP
C
Missouri	AP	15	14	13	16	12	12	12	7	12	10	17	22	17	21	RV	RV	RV	RV
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
C				RV	RV	RV					RV	24	16	23	RV					RV
South Carolina	AP
C
Tennessee	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV
C	RV	RV	RV	RV
Texas A&M	AP
C
Vanderbilt	AP
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
ARK	AUB	UF	UGA	UK	LSU	MSU	MU	MISS	USC	TENN	A&M	VANDY -->	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	–	ARK	AUB	UF	UGA	UK	LSU	MSU	MU	MISS	USC	TENN	A&M	VANDY -->
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

See main article: 2013 SEC men's basketball 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

See main article: 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball 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	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	TOTAL: 4–3

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2013 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	1–0	0–1	0–0	TOTAL: 2–3

NBA draft

See main article: 2013 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	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	6	C		New Orleans Pelicans (traded to Philadelphia)	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	8	SG		Detroit Pistons	Georgia (So.)
1	29	SG		Oklahoma City Thunder (traded to Phoenix via Golden State)	Kentucky (Fr.)
2	49	PF	/	Chicago Bulls	Florida (Sr.)
2	57	C		Phoenix Suns (from Denver via LA Lakers)	Missouri (Sr.)

Notes

Honors and awards

All-Americans

See main article: 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans.

All-SEC awards and teams

Coaches

Award	Recipient(s)
2013 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[4]
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<	--This is the title for the coaches' award.-->	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
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</small>	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^[5]
Player of the Year	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, G, GEORGIA
Coach of the Year	Billy Donovan, FLORIDA
Newcomer of the Year<	--This is the title for the AP award.-->	Marshall Henderson, G, OLE MISS

First Team	Second Team
2013 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
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</small> 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

External links

SEC website

Notes and References

Media Tabs Kentucky As SEC Men's Basketball Champion . Southeastern Conference . October 22, 2012 . October 26, 2012.
Web site: Michigan's Trey Burke inquiring about NBA draft status. 2012-03-23. 2012-03-21. USA Today. Snyder, Mark.
Web site: Michigan point guard Trey Burke 'has nothing to lose' by seeking advisory committee's opinion, NBA draft analyst says. 2012-03-23. 2012-03-22. AnnArbor.com. Baumgardner, Nick.
http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/242765/2013-sec-mens-basketball-awards-announced.aspx# 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Awards Announced
Associated Press All-SEC Team . Southeastern Conference . March 18, 2013 . March 19, 2013.