2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	ESPN, SEC Network
Regular season
SEC tournament

2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Florida	0	–	0		–			6	–	0		1.000
No. 7 Tennessee	0	–	0		–			6	–	0		1.000
No. 8 Kentucky	0	–	0		–			5	–	0		1.000
No. 25 Mississippi State	0	–	0		–			5	–	0		1.000
No. 23 Ole Miss	0	–	0		–			5	–	0		1.000
No. 4 Auburn	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
Oklahoma	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
Georgia	0	–	0		–			6	–	1		.857
Vanderbilt	0	–	0		–			6	–	1		.857
LSU	0	–	0		–			5	–	1		.833
Missouri	0	–	0		–			5	–	1		.833
Texas	0	–	0		–			5	–	1		.833
No. 9 Alabama	0	–	0		–			4	–	1		.800
No. 19 Arkansas	0	–	0		–			4	–	1		.800
No. 20 Texas A&M	0	–	0		–			4	–	1		.800
South Carolina	0	–	0		–			3	–	2		.600
† 2025 SEC tournament winner As of November 24, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season will began with practices in October followed by the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which will start November 3, 2024. Conference will begin on January 4, 2024, and will end in March, after which 16 member teams will participate in the 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

This is the first season with 16 members of the conference as Texas and Oklahoma joined the conference before the start of the 2024–25.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN	Rivals	On3 Recruits	247 Sports	Signees
Alabama		No. 3	No. 3	No. 2	4
Arkansas		No. 5	No. 2	No. 3	3
Auburn		No. 24	No. 15	No. 31	2
Florida		No. 64	–	–	2
Georgia		No. 10	No. 12	No. 10	4
LSU		No. 13	No. 13	No. 14	4
Kentucky		No. 51	No. 44	No. 45	2
Missouri		No. 6	No. 14	No. 5	5
Mississippi State		No. 70	–	No. 47	2
Oklahoma		No. 30	No. 41	No. 25	3
Ole Miss		No. 75	No. 45	–	1
South Carolina		No. 44	No. 46	–	2
Tennessee		No. 73	No. 43	–	1
Texas		No. 16	No. 26	No. 17	2
Texas A&M		No. 57	No. 39	No. 30	2
Vanderbilt		No. 82	–	–	2

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden	Naismith	Cousy	West	Erving	Malone	Abdul-Jabbar	Olson

Preseason All-American teams

Player	AP	CB	Fox Sports

Preseason polls

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls

	AP	Blue Ribbon	CBS Sports	Coaches	ESPN	Fox Sports	KenPom	NCAA Sports	Sports Illustrated
Alabama	No. 2	No. 1	No. 2	–	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 1	No. 1
Arkansas	No. 16	No. 15	No. 13	–	No. 14	No. 13	No. 25	No. 13	No. 21
Auburn	No. 11	No. 12	No. 10	–	No. 11	No. 15	No. 3	No. 15	No. 10
Florida	No. 21	No. 18	No. 22	–	No. 21	–	No. 28	No. 20	No. 18
Georgia	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 67	–	–
Kentucky	No. 23	No. 19	–	–	No. 23	No. 22	No. 42	No. 14	No. 23
LSU	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 51	–	–
Missouri	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 53	–	–
Mississippi State	RV	–	–	–	–	–	No. 32	–	–
Oklahoma	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 40	–	–
Ole Miss	No. 24	–	–	–	No. 20	No. 24	No. 47	No. 33	No. 17
South Carolina	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 65	–	–
Tennessee	No. 12	No. 11	No. 14	–	No. 13	No. 11	No. 13	No. 12	No. 12
Texas	No. 19	No. 24	No. 20	–	No. 22	–	No. 18	No. 27	–
Texas A&M	No. 13	No. 9	No. 11	–	No. 12	No. 20	No. 16	No. 22	No. 24
Vanderbilt	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 96	–	–

SEC media days

The SEC conducted its 2024 SEC media days in Birmingham, Alabama on October 15 & 16, 2024 on the SEC Network.

The teams and representatives in respective order are as follows:

• Alabama – Nate Oats (HC), Mark Sears & Latrell Wrightsell Jr.
• Arkansas – John Calipari (HC), Johnell Davis & Adou Thiero
• Auburn – Bruce Pearl (HC), Johni Broome & Denver Jones
• Florida – Todd Golden (HC), Walter Clayton Jr. & Alijah Martin
• Georgia – Mike White (HC), Silas Demary Jr. & RJ Godfrey
• Kentucky – Mark Pope (HC), Lamont Butler & Jaxson Robinson
• LSU – Matt McMahon (HC), Cam Carter & Jalen Reed
• Oklahoma – Porter Moser (HC), Sam Godwin & Jalon Moore
• Ole Miss – Chris Beard (HC), Jaylen Murray & Sean Pedulla
• Mississippi State – Chris Jans (HC), Josh Hubbard & Cameron Matthews
• Missouri – Dennis Gates (HC), Mark Mitchell & Tony Perkins
• South Carolina – Lamont Paris (HC), Collin Murray-Boyles & Nick Pringl
• Tennessee – Rick Barnes (HC), Jahmai Mashack & Zakai Zeigler
• Texas – Rodney Terry (HC), Tre Johnson & Kadin Shedrick
• Texas A&M – Buzz Williams (HC), Anderson Garcia & Hayden Hefner
• Vanderbilt – Mark Byington (HC), AJ Hoggard & Tyler Nickel

Men's Basketball Preseason Poll

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

Source:

SEC Preseason All-Conference

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Johni Broome	Auburn	F	Sr.	6′ 10″, 240	Plant City, FL
Walter Clayton Jr.	Florida	G	Sr.	6′ 3″, 195	Lake Wales, FL
Mark Sears	Alabama	G	Gr	6′ 5″, 205	Muscle Shoals, AL
Wade Taylor IV	Texas A&M	G	Sr.	6′ 0″, 175	Dallas, TX
Zakai Zeigler	Tennessee	G	Sr.	5′ 9″, 171	Long Island, NY

Second Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Jonas Aidoo	Arkansas	F	Gr	6′ 11″, 240	Durham, NC
Johnell Davis	Arkansas	G	Gr	6′ 4″, 205	Gary, IN
Josh Hubbard	Mississippi State	G	So.	5′ 11″, 190	Madison, MS
Matthew Murrell	Ole Miss	G	Sr.	6′ 4″, 205	Memphis, TN
Grant Nelson	Alabama	F	Sr.	6′ 1″, 230	Devils Lake, ND

Third Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Collin Murray-Boyles	South Carolina	F	So.	6′ 8″, 245	Columbia, S.C.
Alex Condon	Florida	C	So.	6′ 11″, 230	Perth, Australia
Tramon Mark	Texas	G	Gr	6′ 5″, 200	Dickinson, TX
Chad Baker-Mazara	Auburn	F	Jr.	6′ 5″, 180	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Jaxson Robinson	Kentucky	G		6′ 6″, 192	Ada, OK

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden	Naismith	Naismith DPOY	Robertson	Cousy	West	Erving	Malone	Abdul-Jabbar	Olson

Regular season

The schedule was released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular-season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and the SEC Network.

Multi-team tournaments

Team	Tournament	Finish
Alabama	Players Era Festival	TBD
Arkansas	−	−
Auburn	Maui Invitational	TBD
Florida	ESPN Events Invitational	TBD
Georgia	−	−
Kentucky	−	−
LSU	Greenbrier Tip-Off	TBD
Missouri	−	−
Mississippi State	Arizona Tip-Off	TBD
Oklahoma	Battle 4 Atlantis	TBD
Ole Miss	Rady Children's Invitational	TBD
South Carolina	Fort Myers Tip-Off	TBD
Tennessee	Bahamas Championship	TBD
Texas	Legends Classic	TBD
Texas A&M	Players Era Festival	TBD
Vanderbilt	Charleston Classic	TBD

ACC–SEC Challenge

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Dec. 3	South Carolina	Boston College	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ACC–SEC Challenge	–	0–0
	Notre Dame	Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, Georgia		–	0–0
	California	Missouri	Mizzou Arena • Columbia, Missouri		–	0–0
	Arkansas	Miami (FL)	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida		–	0–0
	Syracuse	Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena • Knoxville, Tennessee		–	0–0
	Wake Forest	Texas A&M	Reed Arena • College Station, Texas		–	0–0
	Florida State	LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center • Baton Rouge, Louisiana		–	0–0
	Georgia Tech	Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, Oklahoma		–	0–0
	Ole Miss	Louisville	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky		–	0–0
	Kentucky	Clemson	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina		–	0–0
Dec. 4	Alabama	North Carolina	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina		–	0–0
	Virginia	Florida	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, Florida		–	0–0
	Auburn	Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina		–	0–0
	Texas	NC State	Lenovo Center • Raleigh, North Carolina		–	0–0
	Pittsburgh	Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum • Mississippi State, Mississippi		–	0–0
	Vanderbilt	Virginia Tech	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia		–	0–0

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

Records vs other conferences

The SEC has a record of 54–7 in non-conference play for the 2024–25 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Regular season

Power 5 Conferences
Conference	Record
ACC	5–0
Big East	0–0
Big Ten	1–3
Big 12	3–2
Combined	9–5

Other Conferences
Conference	Record
America East	1–0
American	1–1
ASUN	7–1
Atlantic 10	1–0
Big Sky	2–0
Big South	2–0
Big West	0–0
Coastal	1–0
Conference USA	0–0
Horizon	1–0
Independents/Non-Division I	0–0
Ivy League	0–0
Metro Atlantic	0–0
Mid-American	1–0
Mid-Eastern Athletic	3–0
Missouri Valley	0–0
Mountain West	1–0
Northeast	2–0
Ohio Valley	3–0
Patriot	1–0
Southern	0–0
Southland	5–0
SWAC	7–0
Summit	0–0
Sun Belt	5–0
WCC	1–0
WAC	0–0
Combined	45–2

Thru Nov. 18, 2024

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Nov. 4			●	−	0−0	0−0

† denotes neutral site game

Conference schedule

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

	Alabama	Arkansas	Auburn	Florida	Georgia	Kentucky	LSU	Oklahoma	Ole Miss	Mississippi State	Missouri	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas	Texas A&M	Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Arkansas	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Auburn	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Florida	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Georgia	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Kentucky	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. LSU	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Oklahoma	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Ole Miss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Mississippi State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Missouri	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. South Carolina	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Tennessee	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0
vs. Texas A&M	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0
vs. Vanderbilt	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Thru Nov. 2, 2024

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Alabama	0	0	0
Arkansas	0	0	0
Auburn	0	0	0
Florida	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0
Kentucky	0	0	0
LSU	0	0	0
Oklahoma	0	0	0
Ole Miss	0	0	0
Mississippi State	0	0	0
Missouri	0	0	0
South Carolina	0	0	0
Tennessee	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0
Texas A&M	0	0	0
Vanderbilt	0	0	0

Through Nov. 2, 2024

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

Team	Poll	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	Wk 20	Final
Alabama	AP	2
	C	2
Arkansas	AP	16
	C	16
Auburn	AP	11
	C	11
Florida	AP	21
	C	21
Georgia	AP	NV
	C	NV
Kentucky	AP	23
	C	23
LSU	AP	NV
	C	NV
Oklahoma	AP	NV
	C	NV
Ole Miss	AP	24
	C	25
Mississippi State	AP	RV
	C	RV
Missouri	AP	NV
	C	NV
South Carolina	AP	NV
	C	NV
Tennessee	AP	12
	C	12
Texas	AP	19
	C	19
Texas A&M	AP	13
	C	15
Vanderbilt	AP	NV
	C	NV

Postseason

SEC Tournament

Main article: 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament

	First round Wednesday, March 12 SEC Network					Second round Thursday, March 13 SEC Network					Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 ESPN/SEC Network					Semifinals Saturday, March 15 ESPN					Championship Sunday, March 16 ESPN
											1
						8
	9
	16
											4
						5
	12
	13
											2
						7
	10
	15
											3
						6
	11
	14

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
TBD	TBD	TBD
	Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

NIT

Main article: 2025 National Invitation Tournament

Seed	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
TBD	TBD	TBD
	Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coach	School	Reason	Replacement
Eric Musselman	Arkansas	Accepted coaching position at USC	John Calipari
John Calipari	Kentucky	Accepted coaching position at Arkansas	Mark Pope

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. SEC records are from time at current school.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Record at school	SEC record	SEC titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Alabama	Nate Oats	Buffalo	6th	117–54 (.684)	62–28 (.689)	2	4	1	0
Arkansas	John Calipari	Kentucky	1st	0–0 (–)	198–65 (.753)	6	23	6	1
Auburn	Bruce Pearl	Tennessee	11th	214–119 (.643)	162–114 (.587)	2	5	1	0
Florida	Todd Golden	San Francisco	3rd	40–29 (.580)	20–16 (.556)	0	1	0	0
Georgia	Mike White	Florida	3rd	36–33 (.522)	12–24 (.333)	0	0	0	0
Kentucky	Mark Pope	Memphis	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	2	0	0
LSU	Matt McMahon	Murray State	3rd	31–35 (.470)	11–25 (.306)	0	3	0	0
Oklahoma	Porter Moser	Loyola Chicago	4th	54–45 (.545)	0–0 (–)	0	2	1	0
Ole Miss	Chris Beard	Texas	2nd	20–12 (.625)	7–11 (.389)	0	5	1	0
Mississippi State	Chris Jans	New Mexico State	3rd	42–27 (.609)	8–10 (.444)	0	5	0	0
Missouri	Dennis Gates	Cleveland State	3rd	33–34 (.493)	11–25 (.306)	0	2	0	0
South Carolina	Lamont Paris	Chattanooga	3rd	37–29 (.561)	17–19 (.472)	0	2	0	0
Tennessee	Rick Barnes	Texas	10th	202–101 (.667)	100–60 (.625)	2	28	1	0
Texas	Rodney Terry	UTEP	3rd	43–21 (.672)	0–0 (–)	0	3	0	0
Texas A&M	Buzz Williams	Virginia Tech	6th	97–62 (.610)	45–37 (.549)	0	10	0	0
Vanderbilt	Mark Byington	James Madison	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	1	0	0

Notes:

• SEC records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2023–24 season.
• NCAA tournament appearances, NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools.

Awards and honors

SEC Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the SEC offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.

Week	Player of the Week	School	Freshman of the Week	School	Ref.
November 11, 2024

Totals per school

School	Total
Alabama	0
Arkansas	0
Auburn	0
Florida	0
Georgia	0
Kentucky	0
LSU	0
Oklahoma	0
Ole Miss	0
Mississippi State	0
Missouri	0
South Carolina	0
Tennessee	0
Texas	0
Texas A&M	0
Vanderbilt	0

2024–25 Season statistic leaders

Source:

Scoring leaders

Rk	Player	PTS	PPG
1
2
3
4
5

Rebound leaders

Rk	Player	REB	RPG
1
2
3
4
5

Field goal leaders (avg 5 fga/gm)

Rk	Player	FG	FGA	PCT
1
2
3
4
5

Assist leaders

Rk	Player	AST	APG
1
2
3
4
5

Block leaders

Rk	Player	BLK	BPG
1
2
3
4
5

Free throw leaders

Rk	Player	FT	FTA	PCT
1
2
3
4
5

Steal leaders

Rk	Player	STL	SPG
1
2
3
4
5

Three point leaders

Rk	Player	3P	3PA	%
1
2
3
4
5

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Game 13	Game 14	Game 15	Game 16	Game 17	Game 18	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	15,383	13,474†	13,474†	13,474†																40,422	13,474
Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena	19,368	19,200†	19,200†	19,200†																57,600	19,200	99.03%
Auburn	Neville Arena	9,121	9,121†	9,121†	9,121†																27,363	9,121	100.00%
Florida	O'Connell Center	11,255	8,381†	7,857	8,005																24,243	8,081
Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum	10,523	6,193†	5,405	5,757	5,775															23,130	5,783
Kentucky	Rupp Arena	20,545	19,635	20,048†	19,314																58,997	19,666
LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center	13,215	8,043†	7,247	6,442																21,732	7,244
Missouri	Mizzou Arena	15,061	11,044†	8,912	8,889																28,845	9,615
Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum	9,100	9,125†	8,726	8,744																26,595	8,865
Oklahoma Sooners	Lloyd Noble Center	10,967	4,886	4,742	4,922†																14,550	4,850
Ole Miss	SJB Pavilion	9,500	7,982†	7,314	4,033																19,329	6,443
South Carolina	Colonial Life Arena	18,000	12,388†	12,205	11,577																36,170	12,057
Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena	21,678	17,813†	16,916	17,232																51,961	17,320
Texas	Moody Center	10,763	10,993†	10,662	10,457																32,112	10,704
Texas A&M	Reed Arena	12,989	8,673	7,195	11,658†																27,526	9,175
Vanderbilt	Memorial Gymnasium	14,316	5,011	5,700	5,945†	5,249															21,905	5,476
Total		13,823

old – At or exceed capacity
†Season high