2014–15 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2014–15 SEC Men's Basketball Season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 14
TV partner(s) CBS, ESPN, SEC Network
NBA Draft
Top draft pick Karl-Anthony Towns
Picked by Minnesota Timberwolves
Regular Season
2015 SEC Champion Kentucky
Season MVP Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Tournament
Champions Kentucky
  Runners-up Arkansas
Finals MVP Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
2014–15 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Kentucky † 18 – 0   1.000     38 – 1   .974
#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.

Pre-season

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

Pre-season All-SEC teams

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

Rankings

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Vanderbilt AP
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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 – 1–00–21–01–02–01–00–10–11–01–10–10–22–0
vs. Arkansas 0–1 – 0–11–00–11–01–00–20–21–10–21–10–10–1
vs. Auburn 2–01–0 – 1–01–11–01–11–01–11–00–11–02–01–0
vs. Florida 0–10–10–1 – 1–02–02–00–11–02–00–10–11–11–1
vs. Georgia 0–11–01–10–1 – 2–01–00–10–10–22–00–10–10–2
vs. Kentucky 0–20–10–10–20–2 – 0–10–10–20–10–20–10–10–1
vs. LSU 0–10–11–10–20–11–0 – 1–01–00–20–11–12–00–1
vs. Mississippi State 1–02–00–11–01–01–00–1 – 0–21–01–01–11–01–1
vs. Missouri 1–02–01–10–11–02–00–12–0 – 1–01–01–02–01–0
vs. Ole Miss 0–11–10–10–22–01–02–00–20–1 – 0–10–10–11–0
vs. South Carolina 1–12–01–01–00–22–01–00–10–11–0 – 1–11–01–0
vs. Tennessee 1–01–10–11–01–01–01–11–10–11–01–1 – 1–01–1
vs. Texas A&M 2–01–00–21–11–01–00–20–10–21–00–10–1 – 0–1
vs. Vanderbilt 0–21–00–11–12–01–01–01–10–10–10–11–11–0 –
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

  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
                                               
8  Florida 69  
9  Alabama 61  
  1  Kentucky 64
  8  Florida 49  
  1  Kentucky 91  
  13  Auburn 67  
12  Mississippi State 68  
13  Auburn 74  
  5  Texas A&M 59  
  13  Auburn 66  
  4  LSU 70
  13  Auburn 73OT  
1  Kentucky 78
2  Arkansas 63
7  Vanderbilt 61  
10  Tennessee 67  
  2  Arkansas 80
  10  Tennessee 72  
  2  Arkansas 60
  3  Georgia 49  
11  South Carolina 63  
14  Missouri 54  
  6  Ole Miss 58  
  11  South Carolina 60  
  3  Georgia 74
  11  South Carolina 62  

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

Second Team

 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

2015 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[2]
Award Recipient(s)
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
2015 SEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[2]
First Team Second Team All-Freshman Team All-Defensive Team
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

  1. 1 2 "Media picks Kentucky to win 2015 SEC Men's Basketball Championship" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  2. 1 2 2015 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 10, 2015

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