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2017-18 SEC Mens Basketball Projections

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4h4 hours ago

Texas A&M is the first team to reach the Sweet 16 after starting 0-5 in conference play since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 h/t @EliasSports
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Michael Carvell
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SEC basketball power rankings: Conference teams wrapped up in madness


Quote14. Ole Miss

6. Arkansas

    Record: 23-12, 10-8

1. Kentucky

    Record: 26-10, 10-8
    Ranking last week: 3
    Take: While South seeds are falling faster than the pollen in SEC country...
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Sheldon Mickles
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8h8 hours ago

FINAL SCORE FROM SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah 95, #LSU 71.

LSU finishes 18-15, Utah improves to 21-11 and will advance to the NIT quarterfinals on Wednesday night against the St. Mary's-Washington winner.
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NIT:  ESPN  8P CDT

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Mississippi State visits Louisville Tuesday night.
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QuoteWildcats will play Kansas State in the Sweet 16 and then if they advance, they'll have to face either Loyola-Chicago or Nevada in a regional final next weekend.

This year's South Region is the first time in a region that none of the top four seeds advanced to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

Another thing to remember?

Kentucky has won its last five games without Jarred Vanderbilt, who has been sidelined with an ankle injury.

4. TJ Starks has answered the bell

Point guard play has been the million dollar question all season long with the Aggies and this hard-nosed freshman is doing more than just filling the role.

Through two NCAA Tournament games, the left-handed floor general is averaging 18.0 points and 6.5 assists, giving Billy Kennedy's squad another bonafide option to go along with four high level starters in Admon Gilder, D.J. Hogg, Robert Williams, and Tyler Davis.

Billy Kennedy initially expected J.J. Caldwell to be Texas A&M's point guard this season, but off the court issues led to his dismissal. Marquette grad transfer Duane Wilson competed his tail off at the spot before going down with a season-ending injury halfway through the year.

Those two events opened the door for Starks and he's answered it with flying colors.

There's absolutely no way this team is headed to the Sweet 16 without him.
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NIT @ Louisville: State 79. Louisville 56
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Mississippi State takes on Penn State in the NIT Semifinals at 9PM ET on ESPN & the ESPN app.

This marks the Bulldogs' second NIT semifinals appearance. In 2007, they lost to West Virginia on Darris Nichols' buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

The Nittany Lions won the NIT title in 2009.


Penn State routed Mississippi State 75-60 in the National Invitation Tournament semifinals Tuesday night

QuoteMississippi State (25-12) wasn't able to get within 20 until there was 7:56 left in the game. Abdul Ado's dunk made it 65-47, but that was the closest the fourth-seeded Bulldogs got before the waning moments.

Mississippi State was led by Tyson Carter's 19 points off the bench. Ado had 13 points and seven rebounds.

State: With just one senior on the roster, the Bulldogs will return most of their team and have something positive to build off as they try to move up the rankings in the rugged SEC next season.

UP NEXT

Penn State: Will try to win the second NIT championship in school history. Utah (23-11) beat Western Kentucky 69-64 in the first semifinal.

Mississippi State: Starts preparing for a promising 2018-19 season.

The end of the 2017-18 SEC Basketball season
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Jerry Tipton
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21h21 hours ago

UK at No. 17 in final USA Today coaches' poll. Three other SEC teams in top 25: Tennessee No. 16, Auburn No. 23, Texas A&M No. 24. Florida among teams receiving votes.
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Best Dunk, Worst Tournament Loss, Strangest Game and the rest of our 2017-18 end-of-season awards https://on.si.com/2qP3hFG


QuoteGame of the Year: Florida 111, Gonzaga 106 (2OT)

This matchup at the PK80 Invitational in Portland didn't offer the high stakes of March hoops or an optimal tip-off time on the Feast Week calendar. What it did offer is two then top 20 teams waging a double-overtime thriller the night after Thanksgiving that involved 11 ties, 17 lead changes, a 39-point effort from a player on the losing side (Gonzaga's Johnathan Williams) and a 35-point effort from a player on the winning side (Florida's Jalen Hudson). Anyone who stayed up into the wee hours for the end of this one saw Bulldogs guard Silas Melson force the second extra session on a driving layup with less than two seconds left overtime No. 1, only to watch as Hudson and Chris Chiozza put the Gators in front for good in double OT with a trio of three-pointers over a 70-second span.

Strangest Individual Season: Michael Porter Jr., Missouri

Porter Jr. opened the season as a preseason All-America, possible NPOY threat and projected lottery pick for a Missouri team with a revamped roster, a new head coach and realistic hopes of making noise at the top of the SEC. He ended it with no individual accolades to speak of, a 1–2 team record in games he appeared in and less than an hour of film for NBA front office types to pore over. A back injury sidelined Porter Jr. for most of his freshman campaign, save a two-minute cameo in the Tigers' Nov. 10 opener against Iowa State, a 23-minute stint in the SEC tournament against Georgia and a 28-minute outing in their first-round tourney loss to No. 9 seed Florida State. Porter Jr. declared for the draft late last month after logging only 53 minutes, 30 points and 20 rebounds in his college career.
Strangest Individual Season: Michael Porter Jr., Missouri

Strangest Game: Alabama vs. Minnesota, Nov. 25

This low-key neutral-site matchup at Barclays Center the Saturday after Thanksgiving turned into a mesmerizing battle that stretched the definition of "undermanned" in a basketball context. A brawl resulted in the ejection of Alabama's whole bench, and the Crimson Tide were reduced to three available players for the final 10 minutes of the second half after one player (sophomore guard Dazon Ingram) fouled out and another (freshman guard John Petty) suffered an ankle injury. Rather than folding in the face of a daunting personnel disadvantage, the Crimson Tide cut into Minnesota's 11-point lead to make it a one-possession game with under two minutes remaining. Despite getting 40 points on 12-of-22 shooting, six rebounds and five assists from stud freshman point guard Collin Sexton, Alabama ultimately came up short in its valiant comeback attempt, losing 89–84.

Best High-Major Conference: Big 12
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