2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season


The 2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2017 and concluded in March, after which 14 member teams participated in the 2017 SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, with the tournament champion guaranteed a selection to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

Preseason

Media Day Selections

first place votes

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media
Moses Kingsley Arkansas
J. J. Frazier Georgia
Edrice Adebayo Kentucky
De'Aaron Fox Kentucky
Tyler Davis Texas A&M

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.
TeamHead coachPrevious jobSeason at schoolOverall recordSEC recordNCAA TournamentsNCAA Final FoursNCAA Championships
AlabamaAvery JohnsonBrooklyn Nets2nd18–158–10000
ArkansasMike AndersonMissouri6th102–5458–40100
AuburnBruce PearlTennessee3rd26–409–27000
FloridaMike WhiteLouisiana Tech2nd21–159–9000
GeorgiaMark FoxNevada8th125–10261–59200
KentuckyJohn CalipariMemphis8th217–4795–25641
LSUJohnny JonesNorth Texas5th80–5140–32100
Mississippi StateBen HowlandUCLA2nd14–177–11000
MissouriKim AndersonCentral Missouri3rd19–446–30000
Ole MissAndy KennedyCincinnati11th212–12688–80200
South CarolinaFrank MartinKansas State5th89–6532–48000
TennesseeRick BarnesTexas2nd15–196–12000
Texas A&MBilly KennedyMurray State6th99–7039–34100
VanderbiltBryce DrewValparaiso1st0–00–0000

Rankings

SEC Regular Season

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMiss. StateMissouriOle MissS. CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&MVanderbilt
vs. Alabama–1–02–01–01–11–00–20–20–20–10–11–01–00–1
vs. Arkansas0–1–0–12–00–11–00–21–01–10–10–10–10–21–1
vs. Auburn0–21–0–1–02–01–00–20–10–20–20–11–01–01–0
vs. Florida0–10–20–1–0–21–10–10–10–10–11–10–10–12–0
vs. Georgia1–11–00–22–0–2–00–10–10–10–11–00–11–00–1
vs. Kentucky0–10–10–11–10–2–0–10–10–10–10–11–10–20–2
vs. LSU2–02–02–01–01–01–0–2–00–11–01–00–12–01–0
vs. Miss. State2–00–11–01–01–01–00–2–0–12–01–00–10–11–0
vs. Missouri2–01–12–01–01–01–01–01–0–2–01–01–02–00–1
vs. Ole Miss1–01–00–21–01–01–00–10–20–2–1–11–11–00–1
vs. South Carolina1–01–00–11–10–11–00–10–10–11–1–0–20–11–0
vs. Tennessee0–11–00–11–01–01–11–01–00–11–12–0–0–11–1
vs. Texas A&M0–12–00–11–00–12–00–21–02–00–11–01–0–2–0
vs. Vanderbilt1–01–10–10–21–02–00–10–11–01–00–11–10–2–
Total10–812–67–1114–49–916–22–166–122–1610–812–68–108–1010–8

Post season

SEC Tournament

SeedRegionSchoolFirst FourSecond RoundThird RoundSweet 16Elite EightFinal Four
2SouthKentucky #15 Northern Kentucky W 79–70 – #10 Wichita State W 65–62 – #3 UCLA W 86-75 – #1 North Carolina L 73-75 –
4EastFlorida #13 East Tennessee State W 80–65 – #5 Virginia W 65–39 – #8 Wisconsin W 84-83 – #7 South Carolina L 70-77 –
7EastSouth Carolina #10 Marquette W 93–73 – #2 Duke W 88–81 – #3 Baylor W 70-50 – #4 Florida W 77-70 – #1 Gonzaga L 73-77 –
8SouthArkansas #9 Seton Hall W 77–71 – #1 North Carolina L 65–72 –
9WestVanderbilt #8 Northwestern L 66–68 –

National Invitation Tournament

College Basketball Invitational

Honors and awards

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the SEC offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.
WeekPlayer of the weekFreshman of the week
November 14, 2016Duop Reath, LSUDe'Aaron Fox, UK
November 21, 2016Sebastian Saiz, MISSMalik Monk, UK
November 28, 2016Sindarius Thornwell, SCRobert Williams, A&M
December 5, 2016P. J. Dozier, SCDe'Aaron Fox, UK
December 12, 2016Tyler Davis, A&MJordan Bowden, UT
December 19, 2016Malik Monk, UKDe'Aaron Fox, UK
December 26, 2016Detrick Mostella, UTJared Harper, AUB
January 2, 2017Yante Maten, UGAMalik Monk, UK
January 2, 2017Isaiah Briscoe, UKMalik Monk, UK
January 9, 2017KeVaughn Allen, UFDe'Aaron Fox, UK
January 16, 2017Quinndary Weatherspoon, MSUMalik Monk, UK
January 23, 2017Terence Davis, MISSAustin Wiley, AUB
January 30, 2017Robert Hubbs III, UTBraxton Key, BAMA
February 6, 2017Chris Chiozza, UFJared Harper, AUB
February 13, 2017Sindarius Thornwell, SCGrant Williams, UT
February 13, 2017Sindarius Thornwell, SCRobert Williams, A&M
February 20, 2017Daryl Macon, ARKRobert Williams, A&M
February 27, 2017J. J. Frazier, UGAEdrice Adebayo, UK
March 6, 2017Luke Kornet, VANBam Adebayo, UK

All-SEC Awards

Coaches

AP

SEC Tournament Awards

All-Americans

Honorable Mention

To be announced after the SEC Tournament.

All-Academic

First Team:
Second Team:

NBA Draft