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
Regular Season
2015 SEC Champions	Kentucky
Season MVP	Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Tournament
Champions	Kentucky
Runners-up	Arkansas
Finals MVP	Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
Basketball seasons
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Kentucky †	18	–	0		1.000			38	–	1		.974
No. 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.

Preseason[]

	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

Preseason All-SEC teams[]

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

• 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

		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
	C
Arkansas	AP	RV	RV	25	18	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	19	RV	RV	RV	24	18	18	18	21	21
	C	RV	RV	RV	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	19	RV	25	RV	23	17	16	18	20	20	20
Auburn	AP
	C
Florida	AP	7	8	18	RV			RV	RV
	C	7	7	16	24	RV	RV	RV
Georgia	AP											RV	RV	RV
	C												RV
Kentucky	AP	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	C	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
LSU	AP	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV					RV	RV
	C		RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV
Mississippi State	AP
	C
Missouri	AP
	C
Ole Miss	AP													RV
	C														RV		RV	RV
South Carolina	AP									RV
	C									RV
Tennessee	AP											RV
	C
Texas A&M	AP												RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C												RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Vanderbilt	AP
	C

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	–	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0
vs. Arkansas	0–1	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Auburn	2–0	1–0	–	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
vs. Florida	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Georgia	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	–	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–2
vs. Kentucky	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	–	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. LSU	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1
vs. Mississippi State	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
vs. Missouri	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
vs. Ole Miss	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. South Carolina	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	–	1–1	1–0	1–0
vs. Tennessee	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	1–1
vs. Texas A&M	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–1
vs. Vanderbilt	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	–
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[]

• March 11–15, 2015 Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

	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	#1 Kentucky	64
											8	Florida	49
																1	#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	#1 Kentucky	78
																					2	#21 Arkansas	63
						7	Vanderbilt	61
						10	Tennessee	67
											2	#21 Arkansas	80
											10	Tennessee	72
																2	#21 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.

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[]

External links[]

• SEC website