2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2010–11 SEC Men's Basketball Season
2010–11 SEC Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS, ESPN, FSN
Regular Season
2011 SEC Champions	Florida
Division Champions	Florida (East); Alabama (West)
Season MVP	Chandler Parsons, Florida
Tournament
Champions	Kentucky
Runners-up	Florida
Finals MVP	Darius Miller, Kentucky
Basketball seasons
	← 09–10 11–12 →

2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 15 Florida	13	–	3	.813	29	–	8	.784
No. 11 Kentucky †	10	–	6	.625	29	–	9	.763
No. 25 Vanderbilt	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	19	–	15	.559
South Carolina	5	–	11	.313	14	–	16	.467
West
Alabama	12	–	4	.750	25	–	12	.676
Mississippi State	9	–	7	.563	17	–	14	.548
Ole Miss	7	–	9	.438	20	–	14	.588
Arkansas	7	–	9	.438	18	–	13	.581
Auburn	4	–	12	.250	11	–	20	.355
LSU	3	–	13	.188	11	–	21	.344

† 2011 SEC tournament winner As of April 2, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010–11 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 16, 2010 and ended with the SEC Tournament on March 10–13, 2011 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The regular-season champion of the league and its East Division was Florida, with Alabama winning the West Division crown. Kentucky won the tournament crown and went on to make the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.

This was the last season for the SEC's two-division alignment in men's basketball. The league's head coaches voted at the league's annual meeting on June 1, 2011 to eliminate the divisional format, starting with the 2011–12 season.^[1]

Pre-season polls and teams

Pre-Season Poll:

	SEC Media^[2]
	SEC East
1.	Florida
2.	Kentucky
3.	Georgia
4.	Tennessee
5.	Vanderbilt
6.	South Carolina
	SEC West
1.	Mississippi State
2.	Ole Miss
3.	Alabama
4.	Arkansas
5.	LSU
6.	Auburn

Pre-Season All-SEC Teams

SEC Media^[3]	SEC Coaches^[4]
Brandon Knight Kentucky Travis Leslie Georgia Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt Trey Thompkins Georgia Chris WarrenOle Miss	Dee Bost Mississippi State JaMychal Green Alabama Scotty Hopson Tennessee Travis Leslie Georgia Chandler Parsons Florida Marshawn Powell Arkansas Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt Trey Thompkins Georgia Chris WarrenOle Miss

SEC 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
Alabama	AP														RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Alabama	C														RV			RV	RV	–
Arkansas	AP
Arkansas	C
Auburn	AP
Auburn	C
Florida	AP	9	9	16	18	RV	RV	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	17	14	13	14	12	15
Florida	C	11	10	14	16	24	24	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	23	19	15	13	14	12	–
Georgia	AP	RV	RV	RV							24	RV	RV
Georgia	C	RV	RV	RV							RV	RV	RV
Kentucky	AP	11	12	8	10	17	17	13	11	10	13	12	14	10	18	22	22	20	15	11
Kentucky	C	10	13	9	11	16	16	14	12	11	15	12	16	11	18	22	22	23	16
LSU	AP
LSU	C
Mississippi State	AP	RV	RV	RV
Mississippi State	C	RV	RV	RV
Ole Miss	AP
Ole Miss	C
South Carolina	AP
South Carolina	C
Tennessee	AP	23	24	24	13	11	7	19	RV	RV					RV
Tennessee	C	20	23	24	17	13	7	18	RV	RV
Vanderbilt	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	22	RV	RV	19	23	23	18	18	21	RV	25
Vanderbilt	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	24	24	24	18	18	20	24	–

Attendance

Rk	Team	Arena	Capacity	Gms.	Avg. Att.	% Full	Total Att.
1	Kentucky	Rupp Arena	23,500	15	23,603	100.4%	354,046
2	Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena	21,678	18	18,952	87.4%	341,130
3	Vanderbilt	Memorial Gymnasium	14,316	17	13,802	96.4%	234,632
4	Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena	19,368	19	11,884	61.4%	225,794
5	Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	15,316	16	11,757	76.8%	188,119
6	South Carolina	Colonial Life Arena	18,000	17	10,427	57.9%	177,254
7	Florida	O'Connell Center	12,000	17	10,186	84.9%	173,158
8	Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum	10,523	16	8,250	78.4%	131,998
9	LSU	Maravich Assembly Center	13,472	18	7,153	53.1%	128,749
10	Ole Miss	Tad Smith Coliseum	9,061	17	6,360	70.2%	108,120
11	Auburn	Auburn Arena	9,121	20	6,324	69.3%	126,483
12	Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum	10,500	17	5,710	54.4%	97,069
		TOTALS	177,334	207	11,200	75.8%	2,286,552

Post season

NCAA tournament

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four
2	Southeast	Florida	W, 79–51 vs. #15 UC Santa Barbara – 3/17, Tampa, Florida	W, 73–65 vs. #7 UCLA	W, 83–74 (OT) vs. #3 BYU – 3/24, New Orleans	L, 71–74 (OT) vs. #8 Butler
4	East	Kentucky	W, 59–57 vs. #13 Princeton – 3/17, Tampa, Florida	W, 71–63 vs. #5 West Virginia	W, 62–60 vs. #1 Ohio State – 3/25, Newark, New Jersey	W, 76–69 vs. #4 North Carolina	L, 55–56 vs. #3 Connecticut – 4/2, Houston
5	Southwest	Vanderbilt	L, 66–69 vs. #12 Richmond – 3/17, Denver
9	West	Tennessee	L, 45–75 vs. #8 Michigan – 3/18, Charlotte, North Carolina
10	East	Georgia	L, 65–68 vs. #7 Washington – 3/18, Charlotte, North Carolina

National Invitation Tournament

# of Bids	Record	Win %	R2	R3	SF	CG
2	4–2	.667	1	1	1	1

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Alabama	At-large	1	W 68–44 vs. 8 Coastal Carolina W 74-67 vs. 4 New Mexico W 79–64 vs. 2 Miami (FL) W 62–61 vs. 1 Colorado L 57-68 4 Wichita State
Ole Miss	At-large	5	L 74–77 vs. 4 California

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All SEC teams and awards

The following individuals received postseason honors after having been chosen by the SEC coaches:

Award	Recipient(s)
2011 SEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[5]
Player of the Year	Chandler Parsons, FLORIDA
Coach of the Year	Billy Donovan, FLORIDA
Defensive Player of the Year	Sam Muldrow, F., SOUTH CAROLINA
Rookie of the Year	Terrence Jones, C., KENTUCKY
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Riley Benock, G., MISSISSIPPI STATE
Sixth Man Award	Brian Williams, C., TENNESSEE

First Team	Second Team	All-Defensive Team	All-Rookie Team
2011 All-SEC Men's Basketball Teams^[6]
JaMychal Green, F., ALABAMA Chandler Parsons†, F., FLORIDA Trey Thompkins, F., GEORGIA Terrence Jones, F., KENTUCKY Brandon Knight, F., KENTUCKY Chris Warren†, G., OLE MISS Scotty Hopson, G., TENNESSEE John Jenkins†, G., VANDERBILT	Tony Mitchell, F., ALABAMA Rotnei Clarke, G., ARKANSAS Kenny Boynton, G., FLORIDA Erving Walker, G., FLORIDA Travis Leslie, F., GEORGIA Dee Bost, G., MISS STATE Tobias Harris, F., TENNESSEE Festus Ezeli, C., VANDERBILT Jeffery Taylor, F., VANDERBILT	Delvon Johnson, F., ARKANSAS DeAndre Liggins, G., KENTUCKY Reginald Bucker, F., OLE MISS Sam Muldrow, F., SOUTH CAROLINA Jeffery Taylor, F., VANDERBILT	Trevor Releford, G., ALABAMA Patric Young, F., FLORIDA Terrence Jones, F., KENTUCKY Brandon Knight, G., KENTUCKY Doron Lamb, G., KENTUCKY Ralston Turner, G., LSU Bruce Ellington, G.,SOUTH CAROLINA Tobias Harris, F.,TENNESSEE
† - denotes unanimous selection