2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season


The 2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 15, 2011 and ended with the SEC Tournament on March 8–11, 2012 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans.
This was the first season for the SEC's one-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.

Pre-season polls and teams

Pre-Season Poll:
SEC Media
1.Kentucky
2.Vanderbilt
3.Florida
4.Alabama
5.Mississippi State
6.Arkansas
7.Ole Miss
8.Georgia
9.LSU
10.Auburn
11.Tennessee
12.South Carolina

Pre-Season All-SEC Teams
SEC MediaSEC Coaches
Dee Bost Mississippi State
JaMychal Green Alabama
John Jenkins Vanderbilt
Terrence Jones Kentucky
Jeffery Taylor Vanderbilt

Conference schedules

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. indicates games remaining this season.

Postseason

SEC Tournament

NCAA Tournament

SeedRegionSchoolFirst FourSecond RoundThird RoundSweet 16Elite EightFinal FourChampionship
1SouthKentucky #16 WKU - W, 81–66#8 Iowa State - W, 87–71#4 Indiana - W, 102–90#3 Baylor - W, 82–70#4 Louisville – W, 69-61#2 Kansas - W, 67-59
7WestFlorida #10 Virginia – W, 71-45#15 Norfolk State – W, 84-50#3 Marquette - W, 68-58#4 Louisville - L, 68-72
5EastVanderbilt #12 Harvard – W, 79–70#4 Wisconsin – L, 57-60
9MidwestAlabama #8 Creighton – L, 57-58

National Invitation Tournament

# of BidsRecordWin %R2R3SFCG
41–4.2001000

Other tournaments

[2012 NBA Draft]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamSchool/club team
11PFNew Orleans HornetsKentucky
12SFCharlotte BobcatsKentucky
13SGWashington WizardsFlorida
118PFHouston RocketsKentucky
123SGAtlanta HawksVanderbilt
127PFMiami HeatMississippi St.
129PGChicago BullsKentucky
130CGolden State WarriorsVanderbilt
231SFCharlotte BobcatsVanderbilt
242SGMilwaukee BucksKentucky
245CPhiladelphia 76ersLSU
246SFNew Orleans HornetsKentucky

Awards and honors

Player-of-the-Week

All-Americans

Starting on March 6, the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans were released for 2011–12 season, based upon selections by the four major syndicates. The four syndicates include the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, and Sporting News
AP

First Team
Third Team
USBWA

First Team
Second Team
NABC

First Team
Third Team
Sporting News

First Team
Second Team
Voting was by conference coaches:

All-Academic

First Team:
Second Team:

USBWA All-District team

On March 6, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2011–12 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the SEC representatives selected within their respective regions.
District IV