2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season


The 2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2020 and will end in March, after which 14 member teams will participate in the 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Preseason

Kentucky was predicted to win the 2020 SEC championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Florida's Kerry Blackshear was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Blackshear, Edwards, Hagans, Tyree and Perry were each All-SEC First Team selections.

Media Day Selections

first place votes

Preseason All-SEC teams

Media
Kerry Blackshear Jr. Florida
Anthony Edwards Georgia
Ashton Hagans Kentucky
Breein Tyree Ole Miss
Reggie Perry Mississippi State

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
AlabamaNate OatsBuffalo10–0 0–0 000
ArkansasEric MusselmanNevada10–0 0–0 000
AuburnBruce PearlTennessee6100–72 40–50 210
FloridaMike WhiteLouisiana Tech589–53 43–29 300
GeorgiaTom CreanIndiana211–21 2–16 000
KentuckyJohn CalipariMemphis11305–71 136–38 941
LSUWill WadeVCU343–20 23–12 100
Mississippi StateBen HowlandUCLA578–56 32–40 100
MissouriCuonzo MartinCalifornia335–30 15–21 100
Ole MissKermit DavisMiddle Tennessee220–13 10–8 100
South CarolinaFrank MartinKansas State8129–106 56–70 110
TennesseeRick BarnesTexas588–50 42–30 200
Texas A&MBuzz WilliamsVirginia Tech10–0 0–0 000
VanderbiltJerry StackhouseMemphis Grizzlies 10–0 0–0 000

Rankings

Conference matrix

Postseason

SEC Tournament

All-SEC Awards

Coaches

AP