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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.[1]

Pre-season polls and teams

Pre-Season Poll:

Pre-Season All-SEC Teams

Rankings

Conference schedules

Composite matrix

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

Postseason

SEC tournament

NCAA tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Other tournaments

2012 NBA draft

The following 1st & 2nd team All-SEC performers were listed as seniors: Dee Bost, Jeffery Taylor, JaMychal Green, Erving Walker, Terrance Henry. The deadline for entering the NBA draft is April 29, but once one has declared, the deadline for withdrawing the declaration and retaining NCAA eligibility is April 10.[4] The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3.[5]
The following SEC underclassmen have sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects:
The following SEC underclassmen declared early for the 2011 draft: Renardo Sidney,[6] Justin Hamilton[7] Arnett Moultrie,[8] B. J. Young,[8] John Jenkins,[9] Bradley Beal,[10] Anthony Davis,[11] Michael Kidd-Gilchrist,[11] Marquis Teague,[11] Terrence Jones[11] and Doron Lamb[11]
The following SEC underclassmen entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college: B. J. Young[12]

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

All-SEC awards and teams

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. (Note bold represents player of the year within that district)[14]

District IV (KY, TN, MS, AL, GA, FL)

References

  1. ^ "Destin Recap: Day Two" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  2. ^ Media Tabs Florida As SEC Men’s Hoops Champion
  3. ^ "Southeastern Conference".
  4. ^ Snyder, Mark (March 21, 2012). "Michigan's Trey Burke inquiring about NBA draft status". USA Today. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  5. ^ Baumgardner, Nick (March 22, 2012). "Michigan point guard Trey Burke 'has nothing to lose' by seeking advisory committee's opinion, NBA draft analyst says". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "Renardo Sidney declares for NBA". ESPN. March 26, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "Justin Hamilton to enter draft". ESPN. April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Underclassmen: To go or not to go?". ESPN. April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  9. ^ "Vandy's John Jenkins to hire agent". ESPN. April 10, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  10. ^ DiRocco, Michael (April 13, 2012). "Gators' Bradley Beal one and done". ESPN. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  11. ^ a b c d e "UK's starting five opts for draft". ESPN. April 17, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  12. ^ Norlander, Matt. "2012 NBA Draft early entry watch list". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  13. ^ a b 2012 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 6, 2012
  14. ^ "USBWA Names 2011-12 Men's All-District Teams". U.S. Basketball Writers Association. March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.