2020–21 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

The 2020–21 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in November 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 25. Conference play started in late December and will end in March, after which 14 member teams will participate in the 2021 SEC tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2021 NCAA tournament.[1]

2020–21 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, SEC Network
Regular Season
Regular Season ChampionsAlabama
Tournament ChampionsAlabama
  Runners-upLSU
Tournament
2020–21 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Alabama†16–2 .88926–7  .788
No. 10 Arkansas13–4 .76525–7  .781
LSU11–6 .64719–10  .655
Tennessee10–7 .58818–9  .667
Florida9–7 .56315–10  .600
Ole Miss10–8 .55616–12  .571
Missouri8–8 .50016–10  .615
Kentucky8–9 .4719–16  .360
Mississippi State8–10 .44418–15  .545
Georgia7–11 .38914–12  .538
Auburn*7–11 .38913–14  .481
South Carolina4–12 .2506–15  .286
Texas A&M2–8 .2008–10  .444
Vanderbilt3–13 .1889–16  .360
† 2021 SEC tournament winner
* Ineligible for postseason due to self-imposed postseason ban.

The season was initially slated to begin on November 10, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prematurely ended the previous season and continues to affect the current one.

Preseason

Tennessee was predicted to win the 2021 SEC championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Florida's Keyontae Johnson was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year.[1]

Media Day selections
Media poll
1Tennessee
2Kentucky
3LSU
4Florida
5Alabama
6Arkansas
7Auburn
8South Carolina
9Ole Miss
10Missouri
11Texas A&M
12Mississippi State
13Georgia
14Vanderbilt

Preseason All-SEC teams
Media
Keyontae Johnson, Florida
John Petty Jr., Alabama
BJ Boston, Kentucky
Trendon Watford, LSU
John Fulkerson, Tennessee

Head coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Season at school Overall record SEC record NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Alabama Nate Oats Buffalo 2 16–15 (.516) 8–10 (.444) 0 0 0
Arkansas Eric Musselman Nevada 2 20–12 (.625) 7–11 (.389) 0 0 0
Auburn Bruce Pearl Tennessee 7 125–78 (.616) 52–56 (.481) 2 1 0
Florida Mike White Louisiana Tech 6 108–65 (.624) 54–36 (.600) 3 0 0
Georgia Tom Crean Indiana 3 27–37 (.422) 7–29 (.194) 0 0 0
Kentucky John Calipari Memphis 12 330–77 (.811) 151–41 (.786) 9 4 1
LSU Will Wade VCU 4 64–30 (.681) 35–18 (.660) 1 0 0
Mississippi State Ben Howland UCLA 6 98–67 (.594) 43–47 (.478) 1 0 0
Missouri Cuonzo Martin California 4 50–46 (.521) 22–32 (.407) 1 0 0
Ole Miss Kermit Davis Middle Tennessee 3 35–30 (.538) 16–20 (.444) 1 0 0
South Carolina Frank Martin Kansas State 9 147–119 (.553) 66–78 (.458) 1 1 0
Tennessee Rick Barnes Texas 6 105–64 (.621) 51–39 (.567) 2 0 0
Texas A&M Buzz Williams Virginia Tech 2 16–14 (.533) 10–8 (.556) 0 0 0
Vanderbilt Jerry Stackhouse Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) 2 11–21 (.344) 3–15 (.167) 0 0 0

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 –1–10–20–10–20–20–20–21–00–10–10–10–00–1
vs. Arkansas 1–1–0–20–10–10–11–10–11–10–10–11–00–10–1
vs. Auburn 2–02–0–1–01–11–11–00–10–12–00–10–11–00–1
vs. Florida 1–01–00–1–0–21–10–11–01–00–11–01–10–00–2
vs. Georgia 2–01–01–12–0–0–11–11–00–10–22–01–00–00–1
vs. Kentucky 2–01–01–11–11–0–0–10–11–01–00–11–10–00–2
vs. LSU 2–01–10–11–01–11–0–0–10–10–10–10–10–20–1
vs. Miss. State 2–01–01–00–10–11–01–0–0–11–10–21–01–11–1
vs. Missouri 0–11–11–00–11–00–11–01–0–2–00–21–10–10–0
vs. Ole Miss 1–01–00–21–02–00–11–01–10–2–0–10–10–11–1
vs. South Carolina 1–01–01–00–10–21–01–02–02–01–0–1–00–11–0
vs. Tennessee 1–00–11–01–10–11–11–00–11–11–00–1–0–10–2
vs. Texas A&M 0–01–00–10–00–00–02–01–11–01–01–01–0–0–0
vs. Vanderbilt 1–01–01–02–01–02–01–01–10–01–10–12–00–0–
Total 16–213–47–119–77–118–911–68–108–810–84–1210–72–83–13

References
  1. "Media picks Vols to win 2021 SEC Men's Basketball title". secsports.com. November 12, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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