The 2023–24 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the

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, which started November 6, 2023. Conference began on January 6, 2024, and will end in March, after which 14 member teams will participate in the 2024 SEC men's basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament. This will be the final season with 14 members of the conference as Texas and

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will join the conference before the start of the 2024–25

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Preseason All-American teams

Preseason polls

SEC media days

The SEC conducted its 2023 SEC media days in Birmingham, Alabama on October 18 & 19, 2023 on the SEC Network. The teams and representatives in respective order are as follows: * Alabama –

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(HC),

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& Mark Sears * Arkansas – Eric Musselman (HC),

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& Davonte Davis * Auburn – Bruce Pearl (HC),

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* Florida – Todd Golden (HC), Will Richard & Tyrese Samuel * Georgia – Mike White (HC), Justin Hill &

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* Kentucky –

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(HC),

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& Antonio Reeves * LSU –

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(HC), Derek Fountain & Jordan Wright * Ole Miss –

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(HC),

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& Matthew Murrell * Mississippi State – Chris Jans (HC), Cameron Matthews & Tolu Smith * Missouri – Dennis Gates (HC), Noah Carter & Nick Honor * South Carolina –

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(HC), Ta'Lon Cooper & Meechie Johnson * Tennessee – Rick Barnes (HC), Santiago Vescovi & Zakai Zeigler * Texas A&M – Buzz Williams (HC),

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& Wade Taylor * Vanderbilt – Jerry Stackhouse (HC), Tyrin Lawrence & Ezra Manion Source:

SEC Preseason All-Conference

;First Team ;Second Team ;Honorable Mention

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Regular season

The schedule was released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular-season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, FOX and FS1, CBS Sports, and the Pac-12 Network.

Multi-team tournaments

ACC–SEC Challenge

''Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking''

Records vs other conferences

The SEC has a record of 136–46 in non-conference play for the 2023–24 season. Records shown for regular season only. Regular season

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game): ''† denotes neutral site game''

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. ''Thru Mar. 6, 2024''

Points scored

''Through Mar. 6, 2024''

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Postseason

SEC Tournament

NCAA Tournament

NIT

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

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, Memphis , 15th , 387–113 () , 186–60 () , 6 , 11 , 3 , 1 , - ! style= width=75, LSU ,

, Murray State , 2nd , 14–19 () , 2–16 () , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , - ! style= width=75, Ole Miss ,

, Texas , 1st , 0–0 () , 0–0 () , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , - ! style= width=110, Mississippi State , Chris Jans , New Mexico State , 2nd , 21–13 () , 8–10 () , 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 , - ! style= width=85, Missouri , Dennis Gates ,

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, 2nd , 25–10 () , 11–7 () , 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 , - ! style= width=110, South Carolina ,

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, 2nd , 11–21 () , 4–14 () , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , - ! style= width=100, Tennessee , Rick Barnes , Texas , 9th , 173–92 () , 86–56 () , 1 , 5 , 1 , 0 , - ! style= width=95, Texas A&M , Buzz Williams , Virginia Tech , 5th , 76–47 () , 36–28 () , 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 , - ! style= width=100, Vanderbilt , Jerry Stackhouse , Memphis Grizzlies (assistant) , 5th , 61–69 () , 24–46 () , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , - ''Notes:'' * SEC records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 season. * NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only. * NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools.

Awards and honors

SEC Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the SEC offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.

Totals per school

2023–24 Season statistic leaders

Source:

Home game attendance

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

References

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