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

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. 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

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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

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on October 18 & 19, 2023 on the

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. The teams and representatives in respective order are as follows: * Alabama –

Nate Oats Nathanael Justin Oats (born October 13, 1974) is an American basketball coach, currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Alabama. Prior to Alabama, he was the head coach at the University at Buffalo. Education and playing ca ...

(HC),

Aaron Estrada Aaron S. Estrada (born February 3, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Saint Peter's Peacocks, Oregon Ducks, Hofstra Pride and Alabama Crimson Tid ...

Mark Sears Mark Christopher Sears (born February 19, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Wisconsin Herd. He played college basketball for the ...

* Arkansas –

Eric Musselman Eric Musselman (born November 19, 1964) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Southern California. He is the former head coach at the University of Arkansas, University of Nevada, Reno, the ...

(HC),

Trevon Brazile Trevon Brazile (born January 7, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the Missouri Tigers. Early life and high school career Brazile was born in S ...

& Davonte Davis * Auburn –

Bruce Pearl Bruce Alan Pearl (born March 18, 1960) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, where he is the school's all time leader in wins. He previously served in the same position ...

(HC),

Johni Broome Johni Broome (; born July 19, 2002) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Morehead State Eagles and the Auburn Tigers. High school career Broome attended Plant City High School in Plant City, Florida and grew abou ...

& Jaylin Williams * Florida –

Todd Golden Todd Raymond Golden (born July 7, 1985) is an Israeli-American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Florida Gators men's basketball team. In the 2024–25 season, Golden led the Gators to a 36–4 record and the nationa ...

(HC), Will Richard & Tyrese Samuel * Georgia – Mike White (HC), Justin Hill & Noah Thomasson * Kentucky –

John Calipari John Vincent Calipari (; born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach at the Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball, University of Arkansas. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times (1996, 2 ...

(HC), Trey Mitchell & Antonio Reeves * LSU – Matt McMahon (HC), Derek Fountain & Jordan Wright * Ole Miss –

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(HC), Allen Flanigan & Matthew Murrell * Mississippi State –

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(HC), Cameron Matthews &

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* Missouri –

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(HC), Noah Carter & Nick Honor * South Carolina –

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(HC), Ta'Lon Cooper & Meechie Johnson * Tennessee –

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(HC), Santiago Vescovi & Zakai Zeigler * Texas A&M –

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(HC), Tyrece Radford & Wade Taylor * Vanderbilt –

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(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, ESPNU, and the SEC 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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(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:

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Home game attendance

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

References

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