The 2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the

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, which started on November 3, 2024. Conference play began on January 4, 2025, and ended in March, after which the 16 member teams participated in the

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. Tournament champion

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received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament, where they would go on to win the tournament following a 65–63 win over

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in the national championship game. This was the first season with 16 members of the conference as

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and

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joined the conference before the start of the 2024–25. The league set a record for most schools sent to the NCAA tournament, with 14 out of the league's 16 members granted bids to the tournament.

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 2024 SEC media days in

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on October 15 & 16, 2024 on the

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

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(HC),

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 ...

& Latrell Wrightsell Jr. * Arkansas –

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), Johnell Davis & Adou Thiero * 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 ...

& Denver Jones * 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), Walter Clayton Jr. & Alijah Martin * Georgia – Mike White (HC), Silas Demary Jr. & RJ Godfrey * Kentucky –

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(HC),

Lamont Butler Lamont Butler Jr. (born June 9, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the San Diego State Aztecs, whom he led to a berth in the 2023 Final Four. E ...

Jaxson Robinson Jaxson Robinson (born December 3, 2002) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, Kentucky Wildcats, Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball, Texas A&M Aggies, Arkansas Razorbacks men's ba ...

* LSU – Matt McMahon (HC), Cam Carter & Jalen Reed * Oklahoma –

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(HC), Sam Godwin & Jalon Moore * Ole Miss –

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(HC), Jaylen Murray & Sean Pedulla * Mississippi State –

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(HC), Josh Hubbard & Cameron Matthews * Missouri –

Dennis Gates Dennis Gates (born January 14, 1980) is an American college basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Missouri Tigers men's basketball team. Playing career Gates played college basketball at California Golden Bears men's ba ...

(HC), Mark Mitchell & Tony Perkins * South Carolina –

Lamont Paris Lamont Paris (born November 11, 1974) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at South Carolina. Playing career Paris played high school basketball at Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio. He the ...

(HC), Collin Murray-Boyles & Nick Pringl * Tennessee –

Rick Barnes Richard Barnes (born July 17, 1954) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Tennessee. He is also known for coaching at the University of Texas from 1998 to 2015, taking the team to the NCAA ...

(HC), Jahmai Mashack & Zakai Zeigler * Texas –

Rodney Terry Rodney Eric Terry (born March 27, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball head coach at the University of Texas at Austin. Early life and education Born in Angleton, Texas, Terry graduated ...

(HC), Tre Johnson & Kadin Shedrick * Texas A&M –

Buzz Williams Brent Langdon "Buzz" Williams (born September 1, 1972) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach at the University of Maryland. He previously served as head coach at Texas A&M from 2019 to 2025, Virginia Tech from 2014 to 2019, Marq ...

(HC), Anderson Garcia & Hayden Hefner * Vanderbilt –

Mark Byington Mark Byington (born April 22, 1976) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head men's basketball coach at Vanderbilt University. He previously served as the head basketball coach at James Madison University. High ...

(HC), AJ Hoggard & Tyler Nickel Source:

SEC Preseason All-Conference

;First Team ;Second Team ;Third Team

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 184–24 in non-conference play for the 2024–25 season. Records shown for regular season only. Regular season ''Thru December 31, 2024''

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 Feb. 19, 2025''

Points scored

''Thru Feb. 19, 2025''

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Postseason

SEC Tournament

The conference tournament was played from March 12−16, 2025 at

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. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. * – denotes overtime Source:

NCAA Tournament

NIT

The following teams from the conference that will be selected to participate: LSU and South Carolina were invited to the NIT, but both schools declined the invite.

CBC

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

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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

All-Americans

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team. ''Sources:''
Associated Press All-America Team
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National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America Team
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All-District

The

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(USBWA) named the following from the SEC to their All-District Teams: ;District IV All-District Team ;District IV Player of the Year All-District Team The

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(NABC) named the following from the SEC to their All-District Teams: ;District 20

SEC season awards

Source:

Scholar Athlete of the year

SEC All-Tournament Team

SEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player

2024–25 Season statistic leaders

Source: ''Thru March 3, 2025''

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Home game attendance

old – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

References

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