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1956-57 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

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Record: 168-120, .583 W-L% (5th of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Kentucky

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Kentucky)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 2 (Alabama and Kentucky)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Kentucky, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 Kentucky* R 12 2 .857 23 5 .821
2 Vanderbilt  10 4 .714 17 5 .773
3 Georgia Tech  9 5 .643 18 8 .692
3 Mississippi State  9 5 .643 17 8 .680
3 Tulane  9 5 .643 15 9 .625
6 Auburn  8 6 .571 13 8 .619
7 Alabama  7 7 .500 15 11 .577
8 Florida  6 8 .429 14 10 .583
9 Tennessee  5 9 .357 13 9 .591
10 Mississippi  4 10 .286 9 12 .429
10 Georgia  4 10 .286 8 16 .333
12 Louisiana State  1 13 .071 6 19 .240

AP Poll Summary

School 12/11 12/18 12/26 1/2 1/8 1/15 1/22 1/29 2/5 2/12 2/19 2/26 3/5 Final
Kentucky 3 7 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vanderbilt     12 9 6 10 13   18 18 10 9 9 8
Mississippi State                     19 20 18 15
Alabama 9 17                        
Tennessee     12 12 16                  
Tulane     16       18 14            

NCAA Tournament

Regional Semifinal
Kentucky won (98-92) versus Pittsburgh (Mideast Regional)

Regional Final
Kentucky lost (80-68) versus Michigan State (Mideast Regional)