Record: 210-148, .587 W-L% (6th of 34) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 11.98 (4th of 34) ▪ SOS: 8.17 (4th of 34)
Regular Season Champion: Kentucky (East), Arkansas (West) and Mississippi State (West)
Tournament Champion: Kentucky
NCAA Tournament: 5 (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi State)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Kentucky)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi State)
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | East | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Kentucky* RT | 14 | 2 | .875 | 28 | 5 | .848 | 87.7 | 69.0 | 28.3 | 9.6 |
| 2 | Georgia | 9 | 7 | .563 | 18 | 10 | .643 | 77.7 | 69.4 | 14.2 | 6.0 |
| 3 | Florida* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 72.6 | 68.6 | 15.3 | 11.3 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 10 | .375 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 73.0 | 70.4 | 10.9 | 8.3 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 5 | 11 | .313 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 66.9 | 72.7 | 2.7 | 8.5 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 4 | 12 | .250 | 11 | 16 | .407 | 60.2 | 63.3 | 5.5 | 8.6 |
| Rk | West | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Arkansas* RF | 12 | 4 | .750 | 32 | 7 | .821 | 86.7 | 80.3 | 16.8 | 10.5 |
| 2 | Mississippi State* R | 12 | 4 | .750 | 22 | 8 | .733 | 73.4 | 64.6 | 17.3 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Alabama* | 10 | 6 | .625 | 23 | 10 | .697 | 73.0 | 64.1 | 15.5 | 6.6 |
| 4 | Auburn | 7 | 9 | .438 | 16 | 13 | .552 | 76.1 | 73.9 | 9.2 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Louisiana State | 6 | 10 | .375 | 12 | 15 | .444 | 79.7 | 81.1 | 6.0 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Mississippi | 3 | 13 | .188 | 8 | 19 | .296 | 69.6 | 73.0 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
| School | Pre | 11/21 | 11/28 | 12/5 | 12/12 | 12/19 | 12/26 | 1/2 | 1/9 | 1/16 | 1/23 | 1/30 | 2/6 | 2/13 | 2/20 | 2/27 | 3/6 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Mississippi State | 21 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | 18 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
| Florida | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 25 |
First Round
Alabama won (91-85) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)
Arkansas won (79-78) versus Texas Southern (Midwest Regional)
Florida lost (64-61) versus Iowa State (Southeast Regional)
Kentucky won (113-67) versus Mount St. Mary's (Southeast Regional)
Mississippi State won (75-67) versus Santa Clara (West Regional)
Second Round
Alabama lost (66-52) versus Oklahoma State (East Regional)
Arkansas won (96-94) versus Syracuse (Midwest Regional)
Kentucky won (82-60) versus Tulane (Southeast Regional)
Mississippi State won (78-64) versus Utah (West Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Arkansas won (96-91) versus Memphis (Midwest Regional)
Kentucky won (97-73) versus Arizona State (Southeast Regional)
Mississippi State lost (86-67) versus UCLA (West Regional)
Regional Final
Arkansas won (68-61) versus Virginia (Midwest Regional)
Kentucky lost (74-61) versus North Carolina (Southeast Regional)
National Semifinal
Arkansas won (75-68) versus North Carolina