Record: 227-138, .622 W-L% (2nd of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 11.76 (2nd of 32) ▪ SOS: 7.28 (2nd of 32)
Regular Season Champion: Kentucky (East) and Mississippi State (West)
Tournament Champion: Kentucky
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Vanderbilt)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Florida and Kentucky)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Kentucky, Mississippi State and South Carolina)
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | East | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Kentucky* RT | 13 | 3 | .813 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 73.9 | 63.6 | 18.8 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Florida* | 9 | 7 | .563 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 76.4 | 69.3 | 16.3 | 9.2 |
| 3 | South Carolina* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 23 | 11 | .676 | 70.1 | 62.6 | 12.8 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 23 | 10 | .697 | 73.2 | 65.0 | 15.7 | 7.6 |
| 5 | Georgia | 7 | 9 | .438 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 66.5 | 65.7 | 8.9 | 8.2 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 7 | 9 | .438 | 15 | 14 | .517 | 71.1 | 70.9 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Rk | West | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Mississippi State* R | 14 | 2 | .875 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 77.3 | 66.6 | 16.8 | 6.1 |
| 2 | Louisiana State | 8 | 8 | .500 | 18 | 11 | .621 | 66.3 | 63.8 | 9.1 | 6.6 |
| 3 | Alabama* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 20 | 13 | .606 | 72.1 | 68.0 | 14.3 | 10.2 |
| 4 | Auburn | 5 | 11 | .313 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 70.0 | 65.6 | 10.3 | 5.9 |
| 5 | Mississippi | 5 | 11 | .313 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 63.2 | 65.4 | 4.2 | 6.4 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 4 | 12 | .250 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 68.9 | 68.6 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| School | Pre | 11/25 | 12/2 | 12/9 | 12/16 | 12/23 | 12/31 | 1/6 | 1/13 | 1/20 | 1/27 | 2/3 | 2/10 | 2/17 | 2/24 | 3/2 | 3/9 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| Mississippi State | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| South Carolina | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Florida | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 22 | |||||
| Louisiana State | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 25 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 |
First Round
Alabama won (65-64) versus Southern Illinois (Phoenix Regional)
Florida lost (75-60) versus Manhattan (East Rutherford Regional)
Kentucky won (96-76) versus Florida A&M (St. Louis Regional)
Mississippi State won (85-52) versus Monmouth (Atlanta Regional)
South Carolina lost (59-43) versus Memphis (East Rutherford Regional)
Vanderbilt won (71-58) versus Western Michigan (Phoenix Regional)
Second Round
Alabama won (70-67) versus Stanford (Phoenix Regional)
Kentucky lost (76-75) versus Alabama-Birmingham (St. Louis Regional)
Mississippi State lost (89-74) versus Xavier (Atlanta Regional)
Vanderbilt won (75-73) versus North Carolina State (Phoenix Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Alabama won (80-71) versus Syracuse (Phoenix Regional)
Vanderbilt lost (73-53) versus Connecticut (Phoenix Regional)
Regional Final
Alabama lost (87-71) versus Connecticut (Phoenix Regional)