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2008-09 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
Record: 242-158, .605 W-L% (5th of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 8.35 (6th of 32) ▪ SOS: 4.56 (6th of 32)
Regular Season Champion: South Carolina (East), Tennessee (East) and Louisiana State (West)
Tournament Champion: Mississippi State
NCAA Tournament: 3 (Louisiana State, Mississippi State and Tennessee)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Florida and Tennessee)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Louisiana State)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | East | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Tennessee* R | 10 | 6 | .625 | 21 | 13 | .618 | 78.4 | 72.5 | 13.6 | 7.7 |
| 2 | South Carolina R | 10 | 6 | .625 | 21 | 10 | .677 | 78.0 | 73.5 | 8.8 | 4.2 |
| 3 | Florida | 9 | 7 | .563 | 25 | 11 | .694 | 76.6 | 67.6 | 12.8 | 3.9 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 8 | 8 | .500 | 22 | 14 | .611 | 74.1 | 66.3 | 12.7 | 4.8 |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 8 | .500 | 19 | 12 | .613 | 70.1 | 65.7 | 8.2 | 3.8 |
| 6 | Georgia | 3 | 13 | .188 | 12 | 20 | .375 | 64.8 | 72.1 | -1.8 | 5.5 |
| Rk | West | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Louisiana State* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 27 | 8 | .771 | 74.8 | 66.2 | 11.9 | 3.3 |
| 2 | Auburn | 10 | 6 | .625 | 24 | 12 | .667 | 72.7 | 66.3 | 9.9 | 3.6 |
| 3 | Mississippi State* T | 9 | 7 | .563 | 23 | 13 | .639 | 73.6 | 69.1 | 9.1 | 4.6 |
| 4 | Alabama | 7 | 9 | .438 | 18 | 14 | .563 | 72.8 | 71.3 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Mississippi | 7 | 9 | .438 | 16 | 15 | .516 | 72.7 | 72.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 2 | 14 | .125 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 73.8 | 73.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/17 | 11/24 | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | 3/9 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State | 23 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Florida | 19 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 24 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 24 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Louisiana State won (75-71) versus Butler (South Regional)
Mississippi State lost (71-58) versus Washington (West Regional)
Tennessee lost (77-75) versus Oklahoma State (East Regional)
Second Round
Louisiana State lost (84-70) versus North Carolina (South Regional)
Conference Leaders
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