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1976-77 Men's Southeastern Conference Season Summary

Record: 162-113, .589 W-L% (4th of 23) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 9.78 (2nd of 23)

SOS: 7.24 (1st of 23)

Regular Season Champion: Kentucky and Tennessee

Player of the Year: Bernard King, Ernie Grunfeld

Coach of the Year: John Lotz, Ray Mears

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Kentucky and Tennessee)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Kentucky	16	2	.889	26	4	.867	83.6	69.0	23.3	7.7	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
1	Tennessee	16	2	.889	22	6	.786	85.7	78.7	15.0	8.0	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
3	Alabama	14	4	.778	25	6	.806	82.5	75.5	14.2	7.4
4	Florida	10	8	.556	17	9	.654	81.1	76.2	11.8	6.8
5	Louisiana State	8	10	.444	15	12	.556	80.1	79.2	6.5	6.0
6	Mississippi State	6	12	.333	14	13	.519	80.1	74.6	10.0	8.2
6	Auburn	6	12	.333	13	13	.500	80.5	75.1	10.6	6.1
6	Vanderbilt	6	12	.333	10	16	.385	70.5	75.8	3.3	8.2
9	Mississippi	5	13	.278	11	16	.407	74.3	76.7	2.3	6.4
10	Georgia	3	15	.167	9	18	.333	71.7	77.6	0.8	7.5

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	13	13	10	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	8	7	4	8	12	12	11
Mississippi State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ole Miss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	16	15	15	-	19	-	-	-	14	7	11	11	14	7	11	7	15
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	6	5	4	3	7	6	3	2	6	6	3	3	2	2	2	6	3
Florida	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Kentucky	30	26	4	.867	16	2	12	2	11	1				33.6	67.2	.501					16.4	23.2	.704		41.6	17.1			16.0	14.4	83.6	69.0	23.26	7.69
2	Tennessee	28	22	6	.786	16	2	14	1	7	2				35.1	65.7	.535					15.4	20.8	.741		40.1	18.8				18.5	85.7	78.7	15.00	8.03
3	Alabama	31	25	6	.806	14	4	12	2	9	2				32.2	68.1	.473					18.1	25.8	.701		41.8	13.8			14.8	20.0	82.5	75.5	14.25	7.44
4	Florida	26	17	9	.654	10	8	8	4	7	5				32.0	62.1	.515					17.1	24.5	.698		38.5						81.1	76.2	11.79	6.79
5	LSU	27	15	12	.556	8	10	11	5	4	7				31.6	69.6	.454					16.9	24.3	.696		45.5	19.3				23.6	80.1	79.2	6.53	6.01
6	Auburn	26	13	13	.500	6	12	7	6	5	6				33.2	68.9	.481					14.2	19.6	.723		44.3	13.7				19.9	80.5	75.1	10.64	6.14
7	Mississippi State	27	14	13	.519	6	12	8	4	2	9				31.6	69.7	.454					16.8	24.3	.691		45.9	17.7				22.6	80.1	74.6	9.97	8.22
8	Vanderbilt	26	10	16	.385	6	12	9	6	1	10				28.3	63.6	.445					13.9	19.3	.723		36.2	10.0				20.5	70.5	75.8	3.28	8.20
9	Ole Miss	27	11	16	.407	5	13	6	4	1	12				30.7	66.1	.464					12.9	19.8	.650		39.2	17.3				22.5	74.3	76.7	2.28	6.36
10	Georgia	27	9	18	.333	3	15	5	7	2	9				30.0	64.1	.468					11.7	19.1	.614		36.9	12.8				20.6	71.7	77.6	0.83	7.51

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.