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1965-66 Men's Southeastern Conference Season Summary

Record: 159-124, .562 W-L% (4th of 18) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 1.05 (7th of 18)

SOS: 1.20 (7th of 18)

Regular Season Champion: Kentucky

Player of the Year: Pat Riley, Clyde Lee

Coach of the Year: Adolph Rupp

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Kentucky)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Vanderbilt)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Kentucky and Vanderbilt)

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	15	1	.938	27	2	.931	86.9	69.9	20.2	3.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF
2	Vanderbilt	13	3	.813	22	4	.846	85.3	77.3	13.6	2.1
3	Tennessee	10	6	.625	18	8	.692	73.9	57.7	13.5	1.3
3	Mississippi State	10	6	.625	14	11	.560	74.6	73.1	-0.9	-0.4
5	Alabama	9	7	.563	16	10	.615	74.2	72.2	-2.1	-0.4
5	Florida	9	7	.563	16	10	.615	71.3	66.9	4.9	1.0
7	Auburn	8	8	.500	16	10	.615	75.9	72.5	3.4	1.1
8	Georgia	5	11	.313	10	15	.400	70.3	74.5	-1.8	3.4
8	Tulane	5	11	.313	9	16	.360	69.8	78.2	-9.4	1.4
10	Louisiana State	2	14	.125	6	20	.231	74.8	84.3	-8.9	0.5
10	Mississippi	2	14	.125	5	18	.217	68.7	85.7	-21.1	-0.2

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	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	Final
Tulane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mississippi State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ole Miss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanderbilt	5	4	5	4	2	3	3	5	4	3	5	5	5	5	8
Kentucky	-	-	-	10	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
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	29	27	2	.931	15	1	13	0	10	1				35.1	71.7	.489					16.7	22.3	.748		47.2	10.1				18.6	86.9	69.9	20.19	3.26
2	Vanderbilt	26	22	4	.846	13	3	11	2	8	2				33.0	71.0	.465					19.3	26.0	.742		43.6					16.6	85.3	77.3	13.60	2.12
3	Mississippi State	25	14	11	.560	10	6	6	2	4	6				29.6	67.5	.438					15.5	21.8	.713		46.8					18.7	74.6	73.1	-0.88	-0.43
4	Tennessee	26	18	8	.692	10	6	10	1	5	6				29.0	67.5	.429					16.0	22.4	.715		48.3					15.5	73.9	57.7	13.54	1.32
5	Alabama	26	16	10	.615	9	7	6	2	3	4				28.0	63.8	.438					18.2	26.9	.677		46.6					18.5	74.2	72.2	-2.10	-0.44
6	Florida	26	16	10	.615	9	7	8	4	7	5				26.2	64.4	.407					18.9	28.9	.654		51.6					20.0	71.3	66.9	4.92	1.04
7	Auburn	26	16	10	.615	8	8	5	4	5	3				28.8	61.8	.466					18.3	23.1	.792		41.7					21.7	75.9	72.5	3.44	1.15
8	Georgia	25	10	15	.400	5	11	7	5	2	10				27.2	55.6	.488					16.0	22.7	.704		37.3					15.8	70.3	74.5	-1.81	3.40
9	Tulane	25	9	16	.360	5	11	4	5	1	11				27.8	69.3	.401					14.2	21.8	.651		46.1					20.5	69.8	78.2	-9.43	1.44
10	LSU	26	6	20	.231	2	14	3	7	3	11				28.5	66.9	.427					17.7	25.2	.702		42.9					20.6	74.8	84.3	-8.89	0.54
11	Ole Miss	23	5	18	.217	2	14	2	7	0	10				25.7	71.5	.359					17.4	26.7	.652		43.8					21.5	68.7	85.7	-21.08	-0.23

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