SEC, 1995-1996 -------------- EASTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. ALL Pct. Kentucky 16-0 1.000 34-2 .944 NCAA #1 seed 6-0 National Champions Georgia 9-7 .563 21-10 .677 NCAA #8 seed 2-1 Sweet Sixteen South Carolina 8-8 .500 19-12 .613 NIT 2-1 Vanderbilt 7-9 .538 18-14 .563 NIT 1-1 Tennessee 6-10 .375 14-15 .483 NIT 0-1 Florida 6-10 .375 12-16 .429 WESTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. ALL Pct. Mississippi St 10-6 .625 26-8 .765 NCAA #5 seed 4-1 Final Four Arkansas 9-7 .563 20-13 .606 NCAA #12 seed 2-1 Sweet Sixteen Alabama 9-7 .563 19-13 .594 NIT 3-2 Fourth place Auburn 6-10 .375 19-13 .594 NIT 0-1 Mississippi 6-10 .375 12-15 .444 LSU 4-12 .250 12-17 .414 SEC TOURNAMENT (New Orleans, LA) ----------------------------------- First Round March 7 E5 Florida 75, W4 Mississippi 62 W5 Auburn 68, E4 Vanderbilt 65 E3 South Carolina 85, E6 LSU 76 E6 Tennessee 77, W3 Alabama 65 Quarterfinals March 8 E1 Kentucky 100, E5 Florida 76 W1 Mississippi St 69, W5 Auburn 58 W2 Arkansas 80, E3 South Carolina 58 E2 Georgia 74, E6 Tennessee 63 Semifinals March 9 E1 Kentucky 95, W2 Arkansas 75 W1 Mississippi St 86, E2 Georgia 68 Championship March 10 W1 Mississippi St 84, E1 Kentucky 73 NCAA TOURNAMENT --------------- Round Of 64 ----------- (1 ) Kentucky 110, (16) San Jose St 72 (5 ) Mississippi St 58, (12) VCU 51 (8 ) Georgia 81, (9 ) Clemson 74 (12) Arkansas 86, (5 ) Penn St 80 Round of 32 ------------ (1 ) Kentucky 84, (9 ) Virginia Tech 60 (5 ) Mississippi St 63, (13) Princeton 41 (8 ) Georgia 76, (1 ) Purdue 69 (12) Arkansas 65, (4 ) Marquette 56 Sweet 16 --------- (1 ) Kentucky 101, (4 ) Utah 79 (5 ) Mississippi St 60, (1 ) Connecticut 55 (4 ) Syracuse 83, (8 ) Georgia 81 ot (1 ) Massachusetts 79, (12) Arkansas 63 Elite 8 ------- (1 ) Kentucky 83, (2 ) Wake Forest 63 (5 ) Mississippi St 73, (2 ) Cincinnati 63 National Semifinals ------------------- (1 ) Kentucky 81, (1 ) Massachusetts 74 (4 ) Syracuse 77, (5 ) Mississippi St 69 National Championship --------------------- (1 ) Kentucky 76, (4 ) Syracuse 67 NIT Tournament -------------- *Alabama 72, Illinois 69 *Alabama 72, Missouri 49 Alabama 68, *South Carolina 67 St Joseph's 74, Alabama 69 ot Tulane 87, Alabama 76 Tulane 87, *Auburn 73 ot *South Carolina 100, Davidson 73 *South Carolina 80, Vanderbilt 70 Alabama 68, *South Carolina 67 College of Charleston 55, *Tennessee 49 *Vanderbilt 86, Ark-LR 80 *South Carolina 80, Vanderbilt 70 CONFERENCE AWARDS ----------------- Player Of The Year: Tony Delk, Kentucky (AP, coaches) Coach Of The Year: Rick Pitino, Kentucky (AP, coaches) All-SEC Teams ------------- AP Coaches ------------------------ Roy Rogers, Ala 1st 1st Tony Delk, Ken 1st 1st Antoine Walker, Ken 1st 1st Ronnie Henderson, LSU 1st 1st Erick Dampier, MSU 1st 1st Darryl Wilson, MSU 2nd 1st Dametri Hill, Fla 2nd 2nd Steve Hamer, Tenn 2nd 2nd Frank Seckar, Van 2nd 2nd Eric Washington, Ala 2nd 3rd Walter McCarty, Ken 3rd 2nd Larry Davis, USC 3rd 2nd Wes Flanigan, Aub 3rd 3rd Katu Davis, Geo 3rd 3rd Shandon Anderson, Geo 3rd --- Lance Weems, Aub --- 3rd Melvin Watson, USC --- 3rd All-Freshman Team ------------------ Kareem Reid, Arkansas Ron Mercer, Kentucky Keith Carter, Mississippi B.J. McKie, S. Carolina Brandon Wharton, Tennessee All Tournament Team: -------------------- F-Dontae' Jones, MSU [MVP] [leading scorer: 64 points] F-Walter McCarty, Kent F-Antoine Walker, Kent G-Darryl Wilson, MSU C-Steve Hamer, Tenn