2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	ESPN, SEC Network
Regular season
SEC tournament
SEC men's basketball seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Florida	0	–	0	–	12	–	0	1.000
No. 12 Oklahoma	0	–	0	–	12	–	0	1.000
No. 1 Tennessee	0	–	0	–	12	–	0	1.000
No. 2 Auburn	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
Georgia	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 19 Mississippi State	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 16 Ole Miss	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 5 Alabama	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
No. 23 Arkansas	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
No. 10 Kentucky	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
LSU	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
Missouri	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
Texas	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
No. 13 Texas A&M	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
South Carolina	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750

† 2025 SEC tournament winner As of December 23, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which started on November 3, 2024. Conference play will begin on January 4, 2024, and will end in March, after which the 16 member teams will participate in the 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

This is the first season with 16 members of the conference as Texas and Oklahoma joined the conference before the start of the 2024–25.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	Rivals^[2]	On3 Recruits^[3]	247 Sports^[4]	Signees
Alabama	No. 3	No. 3	No. 2	4
Arkansas	No. 5	No. 2	No. 3	3
Auburn	No. 24	No. 15	No. 31	2
Florida	No. 64	–	–	2
Georgia	No. 10	No. 12	No. 10	4
LSU	No. 13	No. 13	No. 14	4
Kentucky	No. 51	No. 44	No. 45	2
Missouri	No. 6	No. 14	No. 5	5
Mississippi State	No. 70	–	No. 47	2
Oklahoma	No. 30	No. 41	No. 25	3
Ole Miss	No. 75	No. 45	–	1
South Carolina	No. 44	No. 46	–	2
Tennessee	No. 73	No. 43	–	1
Texas	No. 16	No. 26	No. 17	2
Texas A&M	No. 57	No. 39	No. 30	2
Vanderbilt	No. 82	–	–	2

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden^[5]	Naismith^[6]	Cousy^[7]	West^[8]	Erving^[9]	Malone^[10]	Abdul-Jabbar^[11]	Olson

Preseason All-American teams

Player	AP	CB	Fox Sports

Preseason polls

Alabama	No. 2	No. 1	No. 2	–	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 1	No. 1
	AP^[12]	Blue Ribbon^[13]	CBS Sports	Coaches	ESPN^[14]	Fox Sports^[15]	KenPom	NCAA Sports^[16]	Sports Illustrated^[17]
Arkansas	No. 16	No. 15	No. 13	–	No. 14	No. 13	No. 25	No. 13	No. 21
Auburn	No. 11	No. 12	No. 10	–	No. 11	No. 15	No. 3	No. 15	No. 10
Florida	No. 21	No. 18	No. 22	–	No. 21	–	No. 28	No. 20	No. 18
Georgia	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 67	–	–
Kentucky	No. 23	No. 19	–	–	No. 23	No. 22	No. 42	No. 14	No. 23
LSU	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 51	–	–
Missouri	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 53	–	–
Mississippi State	RV	–	–	–	–	–	No. 32	–	–
Oklahoma	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 40	–	–
Ole Miss	No. 24	–	–	–	No. 20	No. 24	No. 47	No. 33	No. 17
South Carolina	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 65	–	–
Tennessee	No. 12	No. 11	No. 14	–	No. 13	No. 11	No. 13	No. 12	No. 12
Texas	No. 19	No. 24	No. 20	–	No. 22	–	No. 18	No. 27	–
Texas A&M	No. 13	No. 9	No. 11	–	No. 12	No. 20	No. 16	No. 22	No. 24
Vanderbilt	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 96	–	–

SEC media days

The SEC conducted its 2024 SEC media days in Birmingham, Alabama on October 15 & 16, 2024 on the SEC Network.^[18]

The teams and representatives in respective order are as follows:

Alabama – Nate Oats (HC), Mark Sears & Latrell Wrightsell Jr.
Arkansas – John Calipari (HC), Johnell Davis & Adou Thiero
Auburn – Bruce Pearl (HC), Johni Broome & Denver Jones
Florida – Todd Golden (HC), Walter Clayton Jr. & Alijah Martin
Georgia – Mike White (HC), Silas Demary Jr. & RJ Godfrey
Kentucky – Mark Pope (HC), Lamont Butler & Jaxson Robinson
LSU – Matt McMahon (HC), Cam Carter & Jalen Reed
Oklahoma – Porter Moser (HC), Sam Godwin & Jalon Moore
Ole Miss – Chris Beard (HC), Jaylen Murray & Sean Pedulla
Mississippi State – Chris Jans (HC), Josh Hubbard & Cameron Matthews
Missouri – Dennis Gates (HC), Mark Mitchell & Tony Perkins
South Carolina – Lamont Paris (HC), Collin Murray-Boyles & Nick Pringl
Tennessee – Rick Barnes (HC), Jahmai Mashack & Zakai Zeigler
Texas – Rodney Terry (HC), Tre Johnson & Kadin Shedrick
Texas A&M – Buzz Williams (HC), Anderson Garcia & Hayden Hefner
Vanderbilt – Mark Byington (HC), AJ Hoggard & Tyler Nickel

Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
Place	Team
1.	Alabama
2.	Auburn
3.	Tennessee
4.	Arkansas
5.	Texas A&M
6.	Florida
7.	Texas
8.	Kentucky
9.	Ole Miss
10.	Mississippi State
11.	South Carolina
12.	Georgia
13.	Missouri
14.	LSU
15.	Oklahoma
16.	Vanderbilt

Source:^[19]

SEC Preseason All-Conference

First Team^[20]

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Johni Broome	Auburn	F	Sr.	6′ 10″, 240	Plant City, FL
Walter Clayton Jr.	Florida	G	Sr.	6′ 3″, 195	Lake Wales, FL
Mark Sears	Alabama	G	Gr	6′ 5″, 205	Muscle Shoals, AL
Wade Taylor IV	Texas A&M	G	Sr.	6′ 0″, 175	Dallas, TX
Zakai Zeigler	Tennessee	G	Sr.	5′ 9″, 171	Long Island, NY

Second Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Jonas Aidoo	Arkansas	F	Gr	6′ 11″, 240	Durham, NC
Johnell Davis	Arkansas	G	Gr	6′ 4″, 205	Gary, IN
Josh Hubbard	Mississippi State	G	So.	5′ 11″, 190	Madison, MS
Matthew Murrell	Ole Miss	G	Sr.	6′ 4″, 205	Memphis, TN
Grant Nelson	Alabama	F	Sr.	6′ 1″, 230	Devils Lake, ND

Third Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Collin Murray-Boyles	South Carolina	F	So.	6′ 8″, 245	Columbia, S.C.
Alex Condon	Florida	C	So.	6′ 11″, 230	Perth, Australia
Tramon Mark	Texas	G	Gr	6′ 5″, 200	Dickinson, TX
Chad Baker-Mazara	Auburn	F	Jr.	6′ 5″, 180	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Jaxson Robinson	Kentucky	G		6′ 6″, 192	Ada, OK

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden	Naismith	Naismith DPOY	Robertson	Cousy	West	Erving	Malone	Abdul-Jabbar	Olson

Regular season

The schedule was released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular-season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and the SEC Network.

Multi-team tournaments

Team^[21]	Tournament	Finish
Alabama	Players Era Festival	2nd
Arkansas	−	−
Auburn	Maui Invitational	1st
Florida	ESPN Events Invitational	1st
Georgia	−	−
Kentucky	−	−
LSU	Greenbrier Tip-Off	3rd
Missouri	−	−
Mississippi State	Arizona Tip-Off	2nd
Oklahoma	Battle 4 Atlantis	1st
Ole Miss	Rady Children's Invitational	2nd
South Carolina	Fort Myers Tip-Off	3rd
Tennessee	Bahamas Championship	1st
Texas	Legends Classic	1st
Texas A&M	Players Era Festival	5th
Vanderbilt	Charleston Classic	2nd

ACC–SEC Challenge

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Dec. 3	South Carolina	Boston College	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ACC–SEC Challenge	73–51	1–0
	Notre Dame	Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, Georgia		48–69	2–0
	California	Missouri	Mizzou Arena • Columbia, Missouri		93–98	3–0
	Arkansas	Miami (FL)	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida		76–73	4–0
	Syracuse	No.3 Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena • Knoxville, Tennessee		70–96	5–0
	Wake Forest	No. 22 Texas A&M	Reed Arena • College Station, Texas		44–57	6–0
	Florida State	LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center • Baton Rouge, Louisiana		75–85	7–0
	Georgia Tech	No. 21 Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, Oklahoma		61–76	8–0
	No. 23 Ole Miss	Louisville	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky		86–63	9–0
	No. 4 Kentucky	Clemson	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina		66–70	9–1
Dec. 4	Alabama	North Carolina	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina		94–79	10–1
	Virginia	Florida	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, Florida		87–69	11–1
	Auburn	Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina		78–84	11–2
	Texas	NC State	Lenovo Center • Raleigh, North Carolina		63–59	12–2
	Pittsburgh	Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum • Starkville, Mississippi		90–57	13–2
	Vanderbilt	Virginia Tech	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia		80–64	14–2

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

Records vs other conferences

The SEC has a record of 54–7 in non-conference play for the 2024–25 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Regular season


Power 5 Conferences
Conference	Record
ACC	15–1
Big East	0–0
Big Ten	1–3
Big 12	3–2
Combined	20–6

Other Conferences
Conference	Record
America East	1–0
American	1–1
ASUN	7–1
Atlantic 10	1–0
Big Sky	2–0
Big South	2–0
Big West	0–0
Coastal	1–0
Conference USA	0–0
Horizon	1–0
Independents/Non-Division I	0–0
Ivy League	0–0
Metro Atlantic	0–0
Mid-American	1–0
Mid-Eastern Athletic	3–0
Missouri Valley	0–0
Mountain West	1–0
Northeast	2–0
Ohio Valley	3–0
Patriot	1–0
Southern	0–0
Southland	5–0
SWAC	7–0
Summit	0–0
Sun Belt	5–0
WCC	1–0
WAC	0–0
Combined	45–2

Thru Nov. 18, 2024

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Nov. 4			●	−	0−0	0−0

† denotes neutral site game

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	Alabama	Arkansas	Auburn	Florida	Georgia	Kentucky	LSU	Oklahoma	Ole Miss	Mississippi State	Missouri	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas	Texas A&M	Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Arkansas	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Auburn	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Florida	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Georgia	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Kentucky	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. LSU	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Oklahoma	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Ole Miss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Mississippi State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Missouri	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. South Carolina	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Tennessee	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0
vs. Texas A&M	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0
vs. Vanderbilt	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Thru Nov. 2, 2024

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Alabama	0	0	0
Arkansas	0	0	0
Auburn	0	0	0
Florida	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0
Kentucky	0	0	0
LSU	0	0	0
Oklahoma	0	0	0
Ole Miss	0	0	0
Mississippi State	0	0	0
Missouri	0	0	0
South Carolina	0	0	0
Tennessee	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0
Texas A&M	0	0	0
Vanderbilt	0	0	0

Through Nov. 2, 2024 ^[22]

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

Team	Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7
Alabama	AP	2	2	8	9	10	7	6
Alabama	C	2	2	7	9	12	8	7
Arkansas	AP	16	18	20	19	RV	RV	RV
Arkansas	C	16	21	23	21	RV	RV	RV
Auburn	AP	11	5	4	4	2	2	2
Auburn	C	11	4	3	3	2	2	2
Florida	AP	21	20	21	18	13	9	7
Florida	C	21	18	19	16	13	7	6
Georgia	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Georgia	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV
Kentucky	AP	23	9	9	8	4	5	4
Kentucky	C	23	18	11	8	6	5	4
LSU	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
LSU	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Oklahoma	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	21	13	14
Oklahoma	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	21	17	15
Ole Miss	AP	24	25	RV	23	23	19	17
Ole Miss	C	25	RV	RV	24	20	15	16
Mississippi State	AP	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	25	RV
Mississippi State	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25
Missouri	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV
Missouri	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV
South Carolina	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
South Carolina	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Tennessee	AP	12	11	11	7	3	1	1
Tennessee	C	12	9	9	6	3	1	1
Texas	AP	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Texas	C	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV
Texas A&M	AP	13	23	23	20	22	17	12
Texas A&M	C	15	23	22	20	24	18	11
Vanderbilt	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV
Vanderbilt	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Postseason

SEC Tournament


First round Wednesday, March 12 SEC Network	Second round Thursday, March 13 SEC Network	Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 ESPN/SEC Network	Semifinals Saturday, March 15 ESPN	Championship Sunday, March 16 ESPN



		1

	8

9

16

		4

	5

12

13

		2

	7

10

15

		3

	6

11

14

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
TBD	TBD	TBD
	Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

NIT

Seed	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
TBD	TBD	TBD
	Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Head coaches

Coaching changes


Coach	School	Reason	Replacement
Eric Musselman	Arkansas	Accepted coaching position at USC	John Calipari
John Calipari	Kentucky	Accepted coaching position at Arkansas	Mark Pope

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. SEC records are from time at current school.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Record at school	SEC record	SEC titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Alabama	Nate Oats	Buffalo	6th	117–54 (.684)	62–28 (.689)	2	4	1	0
Arkansas	John Calipari	Kentucky	1st	0–0 (–)	198–65 (.753)	6	23	6	1
Auburn	Bruce Pearl	Tennessee	11th	214–119 (.643)	162–114 (.587)	2	5	1	0
Florida	Todd Golden	San Francisco	3rd	40–29 (.580)	20–16 (.556)	0	1	0	0
Georgia	Mike White	Florida	3rd	36–33 (.522)	12–24 (.333)	0	0	0	0
Kentucky	Mark Pope	BYU	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	2	0	0
LSU	Matt McMahon	Murray State	3rd	31–35 (.470)	11–25 (.306)	0	3	0	0
Oklahoma	Porter Moser	Loyola Chicago	4th	54–45 (.545)	0–0 (–)	0	2	1	0
Ole Miss	Chris Beard	Texas	2nd	20–12 (.625)	7–11 (.389)	0	5	1	0
Mississippi State	Chris Jans	New Mexico State	3rd	42–27 (.609)	8–10 (.444)	0	5	0	0
Missouri	Dennis Gates	Cleveland State	3rd	33–34 (.493)	11–25 (.306)	0	2	0	0
South Carolina	Lamont Paris	Chattanooga	3rd	37–29 (.561)	17–19 (.472)	0	2	0	0
Tennessee	Rick Barnes	Texas	10th	202–101 (.667)	100–60 (.625)	2	28	1	0
Texas	Rodney Terry	UTEP	3rd	43–21 (.672)	0–0 (–)	0	3	0	0
Texas A&M	Buzz Williams	Virginia Tech	6th	97–62 (.610)	45–37 (.549)	0	10	0	0
Vanderbilt	Mark Byington	James Madison	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	1	0	0

Notes:

SEC records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2023–24 season.
NCAA tournament appearances, NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools.

Awards and honors

SEC Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the SEC offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.

Week	Player of the Week	School	Freshman of the Week	School	Ref.
November 11, 2024

Totals per school

School	Total
Alabama	0
Arkansas	0
Auburn	0
Florida	0
Georgia	0
Kentucky	0
LSU	0
Oklahoma	0
Ole Miss	0
Mississippi State	0
Missouri	0
South Carolina	0
Tennessee	0
Texas	0
Texas A&M	0
Vanderbilt	0

2024–25 Season statistic leaders

Source:^[23]

Scoring leaders
Rk	Player	PTS	PPG
1
2
3
4
5

Rebound leaders
Rk	Player	REB	RPG
1
2
3
4
5

Field goal leaders (avg 5 fga/gm)
Rk	Player	FG	FGA	PCT
1
2
3
4
5

Assist leaders
Rk	Player	AST	APG
1
2
3
4
5

Block leaders
Rk	Player	BLK	BPG
1
2
3
4
5

Free throw leaders
Rk	Player	FT	FTA	PCT
1
2
3
4
5

Steal leaders
Rk	Player	STL	SPG
1
2
3
4
5

Three point leaders
Rk	Player	3P	3PA	%
1
2
3
4
5

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	15,383	13,474†	13,474†	13,474†		40,422	13,474
Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena	19,368	19,200†	19,200†	19,200†		57,600	19,200	99.03%
Auburn	Neville Arena	9,121	9,121†	9,121†	9,121†		27,363	9,121	100.00%
Florida	O'Connell Center	11,255	8,381†	7,857	8,005		24,243	8,081
Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum	10,523	6,193†	5,405	5,757	5,775	23,130	5,783
Kentucky	Rupp Arena	20,545	19,635	20,048†	19,314		58,997	19,666
LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center	13,215	8,043†	7,247	6,442		21,732	7,244
Missouri	Mizzou Arena	15,061	11,044†	8,912	8,889		28,845	9,615
Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum	9,100	9,125†	8,726	8,744		26,595	8,865
Oklahoma Sooners	Lloyd Noble Center	10,967	4,886	4,742	4,922†		14,550	4,850
Ole Miss	SJB Pavilion	9,500	7,982†	7,314	4,033		19,329	6,443
South Carolina	Colonial Life Arena	18,000	12,388†	12,205	11,577		36,170	12,057
Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena	21,678	17,813†	16,916	17,232		51,961	17,320
Texas	Moody Center	10,763	10,993†	10,662	10,457		32,112	10,704
Texas A&M	Reed Arena	12,989	8,673	7,195	11,658†		27,526	9,175
Vanderbilt	Memorial Gymnasium	14,316	5,011	5,700	5,945†	5,249	21,905	5,476
Total		13,823

old – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

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^ "2024 Team Rankings".
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^ "2024 Recruit Basketball Team Rankings".
^ "JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCES 2023-24 PRESEASON TOP 50 WATCH LIST".
^ "2023-24 Jersey Mike's Naismith Men's Player of the Year Watch List".
^ "The Bob Cousy Award Watch List".
^ "Preseason Jerry West Watchlist".
^ "The Julius Erving Award Watchlist".
^ "The Karl Malone Award Watchlist".
^ "The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watchlist".
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[1] "2024 Team Rankings". June 13, 2024.

[2] "2024 Team Rankings".

[3] "2024 Consensus Basketball Team Recruiting Rankings".

[4] "2024 Recruit Basketball Team Rankings".

[5] "JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCES 2023-24 PRESEASON TOP 50 WATCH LIST".

[6] "2023-24 Jersey Mike's Naismith Men's Player of the Year Watch List".

[7] "The Bob Cousy Award Watch List".

[8] "Preseason Jerry West Watchlist".

[9] "The Julius Erving Award Watchlist".

[10] "The Karl Malone Award Watchlist".

[11] "The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watchlist".

[12] "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll". Associated Press News.

[13] "Blue Ribbon's Preseason Top 25". September 28, 2024.

[14] "2024-25 men's NCAA basketball rankings: Way-Too-Early Top 25". September 9, 2024.

[15] "College basketball rankings: Kansas, UConn, Alabama sit atop preseason top 25".

[16] Howard, Jordan (October 14, 2024). "Alabama leads Andy Katz's preseason Power 37 rankings". NCAA.com.

[17] "Men's College Basketball Too-Early Top 25: Alabama's Best Chance to Win Title". May 31, 2024.

[18] "SEC Basketball Media Days lineups set".

[19] "SEC Basketball Media Days Central". secsports.com. October 14, 2024.

[20] "Media picks Alabama to win 2025 SEC men's basketball championship".

[21] "2024-25 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". May 13, 2024.

[SEC_Statistics-22] "Sortable Team Stats". Retrieved December 9, 2023.

[23] "Individual Leaders".

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