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Georgia vs. Savannah State preview: Predictions, players to watch, and key stats

Georgia will officially tip off the Tom Crean era on Friday night as it hosts Savannah State. The Bulldogs went 2-0 in exhibition action by picking up a 56-54 win over UAB and a 98-59 victory over West Georgia. Meanwhile, Savannah State has already faced SEC...

Missouri vs. Iowa State preview: Prediction, players to watch, and key stats

Missouri is off to a 1-0 start after knocking off Central Arkansas on Tuesday, and now it will turn its attention to a showdown in Ames with Iowa State. The Tigers are still adjusting to Jontay Porter being sidelined for the season due to injury,...

Kentucky vs. Southern Illinois preview: Game pick, players to watch, and key stats

Kentucky will look to rebound from the blowout loss to Duke when it hosts Southern Illinois on Friday at Rupp Arena. The Wildcats simply had no answers for Blue Devils and their excellent freshman trio, and it resulted in John Calipari’s worst loss of his...

Arkansas vs. Texas preview: Game pick, players to watch, and key stats

Mike Anderson will lead his young Arkansas team into a matchup with Texas on Friday night at the Armed Forces Classic in El Paso. The Razorbacks will look a lot different than they did a year ago, as Anderson welcomes in a large amount of...

Lovell’s SEC Basketball Notebook: Reigning champs shine, UK and Florida lose big, and more

Opening night of college basketball season rarely disappoints, and it certainly didn’t on Tuesday night. There were a variety of interesting results throughout the SEC, with traditional powers Florida and Kentucky both suffering somewhat concerning losses to powerful ACC squads. Let’s run through some thoughts from...

SEC Basketball Predictions: Texas A&M vs. Savannah State

It was a wild opening night in college basketball, and the two SEC teams who had the most surprising results are the ones that are typically always in the conference title hunt. Florida and Kentucky were blown out by ACC competition, as Florida State and...

SEC Underrated Freshmen: Ole Miss forward Blake Hinson

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be analyzing the five most underrated freshmen (redshirt freshmen are eligible) in the SEC heading into the 2018-19 season. The players need to ranked lower than 75th in the 247Sports composite rankings to qualify. By including a player on...

Texas A&M vs. Savannah State preview: Game pick, players to watch, and key stats

Texas A&M’s roster will look a little different as it opens up the 2018-19 season on Wednesday against Savannah State. The Aggies are no longer built around dominant frontcourt players like Robert Williams and Tyler Davis, and instead, will lean on the guard duo of...

SEC announces coaches preseason first and second team selections

The SEC released the full list of the coaches preseason first and second teams on Tuesday. Headlining the All-SEC first team is reigning conference player of the year Grant Williams, who will lead No. 6 Tennessee into action on opening night against Lenoir-Rhyne. Daniel Gafford, Reid...

Podcast: SEC basketball preview for Nov. 6

In this episode of the Southeast Hoops podcast, I preview all the SEC basketball games for Nov. 6. Topics include: Tennessee's toughness What South Carolina needs to do against USC Upstate Potential breakout players for Alabama Unknowns for Missouri The excellence of Tremont Waters The...