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Khadim Sy lands offers from Auburn and Ole Miss

Khadim Sy, a JUCO forward in the 2019 recruiting class, has received offers from both Auburn and Ole Miss. The 6-10 power forward, who transferred from Virginia Tech for the second time back in August, also grabbed an offer from LSU this past week. He attends...

2018-19 SEC Player Preview: Auburn guard Jared Harper

Since stepping onto campus in 2016, Jared Harper has been a regular on the court for Auburn. The 5-11 point guard averaged 24.2 minutes per game during his freshman season, and added even more a year ago in averaging 30.5 minutes for the co-regular season...

Missouri lands commitment from 2019 forward Tray Jackson

Tray Jackson, a 4-star forward in the 2019 recruiting class, has committed to Missouri. The 6-8 power forward, who backed off his Minnesota pledge on Friday night, immediately turned and announced his decision to join the Tigers. He had previously committed to the Golden Gophers back...

2018-19 KenPom Preseason Rankings: Where SEC teams stand

Ken Pomeroy has released his official preseason rankings for the 2018-19 college basketball season, and the SEC appears to be in for another big year. The league features 10 of KenPom’s top 51 teams in his early rankings, with Kentucky leading the way at No....

SEC Underrated Freshmen: Missouri wing Torrence Watson

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...

Podcast: SEC Media Day thoughts, Georgia’s exhibition win, etc.

In this episode of the Southeast Hoops Podcast, I share some thoughts on SEC Media Day and Georgia's exhibition opener. Topics include: The main talking points at SEC Media Day Why no one should be upset with preseason polls and awards Georgia starting the Tom Crean era...

Kermit Davis ready to embark on new journey at Ole Miss

Despite coaching at Middle Tennessee for the past 16 seasons, Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis is certainly no stranger to SEC basketball. Davis, a Mississippi native whose father was Mississippi State’s head coach for seven seasons in the 70s, got hands-on experience with the...

Georgia opens Tom Crean era with exhibition win over UAB

Georgia took the court for its first exhibition game of the Tom Crean era on Wednesday night and picked up a 56-54 victory over UAB at Bartow Arena. The Bulldogs trailed by four with 4:40 remaining, but it was sophomore Rayshaun Hammonds that led the...

Vanderbilt offers 2020 forward Nimari Burnett

Nimari Burnett, a 4-star guard in the 2020 recruiting class, has picked up an offer from Vanderbilt. The 6-3 combo guard received the offer from the Commodores on Wednesday night. Burnett now has numerous power conference offers, with Arizona, Stanford, and USC among the group. https://twitter.com/NimariBurnett/status/1052781497856360449 According to...

Arkansas Basketball: Mike Anderson focused on improving young Razorbacks

A year after featuring one of the nation’s most experienced teams, Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson finds himself on the opposite end of the spectrum. The Razorbacks will feature a plethora of newcomers this season after losing more than a handful of seniors. Unfortunately, most of...