Undefeated seasons in SEC men's basketball history

Updated through 2016

There have been a total of 24 undefeated regular seasons in the history of SEC men's basketball (1932-33 to now).  No surprise, Kentucky owns 15 of them.


1933 Kentucky = 8-0
1934 Kentucky = 11-0
1935 Kentucky = 11-0
1935 LSU = 12-0 (also "national champions" although they only had to win 1 game for it)
1937 Georgia Tech = 10-0
1938 Kentucky = 6-0
1944 Georgia Tech = 2-0
1944 Tulane = 4-0
1946 LSU = 8-0
1946 Kentucky = 6-0
1947 Kentucky = 11-0
1948 Kentucky = 9-0
1949 Kentucky = 13-0
1951 Kentucky = 14-0
1952 Kentucky = 14-0
1953 LSU = 13-0
1954 LSU = 14-0
1954 Kentucky = 14-0
1956 Alabama = 14-0
1996 Kentucky = 16-0
2003 Kentucky = 16-0
2012 Kentucky = 16-0
2014 Florida = 18-0
2015 Kentucky = 18-0


Among those 24 teams, only 9 went on to also win the SEC tournament and complete a truly perfect conference season.  It's important to note that four teams (1953 LSU, 1954 LSU, 1954 Kentucky, 1956 Alabama) didn't get to play in a tournament because league tournaments weren't held from 1953 through 1978.  So to be truly accurate, 9 of 20 possible teams have completed the entire gauntlet.


Here are the seven clean SEC sweeps:


1933 Kentucky = 12-0
1946 Kentucky = 10-0
1947 Kentucky = 15-0
1948 Kentucky = 13-0
1949 Kentucky = 17-0
1952 Kentucky = 18-0
2003 Kentucky = 19-0
2014 Florida = 21-0
2015 Kentucky = 21-0

Comeback stats on the comeback Cats

Last night was a huge win for a number of reasons, including:
- clinched at least a tie of our 45th regular season SEC crown
- beat our current most hated rival in the SEC West


Let us not forget the halftime score: MSU 41, UK 28.


This game was tied for the third largest halftime deficit from which UK recovered to win its storied history.  The only two to beat this one were both historic games that any fan will easily recall:


1994 @ LSU: down 16 in Baton Rouge, eventually fell behind by 31, then somehow won 99-95
2004 @ UofL: down 16 in Freedom Hall (only scored 16 in the first half), and Patrick Sparks' free throws won it


Later that same 2004-2005 season, UK was down 29-16 at the half in Oxford, MS, and came back to win.


The true "Comeback Cats" (the 1998 championship team) were down 10 twice at halftime in the NCAA tournament - the title game against Utah, and the regional final against Duke - another famous game of course, as UK would eventually trail by 17.