Marshall Henderson is a showboat with a bad reputation and a bad history.  He’s the kind of player that 13 SEC fanbases hate while the one he’s playing for feels he’s “misunderstood” or “picked on.”

Well, the pub Henderson is getting today is due to a classless — funny how that word is always associated with him — tweet that he posted yesterday once the All-SEC team was revealed:

Whether someone feels Ole Miss’ Murphy Holloway was more deserving of an All-SEC first-team selection than LSU’s Johnny O’Bryant isn’t the point and it’s not even close.  Neither is the fact that Henderson was defending the accomplishments of a teammate.  The point is there are better ways of voicing one’s displeasure with the coaches’ All-SEC selections than by going to Twitter and suggesting another school’s player “can’t even hold” the jockstrap of your teammate.

But we’d expect no less from a guy who’s taunted and flaunted his way through 23 Mississippi wins this season.  Perhaps if a few more of those wins had come against teams in the RPI top 200, Henderson would have a better shot at showboating his way through the NCAA Tournament as well.

Some kids are just kids.  They make a habit of silly behavior that someday they’ll outgrow.  Others cross so many lines and show so little understanding of the term “class” that it’s obvious they’ll remain Iverson-esque for years to come.  Henderson is in that group.

Ole Miss fans don’t care, of course, because he plays for Ole Miss.  But we’d love to know what they’d say about Henderson, his actions, and his attitude if he played for Mississippi State.  Here’s guessing they wouldn’t spend quite so much time defending him.

Henderson himself had an outstanding season on the court averaging 19.7 points per game for his fourth school in four years.  Hmmm.  You don’t think he was left off the coaches’ first-team All-SEC squad because they too dislike the way he carries himself, do you?

Kentucky 61, Florida 57. Video Highlights

1. Kentucky scores last 11 points of the game to keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive.  UK freshman Archie Goodwin: “I think we’re in. I don’t know what those committee guys are thinking about, but they better put us in there.”

2. Up 57-50 with 7:36 to go, Florida never scores again.  Coach Billy Donovan: “You’ve got to be able to make a shot.”

Ole Miss 81, LSU 67. Video Highlights

3. With the victory, the Rebels clinch a double-bye in the SEC Tournament.  Marshall Henderson and Murphy Holloway combine for 38 points.

4. Loss drops LSU to the No. 9 seed in conference tournament.  LSU’s Andre Stringer led the Tigers with 18 points. “They just came to play. We thought we were going to come to this game and play hard, but they played harder than us.”

Vanderbilt 74, South Carolina 64. Video Highlights

5. Improving Vanderbilt gets their sixth win in last nine games.  Rod Odom and Dai-Jon Parker each scored 18 points.

6. South Carolina coach Frank Martin: “A lot of credit to coach Stallings and those kids. I enjoy watching their team because they play it the right way.”

Arkansas 73, Texas A&M 62. Video Highlights

7. Arkansas has five players in double figures as Razorbacks bounce back from loss at Missouri.  Underclassmen Marshawn Powell and BJ Young don’t start game, get “one more year” chants from student section.

8. After injuring his wrist and finger against LSU, Elston Turner doesn’t play for Aggies.  Coach Billy Kennedy: ”I thought once we settled into it, we got good production. We had our opportunities.”

Alabama 61, Georgia 58. Video Highlights

9. Tied at 58, Alabama guard Trevor Releford connects on a buzzer-beater just beyond midcourt: “I knew it was on target but I thought it was going to be a little short.”

10. Georgia battles back from 14-point halftime deficit only to fall short.  Coach Mark Fox: “I thought we were going to win the game and then we ended up losing. How’s that feel? Not very good.”

11. Last 38.8 seconds of the game

Tennessee 64, Missouri 62. Video Highlights

12. Vols go on late 16-4 run to put the Tigers away.  UT senior guard Skyler McBee: “At the end of the season, a lot of it’s about heart and the will to win. We have that right now.”

13. For the sixth time this year, Tigers lose on opponents court in either overtime or three points or less. Second in the country in rebounding entering the game, Missouri outrebounded by Tennessee 45-32.

14. Tennessee, along with Kentucky, two of Saturday’s biggest bubble winners.

Mississippi State 74, Auburn 71 (OT). Video Highlights

15. In a battle for the cellar of the SEC, Mississippi State gets the victory.  Coach Rick Ray: “You get a chance to read some things and people are talking about we’re the worst team ever in SEC history, so I guess we can’t be that if we finish 13th out of 14th.”

16. Auburn drops it 15th game in 16 tries – now 12-38 in three years of SEC play under coach Tony Barbee. Worried about job security? “No. Not at all.”

SEC Tournament Seedings -Bracket 

First four teams get double-byes.  Action starts Wednesday night with bottom four teams. 

1. Florida

2. Kentucky

3. Ole Miss

4. Alabama

5. Tennessee

6. Missouri

7. Arkansas

8. Georgia

9. LSU

10. Vanderbilt

11. Texas A&M

12. South Carolina

13. Mississippi State

14. Auburn

SEC Basketball Scores…
Kentucky 61, Florida 57…Ole Miss 81, LSU 67…
Vanderbilt 74, South Carolina 64…Arkansas 73, Texas A&M 62…
Alabama 61, Georgia 58…Tennessee 64, Missouri 62…
Mississippi State 74, Auburn 71…
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Saturday SEC Basketball Schedule…
Florida at Kentucky…South Carolina at Vanderbilt…Ole Miss at LSU…Texas A&M at Arkansas…
Georgia at Alabama…Missouri at Tennessee…Auburn at Mississippi State
Heading into final regular season weekend, FLA and MO look like NCAA Tournament locks, TN and KY on bubble
Jadeveon Clowney has taken out $5 million insurance policy – will only payout in case of career-ending injury
Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron played final six games of season with injured ribs
SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC discussing a multisite, rotational bowl partnership.
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1. Johnny Manziel’s parents are shopping for insurance on their son.  NCAA sponsored program provides up to $5 million in coverage.

2. Still red tape left to make it official, but Jason Jones from Oklahoma State will be the new cornerbacks coach at Ole Miss. “The main thing that stands out about his stop at Oklahoma State is how successful he was with defensive back recruits.”

3. Auburn coach Gus Malzahn is close to filling out his support staff, which features three former high school coaches.  ”Being a former high school coach, that’s very important to me. Just trying to give some of these guys some opportunities to be in the same situation I am some day.”

4. South Carolina is having to replace all three starting linebackers from last year’s team.  Linebackers coach Kirk Botkin: “There are no starters right now.”

5. Steve Spurrier likes what he sees from wide receiver Shamier Jeffrey: “He’s fit, he can run faster, can catch the ball and I think he’s going to be a real player for us.”

6. Five starters are gone from the front seven of the Texas A&M defense.  Defensive coordinator Mark Snyder: “We got a lot of young guys — a bunch of new guys.”

7. Josh Harvey-Clemons is expected to see time at both safety and linebacker for Georgia this spring. Mark Richt: “Can he play some outside linebacker? Yeah, we think so. Can he play some safety? We think so too.”

8. Richt likes what he sees from linebacker James DeLoach: “He’s in tremendous condition; he’s a great athlete.”

9. Spring practice gets underway at Alabama on March 16.  Coach Nick Saban: “I really like where our team is, how they’ve worked during the offseason conditioning program.”

10. Positive things about Tennessee football start with the offensive line -  ”four seniors, 123 combined career starts and a likely NFL first-round draft pick at left tackle.”

11. Western Kentucky coach Bobby Petrino is getting ready for two SEC opponents to start the season: “You don’t really know what to expect from Kentucky. You don’t really know what to expect from Tennessee…”

12. Corey Lemonier gets a lot of questions from the NFL about Auburn’s worst season in 60 years.  “I basically told them that coming into the season we had a dark cloud over our heads with the shooting and players getting arrested, and we didn’t have the talent to matchup with teams in the SEC.”

13. Jeremy Fowler: “A college head coach told me he heard from an SEC school that’s hiring staffers to do one thing: Text top recruits 100-150 times per day.”  Planning for call centers in India?

14. Dennis Dodd says hate is the wrong emotion to express for new recruiting rules: “It should be fear. Fear of what Alabama could do with the relaxed recruiting rules.”

NFL Draft Prospects

15. Five former SEC stars under pressure to perform at pro days.

16. At Auburn’s pro day on Tuesday, running back Onterio McCalebb ran an unofficial 4.29 forty-yard dash.  Weighed in at 169 pounds.

17. Mississippi State pro day today.  Former MSU receiver Chad Bumphis says his trainer refuses to show him his forty-time.  “They won’t tell me. They say I’m getting better.”

18. Former Missouri wide receiver T.J. Moe chronicles his NFL Combine experience.  ”The funny thing is that no doctor trusts the others.”

SEC Basketball

19. With the victory last night against Alabama, Ole Miss moves to 11-6 in conference. coach Andy Kennedy gets $100,000 for winning more than 10 conference games and receives $25,000 for every victory over 10.

20. Head-scratching and disappointing performance from Mike Anderson’s team at Missouri last night.  ”Here’s the thing that just doesn’t make sense: Arkansas was playing for their tournament lives.”

21. Missouri center Alex Oriakhi on the intensity exhibited by coach Frank Haith last night: “I looked at him on the sideline and I didn’t really recognize him.”

22. Vanderbilt at Florida. Senior Night in Gainesville for Kenny Boynton, Erik Murphy and Mike Rosario.  Could be first Gators class to win two outright SEC titles.

23. Tennessee travels Auburn tonight.  A win won’t do much for Tennessee – but a loss to the 9-20 Tigers would be devastating for their NCAA tournament hopes.

24. Conference tournaments are underway and for bubble teams like Tennessee – they could have huge implications.

25. Georgia will host Kentucky Thursday night.  Georgia’s Kentavious Caldwell-Pope one of only 11 Division I players to reach double-digits in points every game this year.

26. LSU travels to Texas A&M tonight.  Depending on how things shake out, Tigers could be seeded as high as No. 6 in the SEC Tournament but could be as low as No. 11.

27. South Carolina has a shot at ending .500 in basketball but it won’t be easy.  If not, Gamecocks will finish with fourth-straight losing season.

28. If the season ended today - here’s what the conference tournament seedings would look like. (PDF).

29. Thanks to a gift from an alum - Mississippi State will spend $500,000 to renovate the men’s locker room.

30. Kentucky basketball documentary debuting March 17th on TruTV.

Extras

32. The 10 most-despised college basketball players of all-time.

33. Steve Sarkisian is 26-25 in four seasons at Washington, but he’s reportedly the highest-paid football coach in the Pac-12.

34. How much does ESPN generate in cable fee revenue?  In 2014, projected to be more than $7 billion.

35. What do you get when you combine Sons of Anarchy with Alabama football?  Sons of Saban, of course.

Florida  64 – Alabama 52. Video Highlights

1. Gators clinch share of SEC title with victory.  Florida rallies in second half with Casey Prather coming off the bench to provide 10 points and nine rebounds, sparks a 19-2 run.

2. Crimson Tide finished with 22 fouls. Gators had nine.  Florida a perfect 13-for-13 at the free-throw line in the second half.  Florida coach Billy Donovan: “I thought Alabama outplayed us.”

3. Alabama NCAA Tournament chances? “If the destination turns out to be the NIT instead, home December losses to Dayton, Mercer and Tulane will be the difference.”

Georgia 78 – Tennessee 68. Video Highlights

4. Bulldogs complete a season sweep of the Vols behind 25 points from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.  Football coach Mark Richt spoke to the team on Friday, a season-high 9,436 fans at Stegeman Coliseum on Saturday.

5. Jordan McRae makes 10-of-15 shots, scores 35 points for Tennessee – rest of team scores 33. Coach Cuonzo Martin: “We didn’t get a good flow on offense.”

6. Tennessee tournament chances? “Tennessee’s hopes of playing its way into the NCAA tournament didn’t officially end as well, but they took a shot on the jaw.”

Missouri 89 – LSU 76. Video Highlights

7. With 52 points in the paint, Mizzou dominates inside.  Alex Oriakhi and Laurence Bowers combine for 41 points and 20 rebounds.

8. LSU led 25-12 in the game before Missouri went on a 29-8 run.  Coach Johnny Jones: ”They did a great job of controlling the paint area (Saturday), which is an area we had concern with.”

Arkansas 73 – Kentucky 60. Video Highlights

9. Razorbacks force 19 Kentucky turnovers, grab SEC-high 20 offensive rebounds.  Coach Mike Anderson: “We tried to make the game as chaotic as we could and I thought that was the difference.”

10. Points off turnovers – Arkansas 30, Kentucky 2.  John Calipari: “I wake up every day, don’t know how the team will play.”

11. Arkansas tournament chances?  ”The Razorbacks kept their hopes alive…This team still has quite a bit of work to do, however.”

Mississippi State 73 – Ole Miss 67. Video Highlights

12. Bulldogs snap 13-game losing streak with over their in-state rivals.  Mississippi State coach Rick Ray: “I was tired of coming up here and talking about a loss after every home game.”

13. Marshall Henderson scores 16 points but make only 4-of-19 shots from the field.  Reginald Buckner draws a costly technical foul.

14. Ole Miss tournament chances? Seriously damaged unless the Rebels win the SEC Tournament. Should coach Andy Kennedy worry about his future? ”That question should be asked to the person that’s in charge of my job. Not me.”

Texas A&M 74 – South Carolina 56. Video Highlights

15. Aggies go on 14-0 second-half run to break the game open.  Game-high 28 points from Elston Turner.

16. During eight-minute scoreless stretch, Gamecocks miss 14 shots and commit five turnovers.  Coach Frank Martin: “If we keep missing open shot after open shot after open shot, it’s hard to win.”

Vanderbilt 62 – Auburn 55. Video Highlights

17. Behind Kedren Johnson’s 16 points and 14 from Kevin Bright, Vanderbilt gets its fourth win in its last five games. Coach Kevin Stallings: “We’re very happy to get a very ugly road win.”

18. 13th loss in 14 games for Auburn – worst stretch for the Tigers since 1947.  At 9-20, second twenty-loss season under coach Tony Barbee.

Alabama at Florida

1. Possible regular season SEC title on the line today in Gainesville.  Since beating Mississippi State back in 2004, Alabama is 0-12 in road games against ranked teams.

2. Anthony Grant was Billy Donovan’s assistant for 12 years - 10 of them at Florida.  ”Our relationship is way bigger than basketball.”

3. Florida is expecting the return of Michael Frazier II and Will Yeguete today. Forward Erik Murphy: “Obviously it’s great to have those guys back… but we can’t expect too much out of those guys.”

Tennessee at Georgia

4. Tennessee hasn’t lost since the last time they faced Georgia.  Big focus for the Vols -stopping Kentavavious Caldwell-Pope, the SEC’s second-leading scorer.

5. Tennessee has won six straight while Georgia has lost three games in the last two weeks where they were tied or leading going into the final minute.  Forward Nemanja Djurisic: “Emotionally, we’re beat up a little bit from all those losses.”

Kentucky at Arkansas

6. After losing Nerlens Noel and losing to Tennessee by 30 points, Kentucky has won three straight.  Point guard Ryan Harrow: “Everybody is starting to click together.”

7. Arkansas coming off a loss at LSU this week. Coach Mike Anderson: “I want to see how we are going to respond coming off a tough loss playing against a Kentucky team that is playing well right now.”

LSU at Missouri

8. LSU has already beaten Missouri on their home court, but expecting a different challenge on the road.  Coach Johnny Jones: ”They’re a much-improved team than the night that we had an opportunity to play them here, and we are as well.”

9. Quick turnaround for Missouri after playing Thursday night at South Carolina.  Guard Phil Pressey: “That means less practice. I love it, man, I love it.”

Ole Miss at Mississippi State

10. Considered a bubble NCAA Tournament team, Ole Miss needs every win it can get.  Coach Andy Kennedy: “I do feel a sense of urgency. f you don’t have it now, then I’m not sure when you are ever going to find it.”

11. While the Rebels think about the postseason, the Bulldogs try to break a 13-game losing streak.  Coach Rick Ray visits fraternity and sorority houses this week in an attempt to fill the student section today.

South Carolina at Texas A&M

12. Gamecocks have lost two straight after losing at home Thursday night to Missouri. Coach Frank Martin: “The disappointing thing is, we had been doing things good and we didn’t do them well.”

13. Aggies guard Elston Turner, Jr. is the SEC’s third-leading scorer at 17.6 points per game.  A&M coach Billy Kennedy: “His all-around game is the best in the league from a perimeter standpoint.”

Vanderbilt at Auburn

14. Vanderbilt is up to 10th place in the SEC standings and that’s important. Avoid Day One of the SEC Tournament.

15. Auburn has dropped 12 of its last 13 games. Coach Tony Barbee: “We’re having to rehash things we taught in August, September, October. That’s the frustration part.”

SEC Saturday Basketball
Florida  64, Alabama 52…Georgia 78, Tennessee 68…Missouri 89, LSU 76
Arkansas 73, Kentucky 60…Mississippi State 73, Ole Miss 67…Texas A&M 74, South Carolina 56…Vanderbilt 62, Auburn 55
Tennessee hires West Virginia assistant Robert Gillespie as running backs coach
New Florida defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin getting a $150,000 raise and a contract extension
Defensive tackle Devaunte Siglar dismissed from Auburn team for undisclosed violation of team rules
Spring practice starting Saturday at Georgia and Texas A&M
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