SEC Basketball

1. Michigan beat Florida 79-59 on Sunday. Florida G Kenny Boynton: “They were the better team.”

2. Boynton and seniors Eric Murphy and Mike Rosario had an emotional ending to their careers.

3. It was apparent early that Florida had no answers for Michigan, which jumped out to a 13-0 lead.

4. One scholarship has opened up in Lexington: point guard Ryan Harrow is transferring from Kentucky.

5. Meanwhile, Wildcats forward Kyle Wiltjer tweeted Sunday to say he is staying in Lexington.

SEC Football

6. From Sunday: Arkansas coach Bret Bielema bragged on his Big Ten record compared to Nick Saban’s record.

7. Alabama is back from spring break and preparing for 11 practices in the next 20 days.

8. Auburn’s coaching staff is working on rebuilding the mental strength of its quarterbacks.

9. Ole Miss will return to the practice field tonight. The return of linebacker D.T. Shackelford is a big storyline.

10. Here’s an updated (and projected) depth chart for Georgia’s defense.

11. New Tennessee coach Butch Jones is “making the right moves,” writes David Climer.

12. Tennessee’s offense is adjusting to a quicker pace as spring practice resumes this week.

Extras

13. A love story you will want to read involving Mal Moore, who passed away on Saturday. By Don Kausler Jr.

14. It’s been one year to the day since Bobby Petrino had his motorcycle accident.

15. Louisville guard Kevin Ware had successful surgery Sunday night to repair the open fracture of his right tibia.

16. What’s the first thing Ware told his mother after the injury? “Calm down, mom. I’m OK.”

17. Here’s an early preview of the upcoming Final Four in Atlanta.

18. Texas is working this offseason to return to competing with the nation’s elite programs.

Alabama will host Maryland in a third-round NIT game on Tuesday night
Video has now surfaced of Ole Miss G Marshall Henderson making obscene hand gestures toward the crowd after his team lost to LaSalle in the NCAA Tournament
Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin says QB Johnny Manziel’s push of a graduate assistant during a recent practice has been overblown
Georgia WR Malcolm Mitchell expects to “make a jump” this year because he won’t be asked to spend time in the UGA secondary
New Tennessee running backs coach Robert Gillispie will make $300,000 this year
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Kentucky slipped by Vanderbilt in Nashville on Thursday night 60-58
Texas A&M OL Jake Matthews will return to College Station for his senior season
Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart hopes renovation plans for football stadium “sends a clear message” that UK is committed to college football
New Tennessee receivers coach Zach Azzanni says UT’s receiving corps is “pretty depleted”
Mississippi State has hired Deshea Townsend from the NFL as cornerbacks coach
Texas A&M has hired Jake Spavital from West Virginia as offensive coordinator
Sources report Missouri is set to hire SEC veteran Pat Washington as receivers coach
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Four Tennessee footballers made official today what’s been known for quite some time — they’re leaving school as juniors to enter the NFL draft.  Over the past few weeks, various outlets have reported that quarterback Tyler Bray, wide receivers Justin Hunter and Cordarrelle Patterson would leave the Vol program.  The UT athletic department announced today via press release that those three and defensive lineman Darrinton Sentimore would all be heading to exit doors together.

New Tennessee coach Butch Jones will have to replace a lot of firepower on the offensive side of the ball in his first year.  His first need is to find a new starting quarterback.  Backups Justin Worley and Nathan Peterman — who Jones tried to recruit to Cincinnati — will battle to become the Volunteers’ new trigger man.

Ex-Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino has been hired by Western Kentucky
Atlanta is working to replace the Georgia Dome with a new football stadium
Report: Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier is not a head coaching candidate at Southern Miss
Reports: Injured South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore will declare for the NFL draft this week
New Tennessee coach Butch Jones interviewed ex-Vol QB Tee Martin for a spot on his staff today
Missouri has unveiled plans for a renovation of Memorial Stadium that should be completed by 2014
New Kentucky coach Mark Stoops is expected to hire Texas Tech’s Neal Brown as his offensive coordinator
The Boston Globe reports that the Cleveland Browns could try to hire Alabama’s Nick Saban
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1.  Steve Spurrier is being positive about quarterback Connor Shaw’s so-so spring performance.  (Which is a change from how he’s handled Stephen Garcia’s past stumbles.)

2.  New Tennessee linebackers coach Peter Sirmon wants “conceptual learning” from his players.

3.  This writer doesn’t believe Vanderbilt did its new coach any favors by inking a deal to play at Ohio State in 2013.

4.  LSU defensive back Tharold Simon has arrived… and that’s one reason Les Miles likes his secondary.

5.  Coming out of spring, Tiger fans know that the O-line should be good, the secondary should be deep and talented, and the starting quarterback job still belongs to Jordan Jefferson.

More to come…