Women's Basketball:
Tennessee captured its 10th overall and fourth straight SEC Championship, going through the conference regular season undefeated. Georgia won the SEC Tournament, defeating Vanderbilt, 62-60, in a thrilling championship game. For the first time since 1992, the SEC did not have a team in the Women's Final Four.

Setting the Standard for Excellence

• Tennessee coach Pat Summitt was named the SEC Coach of the Year, leading the Lady Vols to a 31-3 overall record and an undefeated SEC mark. Georgia's Kelly Miller was tabbed the SEC Player of the Year and teammate Christi Thomas was selected the SEC Freshman of the Year. Three SEC players earned first-team All-America mention in 2000-2001, including Miller, LaToya Thomas of Mississippi State and Florida's Brandi McClain.

• The SEC has posted impressive non-conference records in the last decade. Last season, the SEC posted a 135-37 non-conference record, a 78.5 winning percentage. Since the 1990 season, the SEC has won 79.5 percent of its non-conference games and has never fallen below 74.6 percent in any one season.

• SEC teams have appeared in 18 of 20 NCAA Women's Final Fours, an accomplishment unmatched by any league. Overall, SEC squads have filled 23 of the 80 Women's Final Four berths, including having two teams in the Women's Final Four in 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996 and 1998.

• The SEC had six teams make the NCAA Tournament last season. That brings the league's all-time total to 120, which is 30 percent more than the next conference (ACC - 84).

• Five SEC teams finished in the final AP Top 25 in 2000-2001. In the last 12 seasons, the SEC has had no fewer than four teams in the final AP poll and has averaged more than five teams in each poll.

• Looking to the 2001-2002 season, seven of the 10 first-team All-SEC selections and six of the 10 second-team picks are slated to return from last year. Included in that total is SEC Tournament MVP Chantelle Anderson of Vanderbilt and the league's leading scorer, LaToya Thomas of Mississippi State.

Gymnastics:
Georgia won its ninth SEC Championship in the last 11 years in 2001. The Gym Dogs went on to finish first at the NCAA Regionals before placing second at the NCAA Championships. Georgia freshman Cory Fritzinger won the individual all-around, balance beam and finished tied for first in the uneven bars at the SEC Championships. Georgia coach Suzanne Yoculan was named the SEC Coach of the Year while Alabama's Andreé Pickens was the SEC Gymnast of the Year and Fritzinger was the SEC Freshman of the Year.

Setting the Standard for Excellence

• Since 1985, the SEC has had at least two of the top five teams in the NCAA Championships. Last year, Georgia was the SEC's top finisher, placing second, while Alabama was fourth. Florida was the league's next highest finisher at seventh.

• The SEC leads all NCAA Division I conferences in NCAA individual titles with 50. In the 2001 NCAA Championships, Georgia's Cory Fritzinger took national championship honors in the vault.

• Since 1998, the SEC has placed seven of 12 teams in the top three of the NCAA Championships. In 1998, the SEC finished 1-2-3 and in 1999, the league had two of the top three teams in the national finals. The SEC has had one team in the final three in the last two NCAA Championships.

Track & Field:
For the 12th time in 13 years, a team from the Southeastern Conference won the NCAA Men's Track and Field Championship. Tennessee, behind two national championship performances from freshman sprinter Justin Gatlin, slipped past second-place Texas Christian by just one point to claim its third-ever team title. The Vols also won the SEC title earlier in the year, easily outdistancing second-place Florida. LSU won the NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship while Arkansas won the SEC indoor title.

For the second straight year, Arkansas took top honors in both the SEC Women's Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The Lady Razorbacks were led by senior distance runner Amy Yoder Begley, who was named the SEC Female Outdoor Athlete of the Year. South Carolina was the SEC's top finisher in both the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships. The Lady Gamecocks finished second in the indoors and fourth in the outdoors.

Setting the Standard for Excellence

• During the last 10 seasons, the SEC has won 36 combined national championships in men's and women's cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field. The Arkansas men have won 20 of those championships while LSU's women have won 13. The LSU men won the indoor title and Tennessee's men won the outdoor title last season while Florida won the women's indoor championship in 1992.

• In indoor track, the SEC has had 81 men's individual NCAA champions since 1992 and 56 women's individual champions since 1987.

• In outdoor track, the SEC has had 107 men's individual NCAA champions since 1989 and 74 women's individual champions since 1982.

• In 2001, the SEC won a conference-best nine individual titles at the NCAA men's outdoor championships. During the last 10 years, the SEC has had 68 individual national championships in men's outdoor track.

• For the fifth straight year, the SEC placed three teams in the top 10 of the NCAA women's indoor championships.

Swimming & Diving:
Georgia won its third straight NCAA women's championship in 2001. Martha Bowen of Auburn was named SEC Swimmer of the Year and Tennessee's Jamie Sanger took home the Diver of the Year honors.

Alabama's Anne Poleska and Kylee Wells of Tennessee were named SEC Freshman Swimmer and Diver of the Year, respectively. For the second year in a row, Georgia's Jack Bauerle and Scott Reich of LSU were named Women's Swimming and Diving Coaches of the Year.

Tennessee placed third in the 2001 NCAA Men's Championship. The Vols' Mike Gilliam won the 100 backstroke and finished sixth in the 50 freestyle and seventh in the 100 freestyle. Auburn won its fifth straight SEC Championship and seventh in the last eight years. Gilliam was named the SEC Swimmer of the Year while Georgia's Jud Campbell and Tennessee's Gabriel Chereches shared SEC Diver of the Year honors.

Carlos Jayme of Florida and Auburn's Caesar Garcia earned SEC Freshman Swimmer and Diver of the Year honors, respectively. Tennessee's John Trembley was named SEC Swimming Coach of the Year and Georgia's Dan Laack and Tennessee's Dave Parrington shared SEC Diving Coach of the Year honors.

Setting the Standard for Excellence

• The SEC has placed at least two teams in the top 10 in the NCAA Women's Championships during the last 11 seasons. In 2001, the SEC had three teams in the top 10 as Georgia claimed the team championship, Auburn placed fourth and Florida finished eighth. The lowest the top SEC finisher has placed in the NCAAs since 1982 was sixth in 1995.

• The SEC has had at least one team in the top five in the NCAA Men's Championships every year since 1994. Each year during that span, the league has had at least two teams in the top 10. The SEC has had at least one team in the top 10 at the NCAAs for 32 straight years. In 2001, the SEC had three teams in the top 10 as Tennessee finished third, Florida was fifth and Auburn placed seventh.

• Georgia's Kim Black was the recipient of the 2000-2001 H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, which is awarded each year to a student-athlete who excels both in the classroom and in athletic competition.

Women's Basketball:
Tennessee

Gymnastics:
Georgia

Indoor Track & Field:
Men's - Arkansas
Women's - Arkansas

Swimming & Diving:
Men's - Auburn
Women's - Georgia

MEN

BASKETBALL
Kentucky East Regional Semifinals
Ole Miss Midwest Regional Semifinals
Florida South Region 2nd Round
Georgia East Region 1st Round
Arkansas West Region 1st Round
Tennessee Midwest Region 1st Round

SWIMMING & DIVING
Tennessee 330.5 3rd
Florida 265 5th
Auburn 236 7th
Georgia 78 15th
Kentucky 53 17th
LSU 39 19th
South Carolina 38 20th

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
LSU 34 National Champion
Arkansas 32 3rd
Alabama 31 4th
Florida 26 7th
Tennessee 19 9th
Ole Miss 18 10th
South Carolina 13 T13th
Georgia 12 18th
Kentucky 8 T28th
Auburn 7 T35

WOMEN

BASKETBALL
Vanderbilt Midwest Region Finals
Tennessee Mideast Region Semifinals
Arkansas West Region 2nd Round
Florida West Region 2nd Round
Georgia East Region 2nd Round
LSU Mideast Region 2nd Round

GYMNASTICS
Georgia 197.400 National Runner-Up
Alabama 196.550 4th
Florida 195.825 7th
LSU 196.300 Northeast Region - 3rd

SWIMMING & DIVING
Georgia 389 National Champion
Auburn 324 4th
Florida 214 8th
Alabama 69 16th
LSU 67 17th
Tennessee 58 20th
Arkansas 9 38th
Kentucky 6 39th

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
South Carolina 40 National Runner Up
Arkansas 24 5th
Florida 17 12th
Georgia 14.50 13th
LSU 14 T14th
Mississippi State 8 T27
Ole Miss 6 T31
Kentucky 5 T38th
Alabama 4 T43rd
Tennessee 1 T58