Southern Hoops: A History of SEC Basketball

Adolph Rupp comes to the University of Kentucky in 1930, two years before the SEC is formed, and his Wildcats go on to dominate play in the conference for decades. Meanwhile, a future coaching legend later known as Pat Summitt is born in Tennessee.

Texas Western's historic win over Adolph Rupp's Kentucky team in the 1966 NCAA final marks a turning point in the SEC. Vanderbilt's Perry Wallace becomes the conference's first Black player, while at LSU, Pete Maravich rewrites the record books.

SEC Storied documentary chronicling the origin and progression of the sport for both men and women in the conference as the sport approaches the 75th anniversary of the first NCAA Championship won by an SEC institution

SEC Storied documentary chronicling the origin and progression of the sport for both men and women in the conference as the sport approaches the 75th anniversary of the first NCAA Championship won by an SEC institution

In 1991 and 1992, a young Dawn Staley was finishing up a stellar college basketball career – earning Naismith College Player of the Year honors in her junior and senior seasons even meeting Coach Pat Summitt’s Lady Vols in the 1991 NCAA title game.

SEC Storied documentary chronicling the origin and progression of the sport for both men and women in the conference as the sport approaches the 75th anniversary of the first NCAA Championship won by an SEC institution