2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2019 and will end in March, after which 14 member teams will participate in the 2019 SEC tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2019 NCAA tournament.

Media Day Selections
 first place votes

Preseason All-SEC teams

 * Media select a five-member first team; coaches select an eight-member first team
 * Players in bold are media choices for SEC Player of the Year; coaches do not select a preseason Player of the Year

Head coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.

SEC regular season
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Results updated through January 5, 2019.

Records against other conferences
Regular season

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SEC Tournament

 * March 13–17 at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Players of the Week
Throughout the conference regular season, the SEC offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Honorable Mention
To be announced after the SEC Tournament.

All-Academic
First Team:

Second Team:

Attendance
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SEC Tournament

 * March 13–17 at the Bridgestone Arena, Nashville. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.