SEC/Big East Challenge facts and figures

The SEC/Big East Challenge is an annual series initially started in 2007 as an Invitational pitting teams from the SEC and Big East. The first four years of the arrangement consisted of doubleheaders split off at two sites. In 2011, the series expanded to feature 12 games.

Big East team records School Record Cincinnati 2-0 Georgetown 2-0 Louisville 2-0 Syracuse 2-0 Villanova 1-0 Connecticut 1-1 Pittsburgh 1-1 Providence 1-1 Rutgers 1-1 Seton Hall 1-1 St. John's 1-1 West Virginia 1-1 Marquette 0-1 Notre Dame 0-1 South Florida 0-1 DePaul 0-2 Totals 16-12

SEC team records School Record Kentucky 3-0 Mississippi State 2-1 Tennessee 2-1 Arkansas 1-1 LSU 1-1 Mississippi 1-1 South Carolina 1-1 Vanderbilt 1-1 Alabama 0-2 Florida 0-2 Georgia 0-2 Auburn 0-3 Totals 12-16

Year-by-year

Note: Host team in bold

2012 Matchups
Date	Game
Nov. 27	South Carolina at St. John's
	Seton Hall at LSU
	Kentucky at Notre Dame
	Marquette at Florida
Nov. 30	Georgia at South Florida
	DePaul at Auburn
	Tennessee at Georgetown
	Syracuse at Arkansas
Dec. 1	Mississippi State at Providence
	Rutgers at Mississippi
	Alabama at Cincinnati
	Villanova at Vanderbilt

2011: Big East 8, SEC 4
Big East victories	SEC victories
Providence 76, South Carolina 67	Kentucky 81, St. John's 59
Georgetown 57, Alabama 55	Mississippi 70, DePaul 68
Syracuse 72, Florida 68	LSU 55, Rutgers 50
Cincinnati 57, Georgia 51	Mississippi State 75, West Virginia 62
Seton Hall 81, Auburn 59
Louisville 62, Vanderbilt 60 (OT)
Connecticut 75, Arkansas 62
Pittsburgh 61, Tennessee 56

2010: SEC 3, Big East 1
Big East victories	SEC victories
y-Rutgers 63, Auburn 54	x-Arkansas 71, Seton Hall 62
	x-Kentucky 72, Notre Dame 58
	y-Tennessee 83, Pittsburgh 76
Note: x - game played at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky.; y - game played at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.

2009: Big East 2, SEC 2
Big East victories	SEC victories
x-St. John's 66, Georgia 56	x-Kentucky 64, Connecticut 61
y-Syracuse 85, Florida 73	y-Mississippi State 76, DePaul 45
Note: x - game played at Madison Square Garden in New York; y - game played at St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla.

2008: Big East 2, SEC 2
Big East victories	SEC victories
y-Cincinnati 75, Mississippi State 63	x-Vanderbilt 71, South Florida 52
y-Louisville 77, Mississippi 68	x-Tennessee 80, Marquette 68
Note: x - game played at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn.; y - game played at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

2007: Big East 3, SEC 1
Big East victories	SEC victories
x-Georgetown 70, Alabama 60	y-South Carolina 68, Providence 67
x-West Virginia 88, Auburn 59
y-Villanova 68, LSU 67
Note: x - game played at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Ala.; y - game played at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.