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SEC links for Saturday:

• Gary Laney of The Advocate reports that LSU basketball player Bo Spencer is academically ineligible for fall.

• Florida wins the SEC baseball crown with win over South Carolina, reports Kevin Brockway of the Gainesville Sun.

• The Sun reports that former Gator star Brett Nelson has left UCF to join John Pelphrey at Arkansas.

• Charles Goldberg of the Birmingham News reports on Auburn’s 18-4 win over Ole Miss to take the SEC West.

• John Pennington of Mr. SEC says league denies report it held expansion meetings with CBS.

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SEC links for Tuesday:

• LSU suspends Bo Spencer from basketball team, reports Gary Laney of The Advocate.

• Jay G. Tate of the Montgomery Advertiser reports that an Auburn football signee is fighting leukemia.

• Paul Finebaum of the Mobile Press-Register writes that Urban Meyer’s outburst shows just how far beat writers have fallen.

• Tennessee basketball looking ahead to next season, reports Mike Griffith of the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

• John Adams of the News-Sentinel writes that UT got caught up in a high-speed chase.

• Mark Weidmer of the Chattanooga Times Free Press thinks Tennessee has a bright basketball future.

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SEC links for Tuesday:

• Paul Gattis of the Huntsville Times writes that SEC basketball stinks a little less now.
• Gary Laney of The Advocate reports that LSU is in top 25, but without Spencer.
• In The State, Joe Person writes on South Carolina fighting for basketball attention.
• In the Gainesville Sun, Kevin Brockway has Florida coach Billy Donovan comparing freshmen.
• Also in the Sun, Robbie Andreu reports on the arrest of Florida offensive lineman Carl Johnson.
• John Adams of the Knoxville News-Sentinel writes that Duke beat the Lady Vols at their own game.
• AJC columnist Furman Bisher wants to know why Georgia needs help to find a basketball coach.
• Ron Higgins of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal reports on more than a bump for Nick Saban.
• In the Mobile Press-Register, Evan Woodbery reports that Auburn will concentrate on in-state football recruits.
• David Brandt of the Clarion-Ledger reports that three Ole Miss baseball players have been suspended.

SEC links for Friday:

• Gary Laney of The Advocate reports that a sprained ankle will keep LSU guard Bo Spencer on the bench against Ole Miss.
• Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist Mike Strange writes that front four coaches in East not sure which team has the edge.
• Edward Aschoff writes in the Gainesville Sun that SEC transfers are thriving.
• In the Tennessean, Maurice Patton writes on the Vandy women’s upset of No. 9 Florida.
• In the Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi State women hold off Ole Miss.
• Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger reports that both Ole Miss and Mississippi State have revised their football schedules.
• In the Knoxville News-Sentinel, John Adams reports that Sports Illustrated goofed by reporting that Lane Kiffin had fired his secretary.
• Meanwhile, Adams writes that Kiffin told a booster club, “I like to have fun with some things.”
• In the Huntsville Times, Evan Woodbery reports that top Auburn football assistants are settling into their jobs.
• Birmingham News columnist Ray Melick writes on new Auburn coach Gene Chizik.
• Also in the News, Ian Rapoport reports that Chris Smelley’s baseball career has hit a snag.
• In the AJC, Chip Towers writes on some positive signs for Georgia football.