Four teams in the Southeastern Conference can still boast some form of perfection Three teams from the SEC East and one from the SEC West have records that remain unblemished after the opening week of conference play. Kentucky (18-0, 3-0) owns the league’s best overall record after defeating Georgia, Florida and Auburn. “Everyone we’re playing is playing their best game, and I don’t think we realize that just yet,” said Kentucky coach John Calipari. The Wildcats are led in scoring and assists by freshman guard John Wall, who averages 17 points and seven assists a game, respectively. He also chips in an average of 3.7 rebounds per contest. No. 8 Tennessee (14-2, 2- 0) is the SEC’s next-highest ranked team. The Volunteers own a blowout win against Auburn and a two-point victory against Ole Miss. Sophomore guard Scotty Hopson leads Tennessee with a 13.3 point per game average, and senior forward Wayne Chism leads the squad in rebounds per game with 6.4.No. 23 Mississippi State (15-3, 3-0) is the lone undefeated team from the SEC West. The Bulldogs own narrow wins against Ole Miss, Arkansas and Georgia. Senior forward Jarvis Varnado averages a double-double and leads his team in both points and rebounds with 14 and 11 a contest, respectively. Vanderbilt (14-3, 3-0) also remains among the ranks of the unbeaten following wins against Florida, Alabama and South Carolina. Sophomore guard/forward Jeffery Taylor averages 14 points a game to lead the Commodores in that category, while Australian-born junior center A.J. Ogilvy averages six boards to lead the team in that category.   FOUR TEAMS HAVE MIDWEEK BYEThis week, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Mississippi State and Kentucky will get some extra time off before they have to take the floor again. All four teams have a bye on the schedule and won’t play again until Saturday. Although he said he thinks his team would feel differently, Calipari said he is happy for the time off. “I would tell you my team would probably just rather keep playing basketball,” Calipari said. “What we did [Sunday] and what we’ll be doing in the next couple of days to get our minds in a different place will be good for us.”Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said he hopes his team can use the time off to improve. “I’ve been reminded and sent letters by people of how poorly we’ve done in a game after a bye week,” he said. “I think we’ve got an opportunity to use this week to get better at some things we need to get better at, so we’re going to embrace the week and try to use it like we used finals week to pick out two or three things we can improve on and focus on that until we have to turn our attention to Auburn.” KENTUCKY HOLDS HAITI FUNDRAISERNo. 2 Kentucky hosted a relief telethon Sunday where players manned the phone lines and took donations for the Haiti relief effort.A 7.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed much of the Caribbean country’s capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, killing what is being estimated by Haitian officials to be as many as 200,000.The telethon, “Hoops for Haiti,” which was organized by Calipari, lasted just five hours, but in that span, the Wildcats were able to net more than $1 million to contribute to the country.”The players were taking calls and being interviewed and interviewing people and coaches were calling from all over the country making donations, and all of a sudden we look up and we’ve raised more than $500,000,” Calipari said. “It was just a great experience for our players to start understanding at a young age that you can use your fame and fortune for others.”Many sports notables were among those donating sizable amounts through the telethon.Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim, Former Kentucky and current Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith, Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis, Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes and basketball commentator Dick Vitale were all among those who contributed, according to the Kentucky Herald-Ledger.–Contact Johanathan Brooks at [email protected]