SEC basketball is here to rescue you — from Valentine’s Day. If you’ve had more than your fair share of heart-shaped boxes of candy and flowers and stuffed teddy bears, let’s turn to another strong emotion: loathing. Over the years — admittedly mostly recent ones — SEC basketball has given us plenty of characters who most of the league’s blood boil — but more in a “want to strangle that dude” than a lovey-dovey way.

First a disclaimer: Opposing fans don’t waste time hating the last guy on the bench. All of the most hateable SEC hoops could ball. Secondly, undoubtedly your least favorite player got left off … and your all-time favorite from your school is on. Sorry, not sorry. Here are 10 of the most hated SEC basketball players ever — in no particular order

Matt Walsh, Florida

So much to hate about Matt Walsh. The weird, floppy hair, the beautiful girlfriend (Playmate Lauren Anderson Brignac — and yes, kids, that was in the days before people read Playboy for the articles), the entitled trash talk, and all-SEC level production. Walsh scored 1,301 points and nailed 192 3s in 3 seasons as a Florida Gator. But anybody who remembers him (who isn’t a diehard Gators fan) remembers the special fingernails on a chalkboard quality to his game.

Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss

With Henderson, there was the constant trash-talk and dramatics (he stuck his tongue out more than Michael Jordan) balanced with some unstable reactions. Perhaps nobody on this list caused more fans to wonder if a guy was that annoying … or just that crazy. Henderson began his career at Utah, but came to Ole Miss from South Plains Junior College. He led the Rebels to an SEC Tournament crown and had 1,293 points in 2 seasons as a Rebel. Whether he was taunting opposing fans or shooting his teams into or out of games, Henderson was never dull.

DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky

An All-American talent who has always played with a healthy-sized chip on his shoulder, Cousins’ physical style and willingness to talk to anybody, anytime made him a frequent target of ire for those who don’t appreciate the Big Blue Nation. Infamously, Clay Travis tweeted that Cousins would be arrested within 5 years. When Boogie avoided that fate, after the 5 years, he smacked back at Travis on social media. Perhaps the most iconic image of Cousins’ single season at Kentucky was when Mississippi State fans somehow got his cell phone number ahead of facing Kentucky and targeted him with numerous calls, only for Cousins to respond during the game in Starkville by miming a phone call and mouthing “Call me” after throwing down a dunk on the Bulldogs.

John Fulkerson, Tennessee

Sadly, the SEC lacks a Grayson Allen type, as notably for flopping and snarkiness and for on-court production. But Fulky would would love to be that guy. Throwing his 6-10 frame around like the world’s largest rag doll, the endlessly hustling Fulkerson either draws more charges or creates more flops than anyone in SEC memory. Of course, he’s in his 6th season in Knoxville, so the fact that he’s arguably older than Perry Ellis has done little to tone down his loathing quotient. With 1,041 career points and almost as many shaky fouls drawn, Fulkerson has earned this spot.

Corliss Williamson, Arkansas

It was not so many years ago that Arkansas had the baddest, swaggiest (is that a word) bunch of ballers in the nation. Nolan Richardson’s guys had Scotty Thurman, whose pure jump shot elevated him above such concerns as fan loathing. They had Corey Beck, who was just a winner. They had Dwight Stewart, who was too chubby to mind (which probably kept Big Baby Davis off this list). And they had Corliss, whose opinion of himself was only a little better than reality. In 3 years at Arkansas, Williamson scored 1,728 points and led the Hogs to a national title. If he was on your team, you loved him. If he wasn’t, you did not particularly enjoy his shenanigans.

Joakim Noah, Florida

Like Williamson, Noah earned this spot by being the big dog on a national title team. Or two. Weird hair, affluent lifestyle, near-spectrum level behavioral tics, it was not hard to find fans who couldn’t stand Noah. His Gator bio: 3 years, 2 titles, 1,133 points, and a legion of SEC haters who watched him slog along in the NBA like it was karma revenge for the way Florida ruled college hoops for 2 years with him at the helm.

Jamaal Magloire, Kentucky

Just ask former Duke hate legend Wojo, another all-time college hoops anti-Valentine. Have we yet recovered from Billy Packer searing into our conscience the image of Wojo twisted up with Magloire late in the 1998 NCAA Regional Final. “What’s he doing to Wojo?” Packer screamed. Only for Wojo to untangle and bounce up. But in Packer’s defense, Magloire had history. From running down a mascot to nearly sparking a brawl at the end of a Kentucky/Louisville game with a hard foul, Magloire was all intensity all the time. A key reserve on UK’s 1998 title team, Magloire had 1,064 points at Kentucky. Sometimes, it seemed like he might have given 1,064 staredowns and hard fouls.

Tony Harris, Tennessee

How much of a legend was Tony Harris? He nearly brawled in street clothes back in 2001 against Kentucky. A Memphis legend, Harris had swagger for days. He scored 1,588 points at UT and made the Vols a team to watch and potentially despise. The good news for opposing teams was that he shot below 38%, so he was as likely to shoot the Vols out of the game as to shoot them into the game. Plus, he somehow played alongside …

Ron Slay, Tennessee

The SEC hoops version of the Pistons’ McFilthy and McNasty, Slay jabbered, cajoled and hustled his way to 1,569 career points. Physical, loud and always present, Slay somehow earns a few extra points for his omnipresent headband. At least unlike future Vol Wayne Chism, he did wear it around his head, rather than on top of his head.

Teddy Dupay, Florida

Along with Harris, Dupay packed the highest quotient of hoops villain into the smallest size, with his 5-10 frame. Flashy to the point of distraction, Dupay always seemed to regard college basketball as beneath his quality of celebrity. A gambling scandal ran him out of college hoops, but despite his 980 points in 3 years at UF, Dupay could have had a solid bet gambling on the loathing of non-Gator SEC hoops fans.