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SEC fans, are you feeling bummed about how the football season played out? Don’t worry, because the league has decided to completely take over men’s college basketball.
It was an historic non-conference slate for the SEC with every team emerging with three losses or fewer and nearly every team stacking up plenty of Quad 1 wins that will come in handy if in the mix for the NCAA men’s tournament. The success in the first two months set the stage for the conference that expanded to 16 members to have the opportunity to set a record with 12 teams in the field.
Now that conference play has arrived this weekend, the carnage of teams knocking off each has begun.
It’s going to be a wild next two months of conference play as teams fight for their tournament spots and potential high seedings in March. The chaos already kicked off this weekend with two undefeated teams going down − Florida losing to Kentucky and Alabama dominating Oklahoma.
Florida center Rueben Chinyelu (9) and Kentucky forward Brandon Garrison (10) jostle for position during the first half at Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center.
That’s just the beginning of what’s going to be the SEC cannibalizing itself. Unlike what happened in the race for the College Football Playoff, losses in the league aren’t going to be damaging. No game is going to be easy. How bad will it be? Look at Auburn’s schedule as an example: The Tigers already have a Division I-high six Quad 1 wins, and 13 of their remaining 17 games would fall in the Quad 1 category.
With so many strong contenders, going 13-5 or 12-6 may be enough to win the SEC, and an 8-10 conference record should be good enough to make the tournament. By the time we get to March, there will be no need for those hypothetical scenarios.
What are the other storylines coming out of the weekend? We take a look.
The Big Ten mystery
While the SEC is overflowing with tournament and title contenders, the other mega conference can’t say the same.
No real threat has emerged from the Big Ten quite…
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2025-01-06 11:09:00
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