catmandoo
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posted 08-09-2016 08:46 AM
The facts are the facts: the SEC only had three teams in the NCAA Tournament last March and one of those teams -- Vanderbilt -- lost by twenty points to Wichita State in the First Four.
Will this conference get that many teams in the field of 68 in 2017?
There's no way to truly tell.
Other than Kentucky, there's no team in the SEC that looks like it's a sure bet to hear its name called on Selection Sunday.
Florida and Texas A&M look like the second and third best teams on paper, but this group of Gators has never collectively played in the NCAA Tournament and the Aggies lost four starters -- Anthony Collins, Alex Caruso, Danuel House, and Jalen Jones -- from last year's team that reached the Sweet 16.
Georgia meanwhile has legitimate star power in J.J. Frazier and Yante Maten, but it remains to be seen how its supporting cast handles higher expectations and the need to produce with consistency on a regular basis.
The SEC is at mini-crossroads; this league is doing all the right things off the court to try to make men's basketball relevant, but it's still not showing up in between the lines.
It doesn't reflect well on this conference when a program like South Carolina goes 24-8 last season with an 11-7 conference record and winds up on the wrong side of the bubble.
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