SEC Continues to Dominate College Basketball to Start the Year

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00:00five of the top seven teams in the AP poll from the Southeastern Conference, including the Gators,

00:06seven of the top 14, eight of the top 17 in the AP top 25, 13 of the top 50 in the net rankings.

00:14John, when you look at the SEC, is this the best conference in the country in college basketball?

00:20It's not even close, Ben. And you know, I remember in the 2011 season, in the 2011 NCAA

00:26tournament, when the old Big East got 11 teams into the NCAA tournament, the SEC this year is

00:32going to fully take aim at that record. As you had referenced, as of yesterday, 13 of the 16

00:40teams in the SEC are ranked in the top 50 of the net as of Monday. And the bottom of the league,

00:47Ben, is really what's so surprising. Oklahoma was picked 15th in the SEC preseason poll.

00:53Oklahoma is undefeated, 14th in the country, according to the AP. Ivan, 10th in the Rothstein

00:5845. And Oklahoma gets a crack at a very good Michigan team tomorrow night in Charlotte.

01:03Vanderbilt, picked dead last in the SEC, has played very good basketball under Mark Byington,

01:09who did Yeoman's work last year at James Madison. The bottom of this league has been extremely

01:14capable. The SEC, no doubt, will be a double digit bid league in 2025. And again, will take

01:20aim at the old Big East record of 11 teams in the NCAA tournament. Quick follow-up, 10 and a half,

01:27if I set that as the over-under for SEC bids to the Big Dance, you going over or under? Over.