Has the SEC ever been better? 

Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and Ole Miss are all in the AP Top 25. KenPom for the first time rates the SEC as the best conference in college basketball. The SEC has a chance to break the record for the most teams in the NCAA Tournament from a single conference in one year. And no elite conference is complete without a national title contender. Alabama and Nate Oats look to follow up their Final Four run from last year.

The SEC is loaded with talent. Tre Johnson, Boogie Fland, Derrion Reid, and more make up an elite incoming freshmen class. Johnell Davis, Jonas Aidoo, Chaz Lanier, Andrew Carr and more elite talent are part of the seven top 20 transfer classes coming to the conference. And Mark Sears and Johni Broome could be player of the year.

And the SEC is not without storylines. Hall of Fame coach John Calipari comes to Arkansas. Blue Blood Kentucky hires Mark Pope as the new head Wildcat. And Oklahoma and Texas join the conference while facing former Big 12 and Southwest Conference rivals in the process. The nonconference schedule is loaded with games against great teams like Duke, North Carolina, Purdue, UConn, and more.



We are just days away from the start of the college basketball season and anticipation for what this conference has to offer has never been higher. We’re giving you the entire breakdown of the SEC today on the Hoops Southbound Show!

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