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Some Incredible SEC Numbers

The SEC is 144-20 across the entire league. Average record of 9 and 1.25. By comparison:

ACC - 116-70 (6.44 and 3.89 AVG)
Big Ten - 139-50 (7.72 and 2.78 AVG)
Big 12 - 113-39 (7.06 and 2.44 AVG)
Big East - 80-37 (7.27 and 3.36 AVG)

The conference has 44 remaining out-of-conference games remaining. They are favored in 39/44.

The SEC is 23-16 in QUAD 1 and 19-3 in QUAD 2. By comparison:

ACC - 11-43 in QUAD 1 and 10-16 in QUAD 2
Big Ten - 16-38 in QUAD 1 and 20-7 in QUAD 2
Big 12 - 12-27 in QUAD 1 and 8-10 in QUAD 2
Big East - 8-17 in QUAD 1 and 10-10 in QUAD 2

The SEC only has ONE bad loss (South Carolina to North Florida), which is defined as a home loss to a team outside of the top 75, a neutral loss to a team outside of the top 100 or a road loss to a team outside of the top 135. By comparison:

ACC - 11 bad losses
Big Ten - 5 bad losses
Big 12 - 2 bad losses
Big East - 10 bad losses

Ultimately, the SEC is going to end the non-conference as the most accomplished league in history. The league will finish with an above .500 record in QUAD 1 wins, which is incredible. Furthermore, there will be hardly any, or even NO bad losses among the teams with at-large bid hopes.

This largely means that the entire league will be insulated in league play and that most SEC losses won't really hurt the losing teams. You will have to do your share of winning, but KenPom currently projects 13 teams to win at least 7 SEC league games, which doesn't include the SEC Tournament, where more quality wins can be picked up.

It's not crazy to see the SEC get 13 NCAA Tournament bids.

Video Board at Rupp

I don't know about anyone else, but I find it insulting that Shaedon Sharpe is being shown on the video board at Rupp about UK players in NBA. For all of the athletes that have actually stepped on the floor and played their hearts out, he did nothing but hurt the team chemistry. Following Cal's philosophy, its all about getting the players in the NBA, not about UK.

So glad the philosophy has changed.

GO CATS

Is the SEC this year the most dominant conference ever?

Right now all 3 remaining undefeated teams are SEC(Florida, Oklahoma, UT) and the SEC has five of the top seven teams in the rankings and 8 of the top 17 and 11 of the top 28 teams. I can't remember any conference having a 9th best team in the top 28, much less 11. I'm going to say, yes, this is the strongest conference ever.

Preview of Ohio State

7-4 - Losses @ #23 Texas A&M (9-2) by 14 / Pitt (9-2) by 1 in OT / @Maryland (9-2) by 24 / #2 Auburn (10-1) by 38
Quality wins : Beat Texas by 8 / Rutgers by 14.

Likely starters :
Devin Royal (soph) - 6-6 220 lbs. Forward - 15.6 ppg / 8 rpg. / 1 apg.
Bruce Thornton (JR.) - 6-2 215 lbs. Guard - 14.8 ppg / 2.7 rpg. / 5.3 apg.
Michael Parrish (SR.) - 6-6 205 lbs. Guard - 10.5 ppg / 4.7 rpg / 2 apg
Meechie Johnson (SR.) - 6-2 185 lbs. Guard - 9 ppg / 2.5 rpg / 2.7 apg
Sean Stewart (Soph) - 6.9 220 lbs. Forward - 5.7 ppg / 5.8 rpg

Key reserves :
John Mobley (Freshman) - 6-1 175 lbs. Guard - 12 ppg / 1.3 rpg. / 1.5 apg.
Aaron Bradshaw (Soph.) - 7-1 215 lbs. C/PF - 7.8 ppg. / 4.8 rpg.
Evan Mohaffey (JR.) - 6-6 200 lbs. G/F - 5.4 ppg. / 4.1 rpg. / 1.2 apg.

They have played a really solid schedule, been blown out by the better teams, have a couple solid wins. We need to be ready from the tip and play 40 minutes. Cats favored by 6, over / under 160. Cats can't just show up and expect to win, it will be a game for a while, hopefully, a nice double digit win, 88-74 is my prediction. Mobley (53.57%) can stroke it, he actually shoots it better than Brea (53.12%) from 3. Mobley has hit 4 less 3's than Brea, both are from New York.
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