Can we stop with the “SEC over-rated” posts now?

[Cat Ballou]

Seven times in the Sweet 16 - yes, a couple of teams sh!t the bed early, and some of the top seeds struggled more than expected, but that’s true of every conference, and for the most part all the top seeds held and serve and a couple of lower seeds pulled some upsets.

 

[BigBlueManSouthCentralKY]

Just need to let coach K know.

 

[HeismaNole]

I don’t give a shit about the SEC. I only care about Kentucky. I’m not rooting for Bama, Auburn, Florida, Arkansas or Tennessee.

 

[Blue wood]

I don’t give a shit about the SEC. I only care about Kentucky. I’m not rooting for Bama, Auburn, Florida, Arkansas or Tennessee.

Well I'm rooting for Bama to take Puke out so waaahhhh

 

[deplion]

IMO, the only top tier coach from our conference who isn't going to the S16 is Buzz Williams and ATM.

 

[Fox2monk]

Well I'm rooting for Bama to take Puke out so waaahhhh

I am rooting for that one.

 

[Fadhi]

I don’t give a shit about the SEC. I only care about Kentucky. I’m not rooting for Bama, Auburn, Florida, Arkansas or Tennessee.

I know it's ridiculous..especially in football. Do we really want SEC teams to get positive momentum?

 

[Wildcat Sheli]

7 teams to the Sweet 16 out of the record 14 SEC Teams that made it into the Tournament is outstanding! 44% of the Sweet 16 from one league. It would be something to have an all-SEC Final Four.

 

[Rockfly78]

The sec is like a big rowdy family. We fight with each other all the time and that’s ok. But if an outsider comes in and tries to start some shit then he gets beat down by all of brothers and cousins.

Hell yes I’ll root for the sec to succeed.

 

[Wildskatfan]

The sec is like a big rowdy family. We fight with each other all the time and that’s ok. But if an outsider comes in and tries to start some shit then he gets beat down by all of brothers and cousins.

Hell yes I’ll root for the sec to succeed.

That's me. I hate almost everyone else in the SEC, but it's ok for me to hate on teams in it. I don't need anyone else talking sh!t about my conference!

 

[Smashcat]

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

Other SEC fanbases despise UK and many hate each other as badly. There is no "us" or "we" in this league. Personally, I hope they all lose their next game. Especially UTeee!

 

[HeismaNole]

The sec is like a big rowdy family. We fight with each other all the time and that’s ok. But if an outsider comes in and tries to start some shit then he gets beat down by all of brothers and cousins.

Hell yes I’ll root for the sec to succeed.

Except this is not true outside of football. What SEC team was rooting for in 2015? Not a one.

 

[HeismaNole]

Other SEC fanbases despise UK and many hate each other as badly. There is no "us" or "we" in this league. Personally, I hope they all lose their next game. Especially UTeee!

Yeah these folks are delusional. They have this feeling because no one sees UK as a threat in football so they don’t know how fan bases are. They also fail to understand that everyone cheers against UK. Florida isn’t rooting for us. Arkansas isn’t. Alabama isn’t crossing their fingers hoping we win. 😂

 

[yoshukai]

Seven times in the Sweet 16 - yes, a couple of teams sh!t the bed early, and some of the top seeds struggled more than expected, but that’s true of every conference, and for the most part all the top seeds held and serve and a couple of lower seeds pulled some upsets.

There’s one of our own over on the UL board saying the sec got in 6 or 7 more teams than we should have. I’d like to know who would have replaced them with.

 

[Ugoff]

Eh, I root for the SEC in most cases. Not because I like the teams but because the east coast media blowhards hate the SEC and the South in general. You could hear it on full display during the UF UConn game today. Seeing their sad reaction after a big win like that means way more than any petty grudge I have against an SEC team.

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

Seven times in the Sweet 16 - yes, a couple of teams sh!t the bed early, and some of the top seeds struggled more than expected, but that’s true of every conference, and for the most part all the top seeds held and serve and a couple of lower seeds pulled some upsets.

Most of any conference ever. Only ones that didn't make it were the bottom of the SEC and AM.

 

[mebeblue2]

There’s one of our own over on the UL board saying the sec got in 6 or 7 Moore teams than we should have. I’d like to know who would have replaced them with.

i have my doubts on whether or not he is one of us

 

[Rockfly78]

Except this is not true outside of football. What SEC team was rooting for in 2015? Not a one.

That’s not true. Even if it was I don’t care.

 

[Ugoff]

i have my doubts on whether or not he is one of us

I won't call him a U6 fan, but I'd wager he's got a line beard and likes his fonts and 40's Old English.

 

[billoliver40]

I was the one that said the SEC got in too many teams. Arkansas and Ol Miss surprised me, and I didn't think Oklahoma or Texas really deserved a slot.

So sue me.

 

[UKSanders]

Well I'm rooting for Bama to take Puke out so waaahhhh

I am rooting for that one.

Not me...

But that's b/c I'm hoping AZ upsets Duke in the S16.

 

[kyfanrob]

Just impressive, 6 of the 8 games of the sweet sixteen involve SEC teams.

 

[TriCountyCat]

I despise Duke, I really do. My dad broke our TV after the 92 game. That being said, Nate Oats is slowly creeping up in my hate meter. I might hope that Duke wins and Florida or someone finishes them off in the final 4.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

SEC is looking good now.. but it did not look so great to start. No, not every SEC team was going to move on, but I sort of expected to have 1 or 2 more. Like Vanderbilt, I figured Byington was a good enough coach to get past mid major St. Mary's in round 1.

Too bad they were all looking ahead to Kentucky in the semi-final or wherever we'd have played lol. Maybe they should have pretended St. Mary's was wearing Kentucky blue haha.

Or maybe they should have tried to pull their shoot around from them..

 

[LineSkiCat14]

I think only Florida or Houston can take down Duke I'm afraid. Even Kentucky, I don't think we have the horses, and we will have combat the officials too.

 

[fatguy87]

I was the one that said the SEC got in too many teams. Arkansas and Ol Miss surprised me, and I didn't think Oklahoma or Texas really deserved a slot.

So sue me.

Oklahoma and Texas certainly weren't great. But then if they aren't in the tournament, who is?

IU and WVU were the last two out.

Other top 55 Net teams that didn't make the tournament include Ohio State, Boise State, SMU, Northwestern, and Villanova.

It's not like the teams left out were all that deserving.

When it gets to slotting at large teams into those 9, 10, and 11 seeds, there really aren't many teams "deserving" a spot. The committee parses through degrees of mediocrity.

 

[Wildcat Sheli]

Just impressive, 6 of the 8 games of the sweet sixteen involve SEC teams.

Looking at the current bracket is indeed impressive. Who would have thought that the day would come where all but 2 S16 games involved the SEC.

 

[BleedBlue13]

I think we can all accept anyone winning other than Duke or Arkansas, lots of teams left that yeah it would suck but those 2 now would really really really suck

 

[trueblujr2]

Other SEC fanbases despise UK and many hate each other as badly. There is no "us" or "we" in this league. Personally, I hope they all lose their next game. Especially UTeee!

Other SEC fanbases despise us because we've dominated the league since it's inception pretty much in Basketball. I don't think anybody hates us in football or other sports because they beat us more regularly.

 

[passoverGator]

well I'm rooting hard for you guys over UT

 

[KingofHedgehogs]

Other SEC fanbases despise us because we've dominated the league since it's inception pretty much in Basketball. I don't think anybody hates us in football or other sports because they beat us more regularly.

From a non-bias person....youre wrong. Bama has dominated the conference in football for many stretches, even to the point that UGA's recent success feels like it's only due to bama taking a break.

Bama fans, outside of their main rivals of Auburn and UT, aren't as disliked as UK.....not because of success, but bc their fans readily give credit to an opposing team much more liberally and with good grace than UK fans does in basketball. It may not be a ton, but certainly much more then UK, even to the point of no comparison.

With UK? They've never lost a game to an SEC team if the score is close...unless the refs were out to get them. A lot of times even when its not close, an SEC team never truely beat UK. The opposing team can NEVER the better team. They only had one great night.

There were, surprisingly, a few UK fans even admitting that in a recent thread.

Then there's this back-handed slap in the mouth...."they played well because we are their superbowl".

Tell me something, would you support a conference team whose fans have that motto, even after your team earned a win? Not likely.

You know, I'm 42 years old. I've never, not once, heard a single Bama fan say as much after a loss. For UK fans? Probably dozens of thousands of times by now. Whether true or not, bama fans don't say stuff like that

If there's a lack of support for UK? Its not just bc of these things....but no accountability when it's pointed out. It's always pointing fingers at other people or complete dismissal.

 

[Cats192]

Half of the SEC teams lost.

Half of the teams in the tournament have lost.

We have 7/6. We could have 6/8 in the Elite 8. We could potentially have all 4 Final 4 teams.

 

[JRCAT14]

From a non-bias person....youre wrong. Bama has dominated the conference in football for many stretches, even to the point that UGA's recent success feels like it's only due to bama taking a break.

Bama fans, outside of their main rivals of Auburn and UT, aren't as disliked as UK.....not because of success, but bc their fans readily give credit to an opposing team much more liberally and with good grace than UK fans does in basketball. It may not be a ton, but certainly much more then UK, even to the point of no comparison.

With UK? They've never lost a game to an SEC team if the score is close...unless the refs were out to get them. A lot of times even when its not close, an SEC team never truely beat UK. The opposing team can NEVER the better team. They only had one great night.

There were, surprisingly, a few UK fans even admitting that in a recent thread.

Then there's this back-handed slap in the mouth...."they played well because we are their superbowl".

Tell me something, would you support a conference team whose fans have that motto, even after your team earned a win? Not likely.

You know, I'm 42 years old. I've never, not once, heard a single Bama fan say as much after a loss. For UK fans? Probably dozens of thousands of times by now. Whether true or not, bama fans don't say stuff like that

If there's a lack of support for UK? Its not just bc of these things....but no accountability when it's pointed out. It's always pointing fingers at other people or complete dismissal.

"Then there's this back-handed slap in the mouth...."they played well because we are their superbowl".

I did not like Cal saying this in the media, but it is absolutely true. We have been your team's and every other SEC team's "Superbowl" for your entire life and before, whether you realize it or acknowledge it or not.

"Delusional" describes someone holding a false belief, despite evidence to the contrary, and is often associated with mental illness, particularly psychotic disorders like delusional disorder.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

From a non-bias person....youre wrong. Bama has dominated the conference in football for many stretches, even to the point that UGA's recent success feels like it's only due to bama taking a break.

Bama fans, outside of their main rivals of Auburn and UT, aren't as disliked as UK.....not because of success, but bc their fans readily give credit to an opposing team much more liberally and with good grace than UK fans does in basketball. It may not be a ton, but certainly much more then UK, even to the point of no comparison.

With UK? They've never lost a game to an SEC team if the score is close...unless the refs were out to get them. A lot of times even when its not close, an SEC team never truely beat UK. The opposing team can NEVER the better team. They only had one great night.

There were, surprisingly, a few UK fans even admitting that in a recent thread.

Then there's this back-handed slap in the mouth...."they played well because we are their superbowl".

Tell me something, would you support a conference team whose fans have that motto, even after your team earned a win? Not likely.

You know, I'm 42 years old. I've never, not once, heard a single Bama fan say as much after a loss. For UK fans? Probably dozens of thousands of times by now. Whether true or not, bama fans don't say stuff like that

If there's a lack of support for UK? Its not just bc of these things....but no accountability when it's pointed out. It's always pointing fingers at other people or complete dismissal.

There's a large contingent of our fanbase that is nauseating.

 

[Ugoff]

From a non-bias person....youre wrong. Bama has dominated the conference in football for many stretches, even to the point that UGA's recent success feels like it's only due to bama taking a break.

Bama fans, outside of their main rivals of Auburn and UT, aren't as disliked as UK.....not because of success, but bc their fans readily give credit to an opposing team much more liberally and with good grace than UK fans does in basketball. It may not be a ton, but certainly much more then UK, even to the point of no comparison.

With UK? They've never lost a game to an SEC team if the score is close...unless the refs were out to get them. A lot of times even when its not close, an SEC team never truely beat UK. The opposing team can NEVER the better team. They only had one great night.

There were, surprisingly, a few UK fans even admitting that in a recent thread.

Then there's this back-handed slap in the mouth...."they played well because we are their superbowl".

Tell me something, would you support a conference team whose fans have that motto, even after your team earned a win? Not likely.

You know, I'm 42 years old. I've never, not once, heard a single Bama fan say as much after a loss. For UK fans? Probably dozens of thousands of times by now. Whether true or not, bama fans don't say stuff like that

If there's a lack of support for UK? Its not just bc of these things....but no accountability when it's pointed out. It's always pointing fingers at other people or complete dismissal.

To tell you the truth I don't know what another team's "motto" is, because I don't go looking for it. But here you are, with a case of rabbit ears.

 

[trueblujr2]

From a non-bias person....youre wrong. Bama has dominated the conference in football for many stretches, even to the point that UGA's recent success feels like it's only due to bama taking a break.

Bama fans, outside of their main rivals of Auburn and UT, aren't as disliked as UK.....not because of success, but bc their fans readily give credit to an opposing team much more liberally and with good grace than UK fans does in basketball. It may not be a ton, but certainly much more then UK, even to the point of no comparison.

With UK? They've never lost a game to an SEC team if the score is close...unless the refs were out to get them. A lot of times even when its not close, an SEC team never truely beat UK. The opposing team can NEVER the better team. They only had one great night.

There were, surprisingly, a few UK fans even admitting that in a recent thread.

Then there's this back-handed slap in the mouth...."they played well because we are their superbowl".

Tell me something, would you support a conference team whose fans have that motto, even after your team earned a win? Not likely.

You know, I'm 42 years old. I've never, not once, heard a single Bama fan say as much after a loss. For UK fans? Probably dozens of thousands of times by now. Whether true or not, bama fans don't say stuff like that

If there's a lack of support for UK? Its not just bc of these things....but no accountability when it's pointed out. It's always pointing fingers at other people or complete dismissal.

Don't think I'm necessarily wrong, but everything is subjective. The SEC in football has more long-time traditional powers to compete with each other. Bama, UGA, LSU, Auburn, Florida, UT, Now Texas and Oklahoma. So that "hate" is spread around and watered down. when it comes to Basketball, we have more SEC championships than the rest of the league combined. Same goes for Conference Tournament championships, as well. There were no other "traditional powers" in this league. Most of the current top programs successes are fairly recent. Have their been good or very good SEC teams throughout history? sure, but their successes were generally fleeting and not sustained anywhere near the level UK has sustained theirs. For the longest time the SEC was a lot like this years ACC. Us then everybody else was crap. That's why we have been hated.

 

[KingofHedgehogs]

To tell you the truth I don't know what another team's "motto" is, because I don't go looking for it. But here you are, with a case of rabbit ears.

And here you are not really sincerely listening...yet will later act youre a victim of not being supported. No accountability, like I said.

 

[KingofHedgehogs]

There's a large contingent of our fanbase that is nauseating.

And it's fans like you, and even those that can respect an honest answer, that I don't personally hate UK.

It's why I have no problem stating simple truths openly, such as UK is the face of the SEC in basketball. If not for UK, the entirety of the conference wouldn't likely be where it's at regarding basketball.

 

[Ugoff]

And here you are not really sincerely listening...yet will later act youre a victim of not being supported. No accountability, like I said.

Honestly I don't care who you support. I root for the SEC for my own reasons. If you choose not to so be it, I won't lose any sleep.