Some Incredible SEC Numbers

[KA4Prez]

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.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

It really is incredible- these numbers.

Thanks for sharing.

If only that certain team from Lexington hadn't lost to the Orange and Purple Tigers.

 

[know1]

Our hourly reminder that the SEC is going to be a war this year.

Back in the day, we didn't have to do an advance PR campaign to prepare ourselves for losses in league play. Thanks Cal!

 

[TheDude73]

Crazy.

What's even more crazy is that there are still talking heads that will pick another conference as being better. Just this weekend I overheard someone on an ESPN2 halftime show (I just had it on in the background) trying to justify the B10 over the SEC by nitpicking not only the average KenPom opponent rankings, but each "big run" or "severe drought". His rationale for B10 being "slightly tougher" than the SEC was that they had slightly harder schedules across the board with fewer "severe droughts" during those games against inferior opponents. This clown appeared to have gone through each and every game to come up with this conclusion.

I just shook my head. But I was surprised they weren't doing this with the ACC given it was ESPN (although I believe the homer that was talking was a B10 alum).

 

[megablue]

Amazing information !! Thanks for compiling and sharing it !! GO CATS !!

 

[MegaBlue05]

People laugh when I say it, but I wouldn’t be completely surprised if the league champ ends with 6-8 conference losses. Road wins are going to be hard to come by.

 

[Someguywhodoesntlikeyou]

Our hourly reminder that the SEC is going to be a war this year.

Back in the day, we didn't have to do an advance PR campaign to prepare ourselves for losses in league play. Thanks Cal!

The SEC decided to invest in basketball with all the media money. All sports really but basketball was the benefactor of it the most. This has literally been the plan for a decade and we are watching the culmination of it.

Whether this is a good or bad thing for Kentucky remains to be seen.

 

[Cleatortoises]

Let's man up.
Bring it on.
They have to play us too.
That is all.
GBB!

 

[JimboBBN]

The NCAA Tournament is going to feel like a cakewalk compared to our conference schedule.

 

[megablue]

The NCAA Tournament is going to feel like a cakewalk compared to our conference schedule.

Likewise ... SEC Tournament may end up feeling like the Sweet Sixteen !!

 

[WeWant9]

Whoever wins the SEC will have ran a gauntlet. I was looking at our schedule. At this moment, out of our 19 league games, 8 are against top 25 teams (possible that goes up). 4 of those games are against top 5 teams (Tenn and Auburn). With 3 more games against top 10 teams (Bama and Florida).

The SEC’s unranked teams: Ark (9-2), UGA (9-1), LSU (8-2), Mizz (9-1), Texas (9-2), Vandy (9-1), and SC (7-3). Some of those teams might be ranked later today. There will be no easy games this year, and the road will be brutal.

 

[JonathanW]

Whoever wins the SEC will have ran a gauntlet. I was looking at our schedule. At this moment, out of our 19 league games, 8 are against top 25 teams (possible that goes up). 4 of those games are against top 5 teams (Tenn and Auburn). With 3 more games against top 10 teams (Bama and Florida).

The SEC’s unranked teams: Ark (9-2), UGA (9-1), LSU (8-2), Mizz (9-1), Texas (9-2), Vandy (9-1), and SC (7-3). Some of those teams might be ranked later today. There will be no easy games this year, and the road will be brutal.

You could make a case for each one of those teams individually (except SC) being in today's Top 25.