The 2008/2009 SEC should get three bids at most. Aside from America's feel good story LSU, the SEC is a collection of teams that feature a couple of exciting players (Jodie Meeks, Nick Calathes) and terrible team basketball that gives you the impression that Oak Hill Academy could probably hang with half of them. The stat that I find most disturbing is the fact that as a whole, the conference has beaten nine AP top 25 teams this season while Uconn by itself has eight such wins and could add to that number tonight, if they can hold off Marquette. Two of those wins came from Arkansas, thanks to Courtney Fortson personally dismantiling the Big 12 over a seven day stretch during the heart of college football's bowl season. In conference play, where Arkansas was expected to contend for a title, they have looked worse then a drunk Charles Barkley trying to play 18 holes at Augusta. After LSU, who lost to Utah by 30 fyi (no Keith Van Horn and Andre Miller circa 1997 were not playing), none of the other 11 teams have looked impressive, only showing flashes of untapped potential. Aside from Tennessee beating Marquette and Florida winning at Washington, quality wins come few and far between.
SEC Rundown- this could get ugly
Two teams (Tennessee and Ole Miss) have a strength of schedule in the top 50.
Not one team is over .500 against RPI top 50 teams.
ESPN's Bracketology has 5 SEC teams in.
Kentucky is the highest projected seed at #7.
Conference is 9-16 against the top 25.
My prediction: no SEC team gets to the Sweet 16 and only one will get past the first round.
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