The 2018 Southeastern Conference men’s basketball regular season ended last weekend with a team picked ninth in the preseason, Auburn, and a team pegged 13th, Tennessee, sharing the league crown.
If the last several weeks provided numerous unexpected results, shouldn’t the same be expected the next several days in the SEC tournament in St. Louis?
Absolutely, according to the league coaches.
“This is as wide open as this tournament has been in quite some time,” Mississippi State’s Ben Howland said Monday. “Anybody can beat anybody on a given day, and that’s been proven over and over again this year. I think Tennessee is the hottest team in the league right now and probably is playing the best of anybody, but Missouri is in its home state, so that will be an added advantage for them.
“Texas A&M comes in with momentum. There are a number of teams you can look at, and you can never discount the fact Kentucky’s had the most success of any program in the history of the SEC tournament. A lot of teams come into this tournament with the chance to come out Sunday as the champion.”