SEC
Southeastern ConferenceKentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt were the top three seeds in last year’s Southeastern Conference men’s basketball tournament.
Those three programs are a combined 1-5 in league play this year.
One week does not a season make, but the two-game sampling at each SEC school has provided a different look from a year ago. John Calipari’s Wildcats are 1-1 after ripping through the league last season with a 16-0 mark, while Auburn, Ole Miss and Mississippi State are among the upstart teams at 2-0.
“I think there are a number of teams that could win the league, but I wouldn’t put too much into two games,” Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said Monday. “It’s an 18-game schedule, and a lot of things will change and adjust themselves between now and the finish of it. Kentucky made it pretty boring last year going undefeated, and I doubt if you’ll see that.”
Florida visits Texas A&M on Thursday in a matchup of 2-0 league teams, with the Aggies having needed little time in the SEC to defeat Alabama’s football team at Bryant-Denny Stadium and Kentucky’s basketball team in Rupp Arena. A&M stunned the Wildcats 83-71 this past Saturday behind 40 points from senior guard Elston Turner.