(03-28-2017 10:55 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 08:52 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(03-28-2017 06:46 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  For years and years I used to say that if you take out Kentucky, SEC basketball is about the same as the Atlantic 10.

Conference memberships have changed (Xavier and Temple swapped for VCU, George Mason, and Davidson), and the SEC has hired some great coaches in recent years so it's not quite true any more. But ken's numbers show that it's still closer to truth than falsehood.

If you also take out Florida, it's worse. Between them, KY and FL earned 47 units during that time. The next highest team had 5 (South Carolina had that many this year)!

If Wichita were to join the AAC, it would leave the MVC with only two wins in 7 years, both by Northern Iowa.

Short memories. The SEC was a very solid but underrated conference from the mid-80s when Auburn, Alabama and LSU rose, until about 5-10 years ago. They've been in a slump other than Kentucky since then. For some reason the Pac 12 has been in a similar slump.

Perhaps the SEC is in a slump. But as for short memories, those three schools you mentioned have combined for only 5 Sweet Sixteen appearances in the last 25 years. For many fans, 25 years qualifies as a long time.