7 SEC Teams Make The Sweet Sixteen

[Wild Turkey]

1. That’s historical.
2. This validates the SEC hype during the regular season.
3. Finally the conference didn’t shit the bed during March.

I’ve felt the conference was close to making a statement the past 3 years but they kept blowing it in March.

Full breakdown:

SEC - 7
Big 10 - 5
Big 12 - 3
ACC - 1

So basically no one outside what is historically the P5 advanced. No Big East schools is a huge surprise the dynamics of college basketball are changing quickly.

 

[Deep Creek]

1. That’s historical.
2. This validates the SEC hype during the regular season.
3. Finally the conference didn’t shit the bed during March.

I’ve felt the conference was close to making a statement the past 3 years but they kept blowing it in March.

Full breakdown:

SEC - 7
Big 10 - 5
Big 12 - 3
ACC - 1

So basically no one outside what is historically the P5 advanced. No Big East schools is a huge surprise the dynamics of college basketball are changing quickly.

Zona/Oregon still playing, no?

 

[Wild Turkey]

Zona/Oregon still playing, no?

That’s right for some reason I was thinking that was a Big 10 on Big 10 which was dumb. Still doesn’t change the fact that only P5 schools are in.

 

[Deep Creek]

That’s right for some reason I was thinking that was a Big 10 on Big 10 which was dumb. Still doesn’t change the fact that only P5 schools are in.

Yep. And 11 or 12 of the 16 will be P2.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Yep. And 11 or 12 of the 16 will be P2.

Money is changing things fast. It’s only going to get worse because schools like Texas, Ohio State, Georgia, Penn State and LSU have money and aren’t going to be happy not currently competing.

 

[jontaejones]

1. That’s historical.
2. This validates the SEC hype during the regular season.
3. Finally the conference didn’t shit the bed during March.

I’ve felt the conference was close to making a statement the past 3 years but they kept blowing it in March.

Full breakdown:

SEC - 7
Big 10 - 5
Big 12 - 3
ACC - 1

So basically no one outside what is historically the P5 advanced. No Big East schools is a huge surprise the dynamics of college basketball are changing quickly.

With 14 teams making the tournament I'd say anything less than either ... 1) two teams in the final 4, or 2) winning it would be a failure.

As far as the Big East, they have up and down years.

They're not really in the conversation as a conference anymore in my opinion in terms of # of bids and teams in the 2nd weekend. Year to year they can be, but when you have 11 teams versus 16 to 18, it's just pure math and common sense.

 

[dikowt dowg]

No Big East schools is a huge surprise the dynamics of college basketball are changing quickly.

Off the top of my head, only UConn has a football program. Big East schools don't have the money to compete with schools with large football programs who are able to dump a ton of money into bball and hire the best kids out of high school.

 

[Wild Turkey]

With 14 teams making the tournament I'd say anything less than either ... 1) two teams in the final 4, or 2) winning it would be a failure.

As far as the Big East, they have up and down years.

They're not really in the conversation as a conference anymore in my opinion in terms of # of bids and teams in the 2nd weekend. Year to year they can be, but when you have 11 teams versus 16 to 18, it's just pure math and common sense.

I think your requirement that 2 teams be in the final 4 is ridiculous. Duke, Houston and several Big 10 teams are very capable.

The Sweet Sixteen was a very good measuring stick and I do expect multiple teams in the elite 8.

It can be accurately stated the conference did not shit the bed and that was one thing I wanted to see.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Off the top of my head, only UConn has a football program. Big East schools don't have the money to compete with schools with large football programs who are able to dump a ton of money into bball and hire the best kids out of high school.

Part of the point I was making. College basketball has shifted and NIL and the portal have completely changed the dynamics.

 

[dikowt dowg]

Part of the point I was making. College basketball has shifted and NIL and the portal have completely changed the dynamics.

Not for the better ... unless the object is to have 2 Power conferences fight it out every year.

 

[Deep Creek]

It can be accurately stated the conference did not shit the bed and that was one thing I wanted to see.

The top of the SEC damn sure hasn’t shit the bed and probably won’t. Even if they lose some now it isn’t against weaklings so shitting the bed is out of the question…for them! Coming from a conference that good though, one would think more of those middle ones would have performed more like Ole Miss and Arkie did. First round losses shouldn’t happen to them imo. Second round, okay.

 

[jontaejones]

I think your requirement that 2 teams be in the final 4 is ridiculous. Duke, Houston and several Big 10 teams are very capable.

The Sweet Sixteen was a very good measuring stick and I do expect multiple teams in the elite 8.

It can be accurately stated the conference did not shit the bed and that was one thing I wanted to see.

I don't think it's ridiculous at all. The old Big East and old ACC used to get multiple teams in the Final 4 and this is a record year for the SEC.

But being okay with say 7 teams in the Sweet 16 and Auburn in the Final 4 and not winning, that's a low bar conference wise

SEC has done plenty fine over the years.

Granted, it's a conference traditionally dominated by UK with rotating programs that can contend for Final 4 spots.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

We've been saying all year the SEC is a basketball conference now

 

[NinerSpartan]

Not for the better ... unless the object is to have 2 Power conferences fight it out every year.

Yeah...we are making a lot of assumptions in this thread based on an extremely limited sample size.

Last year's Sweet 16 breakdown was:

4 - ACC
2 - SEC
3 - Big East
3- Big/Pac 12
2- Big Ten
1- WCC
1- MWC

The "NIL/portal has changed the tournament" is a reasonable theory, but we need to see a larger sample size before we should accept it as fact.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Not for the better ... unless the object is to have 2 Power conferences fight it out every year.

No it’s not for the better.

I do think we are headed towards two playoffs in both football and basketball one with the large schools attached to conferences and one for the everyone else.

The money schools are going to go after that revenue it’s only a matter of time.

 

[Wild Turkey]

We've been saying all year the SEC is a basketball conference now

Fact

Football is so 2010 all the cool people follow basketball now.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Yeah...we are making a lot of assumptions in this thread based on an extremely limited sample size.

Last year's Sweet 16 breakdown was:

4 - ACC
2 - SEC
3 - Big East
3- Big/Pac 12
2- Big Ten
1- WCC
1- MWC

The "NIL/portal has changed the tournament" is a reasonable theory, but we need to see a larger sample size before we should accept it as fact.

No one is staring it as fact as much of its trending and looks strongly to continue.

Watching the tournament a huge differential between teams is depth. That’s because depth in today’s game cost big bucks.

Your starting 5 might be able to compete but can they do it for 40 minutes multiple times a week? The answer is coming back no.

 

[Kburjr]

More SEC teams will lose over the next 2 weeks than any other conference.

 

[Deep Creek]

More SEC teams will lose over the next 2 weeks than any other conference.

True. But the SEC could get seven of eight Elite Eight spots and all four of the Final Four spots. Question is, “How will that play in Peoria?” I don’t see a big viewership bonanza.

 

[Hu War Yu]

7 teams still alive but a 50% attrition rate...and one team didn't make it out of the First Four