re: I can't remember the SEC ever being this bad in basketball...

On the positive side -
The women are doing well in the AP and USA polls

AP polls
# 6 (10-0) Georgia
# 7 (8-1) Kentucky
#13 (6-1) Tennessee
#23 (5-3) Texas A&M
#24 (10-0) South Carolina
#27 (8-1) Arkansas

USA polls
# 6 (8-1) Kentucky
# 7 (10-0) Georgia
#12 (6-1) Tennessee
#18 (10-0) South Carolina
#25 (5-3) Texas A&M
#31 (8-1) Arkansas

Current SEC standings
Georgia 10-0
South Carolina 10-0
Arkansas 8-1 : lone loss to ranked Oklahoma
Kentucky 8-1 : lone loss to top ranked Baylor
Tennessee 6-1 : lone loss at UT - Chattanooga but 3 ranked wins vs the ACC
Missouri 8-2 : loss to GB who went deep in last years NCAA and Gophers
Auburn 7-2 : losses to SDSU and road loss to NCST
Alabama 6-2 : losses to UT - Chattanooga and Wisconsin
Ole Miss 5-2 : 3 pt loss @ LaTech is not bad
Florida 7-3 : loss at home to Arizona State and road losses to Michigan and Florida State
Vanderbilt 7-3 : Loss at undefeated Dayton is acceptable, will wait for the OU game to know how bad the other 2 were
Texas A&M 6-3 : all 3 losses were to Top 10 Teams - Uconn, Penn State, and Louisville
LSU 5-3
Mississippi State 4-5

Right now only 1 team in 14 has a losing record. Maybe Slive meant the women when he made the statement!