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re: I can't remember the SEC ever being this bad in basketball...
Posted on 12/16/12 at 8:15 am to Athanatos
Posted on 12/16/12 at 8:15 am to Athanatos
In the 1960's SEC basketball was really bad.
The 70's saw a change in SEC basketball...
KY was still the power, but in the deep south in BR Dale Brown was the person that changed the face of SEC basketball.
When LSU beat Ky in double over time with it's starting 5 fouled out the league had changed forever. Yes KY would go on and win the NCAA, the out cry from the NCAA holding teams out like LSU changed the format forever.
By the early 80's the SEC really was a super basketball conference, but the NCAA kept putting most of th sec teams in just 2 brackets, which lead to LSU having to face KY 4 times in one year.
The League was forever changed by the coach who said yes we can and he is little remembered.
Every school in the SEC saw what Dale had done at LSU and started to hire good coaches and spend money on basketball by 1980 and to upgrade their home courts.
But I can remember the 60's and the dumps many teams used to play in like LSU's cow palace. Pete built the AC at LSU, but Brown filled it with his running and gun and the freak defense.
The Deaf Dome was born and the song became a pro football teams long after Rudy, Hi C and the rest, but you can still hear if you listen, "Who Dat" "WHo Dat, talking about beating dem Tigers."
The 70's saw a change in SEC basketball...
KY was still the power, but in the deep south in BR Dale Brown was the person that changed the face of SEC basketball.
When LSU beat Ky in double over time with it's starting 5 fouled out the league had changed forever. Yes KY would go on and win the NCAA, the out cry from the NCAA holding teams out like LSU changed the format forever.
By the early 80's the SEC really was a super basketball conference, but the NCAA kept putting most of th sec teams in just 2 brackets, which lead to LSU having to face KY 4 times in one year.
The League was forever changed by the coach who said yes we can and he is little remembered.
Every school in the SEC saw what Dale had done at LSU and started to hire good coaches and spend money on basketball by 1980 and to upgrade their home courts.
But I can remember the 60's and the dumps many teams used to play in like LSU's cow palace. Pete built the AC at LSU, but Brown filled it with his running and gun and the freak defense.
The Deaf Dome was born and the song became a pro football teams long after Rudy, Hi C and the rest, but you can still hear if you listen, "Who Dat" "WHo Dat, talking about beating dem Tigers."
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Posted on 12/16/12 at 8:25 am to tigger1
I fully believe it is on its way up.
I think Arkansas will return to a yearly tournament team with some runs, if recruiting is any indicator.
Bama might be looking for a new coach at the end of the year so who knows with them, maybe they can shed some light there but more than a few of them said preseason this could be a make or break year for Grant, I doubt an NIT trip would suffice.
Tenn will be fine IMO, recruiting well and I like Cuonzo although I'm biased since he coached at my school.
UF and Kentucky are powers and although UK is down a bit down they'll be fine when it matters late in the year, and always recruit above everyone else.
Vandy will probably rebound in another year or two, recent history suggests so.
Mizzou is good, for how long, can't really tell. Seem to be recruiting pretty well so far.
MSU/OM are in trouble for a while, although I think OM fans are content with AK even though he never produces. MSU who knows, won't be near relevant for at least 2+ years.
LSU seems to be on the upswing, with some good recruiting.
A&M I don't think will offer much, probably an Ole Miss type, decent, but not much more than that. UGA is in that group as well, if not closer to the MSU/SC group.
But SC landed a good coach, and he seems to be recruiting well so far (Thronwell and in on some other studs) so in a few years SC can be a bubble NCAAT team and make a few IMO, but we'll see.
Lot of teams have new coaches, whether year one or year two, most of which are recruiting really well. I think Arkansas is the #7 class or around there with 2 of the top bigs in the country coming in, LSU is even higher than us I think, UK is #1, UF is Top 5 I think, Mizzou is Top 20.
It'll be a decently strong conference, but it'll be a few years.
I think Arkansas will return to a yearly tournament team with some runs, if recruiting is any indicator.
Bama might be looking for a new coach at the end of the year so who knows with them, maybe they can shed some light there but more than a few of them said preseason this could be a make or break year for Grant, I doubt an NIT trip would suffice.
Tenn will be fine IMO, recruiting well and I like Cuonzo although I'm biased since he coached at my school.
UF and Kentucky are powers and although UK is down a bit down they'll be fine when it matters late in the year, and always recruit above everyone else.
Vandy will probably rebound in another year or two, recent history suggests so.
Mizzou is good, for how long, can't really tell. Seem to be recruiting pretty well so far.
MSU/OM are in trouble for a while, although I think OM fans are content with AK even though he never produces. MSU who knows, won't be near relevant for at least 2+ years.
LSU seems to be on the upswing, with some good recruiting.
A&M I don't think will offer much, probably an Ole Miss type, decent, but not much more than that. UGA is in that group as well, if not closer to the MSU/SC group.
But SC landed a good coach, and he seems to be recruiting well so far (Thronwell and in on some other studs) so in a few years SC can be a bubble NCAAT team and make a few IMO, but we'll see.
Lot of teams have new coaches, whether year one or year two, most of which are recruiting really well. I think Arkansas is the #7 class or around there with 2 of the top bigs in the country coming in, LSU is even higher than us I think, UK is #1, UF is Top 5 I think, Mizzou is Top 20.
It'll be a decently strong conference, but it'll be a few years.
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