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

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.