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Minnesota/Ohio State game how SEC basketball use to be...
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:00 pm
....in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Great athletes with very solid basketball skills playing the game like it should be played in front of a loud packed arena. What a pleasure to watch and what a stark contrast from the s###show that SEC basketball has become. How did it go so wrong in the last 5 to 10 years?
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:01 pm to Govt Tide
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How did it go so wrong in the last 5 to 10 years?
The BCS Streak.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:02 pm to Govt Tide
All the money went to football.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:05 pm to Govt Tide
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:06 pm to Govt Tide
Arkansas beat Minnesota this year.
And then lost to A&M.
And then lost to A&M.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:07 pm to Govt Tide
I think this is a good question.
Good football and good basketball shouldn't be mutually exclusive.
Ill put the blame on Bama.
Seriously.
Good football and good basketball shouldn't be mutually exclusive.
Ill put the blame on Bama.
Seriously.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:07 pm to Govt Tide
Rabble rabble rabble you know back in my day rabble rabble rabble
When schools in this conference start to treat basketball like they do in the Big 10 you will see a better product. The Big Ten is best in college basketball right now since the big east broke up.
We are like 7th or 8th in conference RPI right now.
This is like in college football comparing the SEC to the MAC.
When schools in this conference start to treat basketball like they do in the Big 10 you will see a better product. The Big Ten is best in college basketball right now since the big east broke up.
We are like 7th or 8th in conference RPI right now.
This is like in college football comparing the SEC to the MAC.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:09 pm to TheCheshireHog
aTm is 3-0 in the SEC and legit. They have a few play makas fro what I seen at yesterday's game.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:09 pm to East Coast Band
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Seriously
As bad as we have been we have still been one of the more respectable programs the last 5 years or so.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:10 pm to Govt Tide
aggy and misery softened up the league
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:15 pm to RTR America
Nationally Bama still sucks. We have lost too a lot of mediocre mid majors over the past few years, Dayton, etc. Not to mention more recently like Tulane.
And I do mean it's Bama's fault. Like it or not nonBama fans, a lot in the conference goes the way Bama goes for the big time sports. And since Bamas basketball has faded, other schools haven't done much either to push their product.
Sure Auburn built a new arena, but hell it's smaller than the old one. Yeah, go build a new football stadium, and make it smaller.
Most schools have done little else to upgrade, or even keep up what they've got.
And I do mean it's Bama's fault. Like it or not nonBama fans, a lot in the conference goes the way Bama goes for the big time sports. And since Bamas basketball has faded, other schools haven't done much either to push their product.
Sure Auburn built a new arena, but hell it's smaller than the old one. Yeah, go build a new football stadium, and make it smaller.
Most schools have done little else to upgrade, or even keep up what they've got.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:18 pm to Gcockboi
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aTm is 3-0 in the SEC
If you look at their schedule, they have a real shot at going 3-15 in league play.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:19 pm to texasaggie08
It has to be a problem with resource allocation.
Like the old economic concept of "Guns vs. Butter", you can have so much of your resources going toward football before basketball takes a huge hit.
For instance, Bama chose to spend $60,000,000 on expanding Bryant-Denny by 20,000 seats instead of spending it on improving their basketball facilities.
Like the old economic concept of "Guns vs. Butter", you can have so much of your resources going toward football before basketball takes a huge hit.
For instance, Bama chose to spend $60,000,000 on expanding Bryant-Denny by 20,000 seats instead of spending it on improving their basketball facilities.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:19 pm to Stonehog
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If you look at their schedule, they have a real shot at going 3-15 in league play.
They are 12-4 and not in the top 100 of the RPI. That tells you something about the schedule they have played so far as well
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:19 pm to East Coast Band
I don't know. There is absolutely no rational reason why Georgia should be this bad at basketball. There really isn't.
So we R shame when it comes to SEC basketball.
I have hopes that this will change in my lifetime. But that's all I have at this time - hope.
So we R shame when it comes to SEC basketball.
I have hopes that this will change in my lifetime. But that's all I have at this time - hope.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:19 pm to East Coast Band
We certainly haven't done our part the last few years although it did seem like we had some of the old magic from the Wimp era under Gottfried in the early to mid 00s. I just remember Coleman Coliseum being routinely packed and loud as frick during my childhood when some great Kentucky, LSU, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, and even the occasional Auburn or Miss State team came to town. I remember it being similar when we would travel to other SEC arenas. I just miss the way it use to be and hate the fact that basketball has become so bad that most SEC fans are left having to wait for baseball or some other spring sport to hold us over once football season leaves.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:21 pm to Govt Tide
so the only schools that give a shite about basketball are Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, and Florida? Am I right?
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:25 pm to GoldenDawg
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I don't know. There is absolutely no rational reason why Georgia should be this bad at basketball. There really isn't.
Coaching. I think it is the number 1 reason the SEC lags behind the rest of the power conferences.
That and a lot of programs seem to settle with mediocrity unlike they do for football.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:26 pm to bucknut
Pretty much. LSU and Tennessee can get rowdy when they're good.
This post was edited on 1/16/14 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:27 pm to LSUFOREVERAMEN
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It has to be a problem with resource allocation.
Can't speak for the other SEC teams but it absolutely is a funding issue at UGA. We spend less per athlete than most of the better teams in the SEC. Someone posted the stats here just a couple of weeks ago.
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