I don't see how anyone can say the SEC was stronger this year than last. In fact, I've been pretty surprised at how weak its turns out the SEC was and what that might mean for Kentucky in the tournament (since they haven't played top tier competition since December).

Last year, we had 2 Final Four teams and another Sweet Sixteen Team. This year, at the most, we will have 1 Final Four team, 1 team that won the play-in game and another team that squeaked by in their opening round game.

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Posted by volfan30

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Posted on 3/24/15 at 6:34 pm to BigBlue8Titles

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I don't see how anyone can say the SEC was stronger this year than last. In fact, I've been pretty surprised at how weak its turns out the SEC was and what that might mean for Kentucky in the tournament (since they haven't played top tier competition since December).

KenPom 2014
3. Florida
7. Tennessee
11. Kentucky
52. Arkansas
58. LSU
72. Georgia
78. Missouri
84. Ole Miss
92. Alabama
112. Vanderbilt
114. South Carolina
121. Texas A&M
129. Auburn
208. Mississippi State

Top 3 Average: 7.0
Top 7 Average: 40.1
Bottom 7 Average: 122.9
Bottom 3 Average: 152.6
Total Average: 81.5

KenPom 2015
1. Kentucky
29. Arkansas
35. Vanderbilt
39. Georgia
44. LSU
46. Florida
47. Ole Miss
55. Alabama
59. Texas A&M
68. South Carolina
88. Tennessee
144. Auburn
179. Mississippi State
213. Missouri

Top 3 Average: 21.6
Top 7 Average: 34.4
Bottom 7 Average: 115.1
Bottom 3 Average: 178.7
Total Average: 74.8

Top teams were not as good. Middle teams were much better and there were more of those teams. Bottom teams were even worse.
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Overall better depth and better teams than last season top to bottom, but the top wasn't as strong.

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