Hoops SEC pre-season rankings presented by Gcockboi

I still think you're underestimating UK and vastly overrating Bama.

Also I feel like Wade will keep us from finishing dead last - Swap LSU and UGA

Carolina will be lucky to finish in the top half of the conference

Ole Miss will finish ranked between 3-7 in the league.

Another quality thread by cockboi

Ole Miss returns a ton and has some good transfers. No way 12th. Go back and research more.

Dont really see a glaringly bad team in this conference this year like usual. LSU should be improved as should Mizzou. I think last place will be around a 5-13 type team instead of the usual 2-16 or 3-15. Definitely could be LSU and I have no issue putting us last for now with by far the most questions seemingly with a new coach and poached roster. I'd be shocked if we did finish dead last though, Wade is one of the better coaches in this league and that's saying something now vs. years ago, he's really gone ahead and got things moving right away vs. being content in year 1 with some of the shite JJ left him. He has purged the 4 worst players off the team from last season (ER III, Hayward, Jenkins, Patterson) and added a lot of good talent so far, and may even have a late surprise in Randy Onwuasor or even Mitchell Robinson.

To me I'd say the Top 5 seem to be UK, UF, aTm, Arky and Bama. I'd put UF and UK 1/2 as they seemingly just get it done vs. everyone else in this conference, benefit of the doubt, despite both having major questions coming into this year themselves.

Arky aTm and Bama all have their questions, but return some serious strengths among them, which separates them from the next group IMO. Arky has a dominant guard group, but a potential issue in the front court. aTm is the opposite with a dominant front court, but potential back court issue. Bama just has lots of talent and some with experience now, and really no excuse to not make a big leap this year, it's up to Avery to get it together.

I'd put the rest of the teams behind those Top 5. LSU last, and it's a tough call for the rest from 6-13 honestly between USC, Vandy, Auburn, MSU, Mizzou, Ole Miss, Tennessee and UGA.

Really wide open type of year.

Crazy to think 5 years ago this LSU team would have probably won the SEC West. Now the conference is so loaded that I'm just not sure who LSU can finish ahead of. However I do know that LSU is going to play spoiler more than a few times if we're in fact the 14th best team in the conference. It's just not LSU's time yet

the conference is as strong as i have seen it in a long time, and i look forward to the season...bruce and johnson have finally brought life back to basketball in the state of alabama, and both are going to be in the hunt for. not only an ncaa bid, but the conference championship....wait and see...if the updykes can get better on the offensive end, look out, because they play good defense....if AU can get better on the defensive end, look out, because they can score....there is going to be some serious basketball played in the SEC this year, and look out for moo state

I have no idea about the relative talent of teams but I like LSU's new coach first impressions and what he's done so far in his career. If we are last or second to last we really must have zero talent coming back.