re: Could the SEC make history tonight?

I think you have to include 1996 in the conversation. Only 4 teams from the SEC were invited. All four made the sweet sixteen and we were close to having 3 teams in the final four (That Georgia - Syracuse game was one of the best games of the tournament).

We also had four teams make the final 16 in the NIT (Including Missouri), but all four teams were matched up against each other so only one of the 4 made it to the final four.