Originally Posted by
DavidBenAkiva
This is a classic debate. The depth of the conference is going to be better than it has been in a few seasons. As many as 10 teams in the conference will enter the season with hopes or even expectations of making the NCAA Tournament. At the top of the conference, though, there are few or even no heavyweights.
Compare that to the SEC for next season. They have legitimate Final Four/Title contenders at the top, including Alabama, Tennessee, and maybe Kentucky and Arkansas and Auburn. Florida could be a top 25 team much of the season as well. After that, there's LSU and then a huge step down. The bottom half of that conference is incredibly soft. The Mississippi teams, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, and Georgia are just not going to compete with the top half of the conference.