re: SEC Basketball opponents

It goes without saying that Kentucky is far away the best in the league, and the country. I still think Florida will be second best as they get healthy and mesh. I think the group after those two includes LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Georgia and South Carolina. All of those teams have some good qualities, and frankly they all probably have more flaws than those good qualities. South Carolina is going to have it's best team in years. Alabama (although still mind-blowingly frustrating for me) and Arkansas are both improved. Ole Miss has a couple of nice wins already out of conference. The SEC is better than it has been in recent years, but that's not saying much and it's still a 4-bid league at best IMO. The OOC schedule and what teams do when they get their shots at UK and maybe Florida will determine who gets those bids, and how many there are. We've seen in recent years it really doesn't matter where you finish in the standings in a weak league.