re: continuity in the basketball program

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In SEC play he has finished no better than .500 and is well on his way to equaling that mark again this year

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I think equalling that mark this year is going to be very difficult.

We're 5-4 right now at the halfway point of the SEC schedule.

Here are the SEC records of the teams we've played so far:

5 wins:
Georgia 5-4
Florida 5-4
Ole Miss 6-3
Vanderbilt 2-7
South Carolina 2-7
Total: 20-25

4 losses:
Missouri 1-8
Texas A&M 6-3
Miss. St. 4-5
Auburn 3-6
Total: 14-22

Combined total: 34-47


Here are the SEC records of the teams we have left to play:

Alabama 4-5
Kentucky 9-0
Tennessee 5-4
Texas A&M 6-3
Florida 5-4
Auburn 3-6
Ole Miss 6-3
Tennessee 5-4
Arkansas 6-3

Total: 49-32

If we can only manage to go 5-4 against teams that have combined to go 34-47, I really don't see how we can expect to go 4-5 against teams that are a combined 49-32. It might happen, but it seems unlikely. It's very hard to find four reasonably expectable wins in that list of games remaining.