How Bad Is SEC Basketball?
Not to go all "Match Game" on you, but the SEC is sooooo bad, the league doesn't even have a team ranked in top blank of the RPI.If you said "top 20," you'd be right.
There are a number of different wannabe RPI rankings out there... none are the official "double secret" NCAA RPI rankings, but many of them come close.
One is provided by RealTimeRPI.com. In it, things look pretty bleak for the SEC right now:
Tennessee is the league's toughest team and they're only ranked #21 in this morning's listings.
Here's the full rundown:
21. Tennessee
45. Florida
66. Arkansas
75. Kentucky
76. Vanderbilt
84. Ole Miss
100. Auburn
106. South Carolina
118. LSU
181. Mississippi State
198. Alabama
217. Georgia
Don't expect those RPI rankings to climb too much when conference play begins. You don't raise your rating by beating bad clubs... and that's what the SEC is currently full of.
Perhaps the SEC will get the benefit of the doubt in March, but I wouldn't bank on it. This looks like a four-bid league to me right now.
