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Congrats to the Mississippi State Bulldogs -- Champions of the 2009 SEC Basketball Tournament. MSU beat Tennessee 64-61 to win the tournament and get an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament. Three SEC basketball teams were picked to go to "The Big Dance." They were:

Mississippi State -- # 13 seed in the West; first game to be played in Portland, Oregon, Thursday March 19, against Washington
Tennessee -- # 9 seed in the East; first game to be played in Dayton, Ohio on Friday March 20; against Oklahoma State
LSU -- # 8 seed in the South Region; first game to be played in Greensboro, NC on Thurs, March 19 against Butler

Tennessee fell in a close game to Oklahoma State. Miss. State also lost. LSU got by Butler in round one, but lost to UNC 84-70. Yuk. So, the SEC ends up with a 1-3 record in 2009 NCAA Tournament. A second straight year of dissapointing performances by the SEC in March Madness.

However, the NIT is a different story. The SEC had 4 NIT selections, including two #1 seeds. Those teams were Auburn and Florida (both lost in the quarterfinals); Kentucky (lost in quarterfinals); and South Carolina (lost in first round). So, the SEC went 6-4 in the NIT. Not bad, but disappointing considering we had 2 #1 seeds and no one made it even to the semifinals.

Can't wait for 2009 SEC Football season. It's coming quick!!

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Results from Day 1 of the 2009 SEC Basketball Tournament:

[E4] Kentucky 71 over Ole Miss 58; [W3] Miss. State 79 over [E6] Georgia 60; [W4] Alabama 82 over [E5] Vanderbilt 75; and [E3] Florida 73 over [W6] Arkansas 58.

Round 2 Results:

[W1] LSU 67 vs [E4] Kentucky 58; [E1] Tennessee 86 vs [W4] Alabama 62; [W2] Auburn 61 vs [E3] Florida 58; and [E2] South Carolina 68 vs [W3] Miss. State 82 (mild upset, particularly the margin of victory by MSU)

Semi-Finals:

Mississippi State 67 vs LSU 57 and Tennessee 94 vs Auburn 85

Here are our current rankings of each SEC men's basketball team.

As noted above, the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was also not kind to the SEC. Not at all. The SEC had 6 teams in the tournament. Only one (Tennessee) made it to the "Sweet 16" and 0 made it to the "Great 8." Overall, the SEC went 4-6 in the tournament.

After 2008 March Madness, we obviously can no longer make the argument we used to make that the SEC was the Best College Basketball Conference in the nation.

However, it's hard to say which conference is #1 (you can post your opinion at the bottom of this page).

In last year's NCAA B-Ball Tournament "Final Four" -- we had one ACC team (UNC); one Pac-10 team (UCLA); one Big 12 team (Kansas) and one member of Conference USA (Memphis). Of course Kansas won it all.

Right now, in the current college basketball national polls, we find a scattering of teams from all conferences in the Top 25. However, two conferences currently stand out a bit above the rest. Here's our current college basketball, Division 1, conference rankings:

1. ACC -- The premier college basketball conference as far as history and tradition -- and currently as well. Wake Forest is ranked #1; Duke #2; UNC #5; and Clemson #10. Wow! Incredibly Jeff Sagarin ranks the ACC's North Carolina, Clemson and Duke as his top 3 teams according to his rankingsthe top 3 teams in the country. Need more proof? Here you go: Conference RPI's.

Other Great College Basketball Sites:

Basketball Predictions

NCAA Hoops Today

Rush The Court

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2. Big East -- Actually, I expect to move the Big East to #1 after the 2009 NCAA Tournament. They have 3 of the top 4 seeds.... The Big East is truly a great basketball conference, both historically and currently. Schools like Syracuse, Boston College, Connecticut, Villanova, Georgetown and Louisville are some of the biggest names in college basketball. Right now the conference has 4 teams ranked in the Top 10; more than anyone else. Of course, the Big East has more teams than any other conference (16). And, last year's "Final Four" saw 0 teams from the Big East. If this ranking was based only on historical records, we'd have to rank the B.E. #1. Why? Check out Best All Time NCAA Basketball Conference Record and Best All Time March Madness Conference. Sagarin currently ranks Big East teams Pittsburg, Georgetown, UCONN, and West Virginia as his number 4-7 college b-ball teams in the nation. All in all, we rank em #2.

3. Big 12 -- Kansas is the reigning College Basketball Champ. Oklahoma and Texas are both in the top 10 right now.

4. SEC -- After, the first 3 conferences, there is a pretty big drop-off. We'll pick the SEC for #4 because Tennessee is a very legit Top-10 team and will go far in the 2009 NCAA Tourny. They even have the potential to win it all. Florida is a Top 20 team. LSU is off to a great start.

5. Pac-10 -- UCLA was in the Final 4 last year and is a marginal Top-10 team this year.

6. Big Ten -- Ohio State played (and lost) to Florida in the 2007 NCAA championship game. The Buckeyes are a solid Top-20 team this year. No one else in the Big 10 looks good at all. What a decline this conference has seen over the years. Remember when Indiana was college basketball? Been a while....

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Now, for our Current (2009) SEC Basketball Team Rankings. For SEC Basketball rankings we rank based on current strength on the court only. Here's how we rank them right now. Click on the team name to go to its homepage.

1. LSU Tigers

2. Tennessee Volunteers

3. Florida Gators

4. Auburn Tigers

5. Kentucky Wildcats

6. Mississippi State Bulldogs

7. South Carolina Gamecocks

8. Vanderbilt Commodores

9. Ole Miss Rebels

10. Alabama Crimson Tide

11. Arkansas Razorbacks

12. Georgia Bulldogs

If you want more information about the men's basketball program of any SEC school, click on the team listed above to go to its home page. You'll find a summary of the teams prospects this year as well as schedules, rosters and other information.

Since this web site is really all about the fans -- click here for the Top SEC Basketball Fan Attendance School. That page also compares the major college basketball conferences in fan attendance.

Finally, you can get lots more good information about SEC basketball at the links below.

OTHER BASKETBALL PAGES

SEC BASKETBALL CONFERENCE AND TEAM HISTORIES

SEC BASKETBALL COACHES BIOGRAPHIES

SEC BASKETBALL ARTICLES

NCAA BASKETBALL ARTICLES

NBA BASKETBALL ARTICLES

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