[FreakNasty]

Let's take a look at the conference, the teams, best wins/worst losses, and record against major conferences. (Think ACC, Big Ten, Big XII, Pac 10, Big East, or a top 25 team)

SEC East

Kentucky (6-2)

Best Win-West Virginia (80-66, Nov. 22)
Worst Loss-North Carolina (79-83, Dec. 3)
Record vs. Major Conferences (1-2)

Florida (8-0)

Best Win-Wake Forest (77-72, Nov. 17)
Worst Loss-Haven't lost
Record vs. Major Conferences (3-0)

Tennessee (5-0)

Best Win-Murray St. (63-54, Nov. 30)
Worst Loss-No loss
Record vs. Major Conference (0-0)

Vanderbilt (5-0)

Best Win-at Georgetown (68-61, Nov. 26)
Worst Loss-No Loss
Record vs. Major Conference (2-0)

South Carolina (5-2)

Best Win-Monmouth (62-56, Nov. 25)
Worst Loss-Clemson (63-82, Dec. 3)
Record vs. Major Conference (0-2)

Georgia (6-1)

Best Win-WKU (69-65, Nov. 26)
Worst Loss-Old Dominion (65-74, Nov. 18)
Record vs. Major Conference (1-0)

SEC East Totals
Overall W-L (35-5) (Overall Schedule Strength, C-)
Record vs. Major Conference-7-4 (Florida has 2 "quality" Major wins, UK 1, Vandy 2,)

SEC West

Alabama (4-2)

Best Win-Winthrop (60-57, Dec. 3)
Worst Loss-Notre Dame (71-78, Dec. 7)
Record vs. Major Conference (0-2)

LSU (3-1)

Best Win-West Virginia (71-68, Nov. 26)
Worst Loss-Houston (83-84, Nov. 29)
Record vs. Major Conference (1-0)

Arkansas (6-2)

Best Win-Kansas (65-64, Nov. 22)
Worst Loss-Maryland (62-75, Nov. 23)
Record vs. Major Conference (2-2)

Ole Miss (4-1)

Best Win-LA Monroe (59-43, Nov. 29)
Worst Loss-New Mexico (42-95, Nov. 19)
Record vs. Major Conference (0-0)

Mississippi St. (5-2)

Best Win-Charlotte (53-38, Nov. 23)
Worst Loss-SE Lousiana (46-57, Nov. 26)
Record vs. Major Conference (0-0)

Auburn (3-2)

Best Win-McNeese St. (91-76, Dec. 1)
Worst Loss-Colorado St. (67-77, Nov. 28)
Record vs. Major Conference (0-1)

SEC West Totals
Overall W-L (26-10) (Overall Sch. Strength, D)
Record vs. Major Conference (3-5) (Arkansas has 2 "quality" wins, LSU 1)

Overall SEC Totals

Overall W-L (61-15) (D plus schedule strength)
Record vs. Major Conference (10-11)

Analysis

You know what's alarming, the fact that some of these teams have yet to play a team in one of the other "big 5" conferences.

3 teams have yet to play a "big" opponent out of conference(Miss. St, Tennessee, Ole Miss)

SEC has 3 teams that haven't compared too

Big Ten-0
ACC-0
Big XII-1
Pac 10-3
Big East-3 (16 teams)

So techincally, the SEC has, in my estimation, played the 5th, possibly 6th hardest schedule out of the 6 "major" conferences.

Contenders for March
Florida-Best team in the SEC
UK-I think they make the tournament, how far they go????
Arkansas-I'm impressed by them
LSU-I like Davis

Stuck in between
Alabama-I'm not sold on them whatsoever
Vandy-My money is on them falling just short again, but they do have a couple nice wins

Pretenders
Tennessee-play somebody
Georgia-play somebody
Ole Miss-The one decent team you played, you lost by 53
Auburn-The one decent team you played, you lost by a ton
Miss. St-You lost to SE Lousiana and Northwestern St. (no, not the Big Ten team. SE Louisana lost to Texas Wesleyan by 7 points (a D-II team) earlier in the year.
South Carolina-The two decent teams they have played, they have lost

The SEC at worst will have 4 tournament teams, and at the best, will have 6.

I think they'll end up with 5......