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Conference Report Card: SEC

Brian Goodman — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:00:32 +0000

Jared Quillen is the RTC correspondent for the SEC conference. We will be publishing a series of conference report cards over the next week for conferences that got multiple NCAA bids to recap the conference, grade the teams, and look at the future for the conference.

Conference Recap

It was a good year for the Southeastern Conference. After a weak showing in the NCAA Tournament last year, the SEC was the only conference with multiple teams (Kentucky and Florida) in the Elite Eight. The SEC also got five teams into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three [...]

Set Your Tivo: 03.11.11

Brian Otskey — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:00:18 +0000

***** – quit your job and divorce your wife if that’s what it takes to watch this game live **** – best watched live, but if you must, tivo and watch it tonight as soon as you get home *** – set your tivo but make sure you watch it later ** – set your tivo but we’ll forgive you if it stays in the queue until 2013 * – don’t waste bandwidth (yours or the tivo’s) of any kind on this game

Brian Otskey is an RTC contributor.

One auto bid and a host of major conference [...]

Checking in on… the SEC

Brian Goodman — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:22:41 +0000

Jared Quillen is the RTC correspondent for the SEC.

A Look Back

The biggest story out of the SEC this week is the Southeastern Conference’s suspension of Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl for the first eight games of conference play. Pearl hosted recruit Aaron Craft at his home contrary to NCAA rules and misled investigators about a picture that was taken with Craft during the visit. Pearl also admitted to making excessive recruiting phone calls. For his sins, the Tennessee will reduce Pearl’s pay by a total of $1.5 million over the next five years and [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #5 – Southeastern Conference

Brian Goodman — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:29:32 +0000

Jared Quillen of BigBlueCats.com is the RTC correspondent for the Southeastern Conference.

Predicted Order of Finish

SEC East

T1. Florida (11-5) T1. Kentucky (11-5) T1. Georgia (11-5) 2. Tennessee (10-6) 3. Vanderbilt (7-9) 4. South Carolina (4-12)

SEC West

1. Mississippi State (12-4) 2. Mississippi (9-7) T3. Alabama (7-9) T3. Arkansas (7-9) 4. LSU (4-12) 5. Auburn (3-13)

All-Conference Team

G Brandon Knight – Kentucky G Chris Warren – Mississippi G Kenny Boynton – Florida F Enes Kanter* – Kentucky (if eligible) F Trey Thompkins – Georgia

6th Man

Travis Leslie – Georgia

Impact Newcomers

G Brandon Knight – Kentucky G Gerald Robinson – Georgia F Patric Young – Florida F Tobias Harris – Tennessee C Renardo Sidney – Mississippi State

Kentucky's Brandon Knight was a hot commodity as a late signee.

What You Need To Know

There are a few things [...]

SEC Media Notes: 06.29.10

nvr1983 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:03:27 +0000

As part of our attempt to continue to provide you with the best independent college basketball information on the Internet we will periodically bring you information from conference media calls. Today’s entry comes from the SEC, which amazingly was not affected what could have been a massive conference shake-up.

Ed. Note: The conference call actually took place on Monday, but I had an ophthalmologist appointment and I’m pretty sure that they used just about the entire bottle of eye drops to dilate my eyes so I’m just starting to see straight again. The below entries are my some [...]

Checking in on… the SEC

jstevrtc — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:01:44 +0000

Paul Jordan of Wildcat Blue Blog is the RTC correspondent for the Southeastern Conference. EAST: Kentucky 17-0 (2-0) Vanderbilt 12-3 (1-0) South Carolina 10-5 (1-0) Tennessee 12-2 (0-0) Florida 11-5 (0-2) Georgia 8-6 (0-1) WEST: Mississippi State 13-3 (1-0) Alabama 11-4 (1-0) Arkansas 7-8 (0-0) Mississippi 12-3 (0-1) LSU 9-6 (0-1) Auburn 9-7 (0-1) News & Notes

A couple of off-court situations were resolved for two SEC teams. Courtney Fortson made his first appearance for the Arkansas Razorbacks as his long suspension is now over. As for the other situation, all-SEC guard Tyler Smith was dismissed from the Tennessee Volunteers for drug and weapon charges and the fates of three other Vols [...]

Checking in on… the SEC

rtmsf — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:55:43 +0000

Paul Jordan of Wildcat Blue Blog is the RTC correspondent for the Southeastern Conference.

STANDINGS

EAST

Kentucky 15-0 Tennessee 10-2 Florida 11-3 Vanderbilt 11-3 South Carolina 8-5 Georgia 7-5

WEST

Mississippi State 12-3 Mississippi 11-2 Alabama 10-4 LSU 9-5 Auburn 8-6 Arkansas 7-7

NEWS & NOTES

The big story in the SEC this week was the arrest and indefinite suspension of four Tennessee basketball players — Tyler Smith, Melvin Goins, Cameron Tatum and Brian Williams. The group was arrested on a myriad of drug and weapon charges. Some of the charges were felonies, and given the recent problems with UT’s football program, it is hard to imagine any scenario in which the players may step back on the court this season. It is [...]

Checking in on… the SEC

jstevrtc — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:38:08 +0000

Paul Jordan of Wildcat Blue Blog is the RTC correspondent for the Southeastern Conference.

Standings:

EAST

Kentucky 13-0 Tennessee 9-2 Florida 9-3 South Carolina 8-3 Vanderbilt 8-3 Georgia [...]

Checking In On… the SEC

jstevrtc — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:08:11 +0000

Paul Jordan of Wildcat Blue Blog is the RTC correspondent for the Southeastern Conference.

EAST

Kentucky (7-0) Florida (6-0) Tennessee (5-1) South Carolina (5-1) Vanderbilt (4-1) Georgia (3-2)

WEST

Mississippi (5-1) Mississippi State (4-2) Alabama (4-2) LSU (3-2) Auburn (3-3) Arkansas (2-4)

The big story in the SEC this week has been the re-emergence of Florida as a national threat. The question being asked everywhere is, “Is Florida back?” As of now, that answer is a resounding YES. The Gators just completed a very impressive week (see team updates), and have a good core group in the 2010 recruiting class. Add to this the speculation that Florida may be taking the lead [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #5 – SEC

rtmsf — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:18:26 +0000

Paul Jordan of Wildcat Blue Blog is the RTC correspondent for the Southeastern Conference.

Predicted Order of Finish:

SEC EAST

Kentucky (13-3) Tennessee (11-5) South Carolina (10-6) Vanderbilt (10-6) Florida (7-9) Georgia (2-14)

SEC WEST

Mississippi State (10-6) Mississippi (9-7) Arkansas (9-7) Alabama (7-9) LSU (6-10) Auburn (4-12)

All-Conference Team:

John Wall (G), Kentucky Devan Downey (G), South Carolina Tyler Smith (F), Tennessee Patrick Patterson (F), Kentucky Jarvis Varnado (F), Mississippi State

6th Man. Terrico White (G), Mississippi

Impact Newcomer. John Wall (G), Kentucky

What You Need to Know. After missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 16 years, the Kentucky Wildcats are poised to regain their role at the top of the SEC, having added the number [...]

Set Your Tivos: 01.06.09

nvr1983 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:15:44 +0000

With most conference schedules starting to get into full swing, I thought I would start doing Set Your Tivos daily with a weekend edition to cover the games on Saturday and Sunday.

7 PM – #5 UConn at #22 West Virginia on ESPNU: Just another night in the Big East for the Huskies, who responded to last week’s loss to Georgetown with a 80-49 beatdown over an exhausted Rutgers team. Tonight, Jim Calhoun’s Huskies go to Morgantown, WV to face Bob Huggins and the Mountaineers. Joe Alexander is gone, but Alex Ruoff and Da’Sean Butler have stepped up to fill the [...]

Checking in on the… SEC

rtmsf — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:28:06 +0000

Kurt of SEC Hoops: The Good, The Bad, The Dirty is the RTC correspondent for the Southeastern Conference.

The misery continues for the Southeastern Conference. Only one unbeaten remains after MSU, South Carolina and Tennessee dropped games, with only LSU keeping their heads above water. The Wildcats from Kentucky met a couple of high-profile-conference foes and matched up well, while Mississippi State dropped two close ones in their matchups against power-conference squads. As a whole, the conference is wallowing badly at the moment, but Tennessee – powered by All-American Tyler Smith – is looking like the perennial powerhouse they [...]

ATB: Stephen Curry “Held” Scoreless

rtmsf — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:00:46 +0000

Indiana & Kelvin Sanctions (cont.). The big news of the day was of course that Indiana managed to avoid postseason sanctions even though they’ll formally be on probation for the next three seasons. Kelvin Sampson, to his credit, took responsibility for the complete lack of oversight at Indiana ‘while on his watch,’ but at least once Tom Crean gets this program moving in the right direction again, the Hoosiers won’t also be burdened by the crimson scarlet letter of postseason sanctions. Recruits can still be sold on the basis of playing in the postseason at Indiana (although admittedly, [...]