ESPN has repeatedly told us the SEC is the best Basketball Conference

[Gonolz]

Just like they did with football conferences to screw FSU out of a playoff spot. Football is arguable. So, let me get this right. The best basketball conference in the country has done in the FIRST ROUND of the tourney:

2 Seed Tennessee wins big ... against a 15 seed ... expected win.
8 Seed MS St. loses by 18 points to a lower seed
6 Seed South Carolina loses by 14 to an 11 seed
3 Seed Kentucky loses to a 14 seed Oakland
7 Seed UF (Gators suck!) loses to a 10 seed play-in team

Clearly, they are the best basketball conference in the country.

ESPN can suck it.

 

[WrigleyHawkeye20]

Auburn loses too.

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[Gonolz]

Auburn loses too.

Thank you. Missed that one. 4 Seed Auburn loses to a 13 seed Ivy League team. 4 seeds are supposed to win, right?

 

[Fijimn]

I hate that the Noles aren’t in the tourney. Really time for new blood.

 

[SeaPA]

They'll be fine. The committee will hold an emergency meeting tonight to vote on who they think would win and which teams "you really would not want to play" and all 8 sec teams will be playing this weekend.
They might even put in a 9th.

 

[Bank of Hawk]

I must have drank the kool aid a bit, I had a few SEC teams doing pretty decent until the s16/e8. Subliminal messaging is real.

 

[Gonolz]

The A-10 has more first round wins than the SEC.

 

[Funky Bunch]

I've only heard them say the Big 12 is the best conference

 

[Jimmy McGill]

SEC is hot diaper garbage

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

Yeah here I was thinking the big 10 was crap this year and the sec says hold my beer.

I sure love it though

 

[Fijimn]

Aggies spanking Nebraska. Aggies will be a tough matchup for UofH (assuming they don’t get upset)

 

[jawatkins]

Aggies spanking Nebraska. Aggies will be a tough matchup for UofH (assuming they don’t get upset)

A&M is ridiculously hot shooting today. I don’t think it can hold up. They’re just in a zone right now.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

My hatred of the SEC has me hoping Nebraska makes a comeback in this second half.

SEC laying a colossal turd brings me happiness 😁

 

[markfromj]

I've only heard them say the Big 12 is the best conference

Please don’t interrupt the OP’s fiction based rant that he feels is edgy.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

Simple solution:

Stop watching eSECspin!!!!!

 

[tarheelbybirth]

I've only heard them say the Big 12 is the best conference

ESPN said the two top seeds losing in the SEC tourney was an indicator of “how balanced” the conference was.

 

[Funky Bunch]

ESPN said the two top seeds losing in the SEC tourney was an indicator of “how balanced” the conference was.

Okay, but what does that have to do with this thread?

 

[THE_DEVIL]

 

[sober_teacher]

I never take tourney performances in single-elimination tournaments as proof of the strength or weakness of a specific conference. Bad matchups, cold shooting, etc.

Not a good look however of course.

 

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[tarheelbybirth]

Okay, but what does that have to do with this thread?

They used the same argument to claim the ACC was weak. The ACC is 4-0.

 

[Tenacious E]

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[DFSNOLE]

 

[TC Nole OX]

Simple solution:

Stop watching eSECspin!!!!!

Yep, don't watch BSPN. Your life will be much better without their manufactured narratives, hot takes and constant pro-SEC propaganda. Know that when they are crapping on a team, more often than not, that team is an obstacle to one of their precious SEC schools

 

[alaskanseminole]

Simple solution:

Stop watching eSECspin!!!!!

That's like trying to watch the stars while also avoiding looking up, it's possible but a real PITA.

 

[cigaretteman]

Aggies spanking Nebraska. Aggies will be a tough matchup for UofH (assuming they don’t get upset)

Huskers still the only D1 school to have never won an NCAA tournament game.

 

[Dr. Phil Seuss]

Is there a conference that doesn’t look mediocre? Parity is real. Not any great collection of teams from any league.

 

[pablow]

Is there a conference that doesn’t look mediocre? Parity is real. Not any great collection of teams from any league.

Uh, Big 12 looks tough - Iowa State, Houston, Baylor, Kansas, Texas Tech.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Huskers still the only D1 school to have never won an NCAA tournament game.

Major conference D-1 but still...😂

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[EagleHawk]

Uh, Big 12 looks tough - Iowa State, Houston, Baylor, Kansas, Texas Tech.

FIFY

Big East and ACC kicking names and taking ass

 

[goldmom]

ACC hanging in there.

 

[EagleHawk]

ACC hanging in there.

It's crazy that NC State has essentially won 1/3 of their games for the season in the last 12 days. Did they have a good season or not?

 

[alaskanseminole]

ACC has 4 S16 teams to the SEC's 2.

I really wanted Boo's NC State to burn out in the first round by like 40 points, though.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

The two conferences on this list with the fewest invitations account for nearly half of the Sweet Sixteen.

Mountain West

• New Mexico Lobos
• San Diego State Aztecs
• Boise State Broncos
• Utah State Aggies
• Colorado State Rams
• Nevada Wolf Pack

SEC

• Tennessee Volunteers (Sweet 16)
• Auburn Tigers
• Kentucky Wildcats
• Texas A&M Aggies
• Florida Gators
• South Carolina Gamecocks
• Mississippi State Bulldogs
• Alabama Crimson Tide (Sweet 16)

Big 12

• Houston Cougars (Sweet 16)
• BYU Cougars
• Texas Tech Red Raiders
• TCU Horned Frogs
• Baylor Bears
• Kansas Jayhawks
• Texas Longhorns

B1G

• Purdue Boilermakers (Sweet 16)
• Illinois Fighting Illini (Sweet 16)
• Wisconsin Badgers
• Northwestern Wildcats
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Michigan State Spartans

Pac 12

• Arizona Wildcats (Sweet 16)
• Iowa State Cyclones (Sweet 16)
• Oregon Ducks
• Washington State Cougars
• Iowa State Cyclones
• Colorado Buffaloes

Big East

• Connecticut Huskies (Sweet 16)
• Marquette Golden Eagles (Sweet 16)
• Creighton Bluejays (Sweet 16)

ACC

• North Carolina Tar Heels (Sweet 16)
• Duke Blue Devils (Sweet 16)
• NC State Wolfpack (Sweet 16)
• Clemson Tigers (Sweet 16)
• Virginia Cavaliers

 

[NoleATL]

I must have drank the kool aid a bit, I had a few SEC teams doing pretty decent until the s16/e8. Subliminal messaging is real.

Tell me you watch too much ESPN without telling me you watch too much ESPN.

 

[TC Nole OX]

F the ACC

 

[SeaPA]

It's crazy that NC State has essentially won 1/3 of their games for the season in the last 12 days. Did they have a good season or not?

They had a strange season; 2/3 of the way through, they were looking pretty good - sitting at 15-7; then they collapsed losing 7 out of their last 9 (including their last 4) to go from looking like a tournament team to looking like they'd get passed over by the NIT...only to mow through the acc tournament (winning 5 games in 5 days) to get the conference automatic bid.

 

[OrlandNole]

F the ACC

Same. I hate the way that ESPN makes me root against the SEC by rooting for the ACC.