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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 5112553, member: 10"] They haven't started out so well. [HEADING=1][I]The SEC will not finish as the sport's best conference[/I][/HEADING] [I]It was notable in the preseason when the SEC replaced the Big 12 as the nation's top-rated conference, according to [URL='http://www.kenpom.com/']KenPom.com[/URL], and when CBS Sports [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/']Bracketology[/URL] Expert Jerry Palm put 11 SEC teams in his first projected bracket for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Long season, obviously. But the first few days of it haven't been great for the "It just means more" league. Nationally ranked [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TEXAM/texas-am-aggies/']Texas A&M[/URL] opened with a 64-61 loss to unranked [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/UCF/ucf-knights/']UCF[/URL]. Nationally ranked [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TEXAS/texas-longhorns/']Texas[/URL] opened with an 80-72 loss to unranked [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/OHIOST/ohio-state-buckeyes/']Ohio State[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/MIZZOU/missouri-tigers/']Missouri[/URL] opened with an 83-75 loss to unranked [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/MEMP/memphis-tigers/']Memphis[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/SC/south-carolina-gamecocks/']South Carolina[/URL] opened with a 74-71 loss to unranked [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/UNF/north-florida-ospreys/']North Florida[/URL]. In the meantime, the only Big 12 team that's lost so far is Baylor -- and that loss, lopsided as it was, is more understandable because that loss was a loss to No. 6 Gonzaga in downtown Spokane. And exactly zero Big Ten teams have already taken a loss. So will the SEC still be good and deep? Sure. But if the first three days of the season are any indication, it will not finish the season rated as the sport's best league.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/dribble-handoff-kentucky-looks-impressive-and-other-overreactions-to-college-basketballs-opening-week/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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