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Title: 2012 SEC Basketball Preview by Sports Illustrated Post by: Marshal Dillon on October 25, 2011, 03:50:34 PM Auburn finds a way to screw us up, even when they are losing.
The problem last year was the overall weakness of the SEC West (including Alabama) in non-conference play, and especially the catastrophic failure of a season that both Auburn and LSU put together, which dragged the entire league's RPI down, particularly the teams in the West that had to play them twice. http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2011/10/25/2510523/2012-sec-basketball-preview :popcorn2: Title: Re: 2012 SEC Basketball Preview by Sports Illustrated Post by: BAMAWV on October 25, 2011, 03:59:28 PM Auburn finds a way to screw us up, even when they are losing. Where did you find that, MD? TIAThe problem last year was the overall weakness of the SEC West (including Alabama) in non-conference play, and especially the catastrophic failure of a season that both Auburn and LSU put together, which dragged the entire league's RPI down, particularly the teams in the West that had to play them twice. :popcorn2: Title: Re: 2012 SEC Basketball Preview by Sports Illustrated Post by: BAMAWV on October 25, 2011, 04:07:26 PM They try each year, no matter what sport, to say the SEC is off. They did it last year (almost every year) and 2 of the Elite 8 were SEC. They did it last year in football--the barn wins BCSNC and SEC mops up in bowls. They are doing it this year in football and the SEC has 2 teams (#1 & #2) playing to see who'll be NC. It is getting to be pathetic on the medias part but they have to give the rest of the country some hope to cling.
Title: Re: 2012 SEC Basketball Preview by Sports Illustrated Post by: Marshal Dillon on October 25, 2011, 08:10:37 PM Auburn finds a way to screw us up, even when they are losing. Where did you find that, MD? TIAThe problem last year was the overall weakness of the SEC West (including Alabama) in non-conference play, and especially the catastrophic failure of a season that both Auburn and LSU put together, which dragged the entire league's RPI down, particularly the teams in the West that had to play them twice. :popcorn2: Sorry about that. The link is there now. Title: Re: 2012 SEC Basketball Preview by Sports Illustrated Post by: BAMAWV on October 25, 2011, 08:18:38 PM Quote 4) Alabama -- The Tide was left out in the March Madness cold last year despite finishing 2nd place in the SEC, the result of an awful first month of the season and some very unfortunate scheduling/RPI phenomena that had little to do with how well the team played during the last three months of the year. All three double-digit performers return and will form the nucleus of the team: All-SEC forward JaMychal Green, stat-stuffing wing player Tony Mitchell and crafty point guard Trevor Releford. Anthony Grant only helped matters by inking the conference's second-best recruiting class (behind Kentucky of course) which will really beef up the Tide's perimeter offense, something that was sorely lacking last year. 5-star guard Trevor Lacey was the most hyped recruit, but 4-star wing players Levi Randolph and Rodney Cooper may play just as big if not bigger roles, and 4-star forward Nick Jacobs will be relied on in a very big way. This team has some weaknesses to overcome, namely being very thin on the inside and having probably the youngest playing rotation in the league, but if the Tide can replicate last year's defensive success with the new offensive talent, Bama could compete with anyone in the SEC. |