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With the update this morning, KenPom has once again projected the SEC to be the best conference in college basketball! Coming off a historic year, today we preview the SEC for the 2025-2026 season. This year, it looks like the more traditional powers of the conference will be the teams to beat. Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats, Todd Golden's Florida Gators, John Calipari's Arkansas Razorb...

The Top 5 Lists continue! Who are the best frontcourts in the SEC this season? The Tennessee Volunteers return Felix Okpara and bring in Carey to round out a physical group. Vanderbilt is a team that a lot of folks might be sleeping on, and Mark Byington brought in Washington and others to help out McGlockton this year. The Arkansas Razorbacks addresses a lot of the issues they had by bringing in...

The Top 5 Lists continue! This week we're discussing the Top 5 Backcourts in the SEC for the 2025-26 season. Otega Oweh is a POTY candidate at Kentucky, Arkansas has five stars Meleek Thomas and Darius Acuff Jr. Florida brings in Boogie Fland and Xaivian Lee. This top 5 list was the hardest of the season to make. Plus we get you updates from Fall Practices. That's today on The Hoops Southb...

The Top 5 Lists return for another season. Today we're taking a look at the Top 5 Under the Radar teams, the teams probably deserving of more respect than what they're getting. Could Vanderbilt, LSU, or someone else be in store for a great season? Plus we look around the SEC for some Fall Camp updates.

Auburn's Bruce Pearl retires from coaching basketball after 11 years. Plus we have finally arrived Fall Practice. We take a look at those big questions we want to hear about as fall practice begins across the SEC.

After Todd Golden won his first national championship with the Florida Gators last season, the question was big this offseason, what coach will win their first title next? Today, we've put together a list of the SEC coaches we think should be on that watchlist.

Who is Alabama without Mark Sears? How does the Arkansas backcourt work? Is this a reload or a rebuild for Auburn and Tennessee? How important is the three to Kentucky's gameplay? The simple answer is, we don't know yet! This isn't a hot take episode or us taking a position. Before fall practice begins, we're asking the questions that we'll be paying attention to during fall pr...

We're back from our break, and we're taking a look at the scheduling updates across the SEC. The Arkansas Razorbacks scheduled the entire elite eight from last year's NCAA Tournament?! The Kentucky Wildcats have Gonzaga, Louisville, Indiana, North Carolina and more! Texas is in Maui, Vandy is going to Atlantis, the SEC Conference schedule is out, and the ACC/ SEC Challenge games have b...

It's Decision Day 2025! Today players made the choice to stay in the NBA Draft or to return to college. Otega Oweh rejoins Kentucky, Karter Knox is back at Arkansas, Tahaad Pettiford is back at Auburn, Alex Condon returns to Florida. Meanwhile, Adou Thiero opts to stay in the NBA Draft. And as is our tradition, we close out Decision Day with our annual SEC Power Rankings.

Tons to talk about this week. The NBA Draft process continues as we countdown to Decision Day! Will Adou Theiro, Karter Knox, Tahaad Pettiford, Alex Condon, Otega Oweh, and Josh Hubbard come back to college? The decision is coming soon! And, JJ Andrews becomes the first major recruit to join the SEC for the 2026 class. How will the #1 recruit from Arkansas fair for the Razorbacks? Plus, Mark Pope...

It's NBA Draft Combine week and this could be a week we start seeing players come back to college and huge portal moves take place once again. Plus Arkansas's Boogie Fland has pulled his name out of the draft. Where is he headed next? And what about Tahaad Pettiford, Karter Knox, Otega Oweh and others? And over the last week there have been big developments in the House case. You may not k...

The transfer portal is closed for this cycle. It opened, it closed, but it's not over yet! Xaivian Lee and MacKenzie Mgbako make huge splashes to the SEC as they join the Florida Gators and the Texas A&M Aggies. Plus, Nate Ament joins the Tennessee Volunteers as one of the best freshmen in the country. And John Calipari makes the announcement of several returners to next year's Arkansa...

The Missouri Tigers have great recruits and excellent transfers. But somehow, Missouri is being picked toward the bottom of the SEC this season. With players like Boating, Crews, and Perkins, how is that even possible. Well, it turns out, that Maddy and David don't even agree with each other about Missouri. So how will the Tigers do in 2024-25?

The Texas A&M Aggies are being picked towards the top of the SEC and regularly in the top 25 teams in the country. The Aggies return Wade Taylor IV, Henry Coleman, and several other big time players. There's a lot of praise going around for Texas A&M. But Maddy and David don't agree on Texas A&M. How do you feel about the Aggies?

The LSU Tigers are returning several core players but lost significant production and key players to graduation, the portal, and the NBA Draft. Now the Tigers are bringing in Sears, Bailey, and more players from the portal. But several writers still have McMahon's team at the bottom of the SEC. Are we all wrong about LSU?

The Texas Longhorns are playing their first season of basketball in the SEC. Texas has always been one of the better teams in the Big 12, can they carry over that success this season to their new conference? Rodney Terry has put together a great backcourt out of the transfer portal. Terry has brought in players like Jordan Pope, Tramon Mark, and Arthur Kaluma. Will it be enough to make a run at an...

The Auburn Tigers are returning several names you are already familiar with this season. While they may be a long shot to win it all, trends and talent may be propelling them toward a class of elite teams nationally. Johni Broome, Chad Baker- Mazara, and others are back and two four star freshmen are joining the roster as well. The SEC title may come down to the last game of the season in Neville....

The Georgia Bulldogs have not heard their name called on Selection Sunday in what will be 10 years in March. Is this year different? One thing Georgia has done well is recruit talent under Mike White. While this team is young and has great NBA prospects like Asa Newell and Somto Cyril, do they have what they need to break into the tournament? Coming off an NIT run last year with Blue Cain and Sila...

Jonas Aidoo, Clifford Omoruyi, Johni Broome, Alex Condon, the SEC is loaded with big guys with big talent in the frontcourt this season. But who has the best frontcourt in the SEC this year. Auburn has the experience. Arkansas has the transfers. Alabama made the moves. Missouri has the recruits. Here's our top 5 list. Plus, this week the SEC regular season conference schedule has been released...

Here we go again, it's our annual Top 5 lists. Today we're counting down the top 5 backcourts in the SEC for this coming season. Does Mark Sears and Alabama have the backcourt to lead the country on offense? Where do Kentucky and Arkansas fit with new coaches? Should newcomer Texas make the list? And what about Auburn, Tennessee, or Florida? Let's work through it and find out. Also we...

“The Future starts today, not tomorrow.” And over the last few weeks we got a look at the future of college basketball. Big games ahead, a record breaking player, and changes to the NCAA Tournament. The match-ups for the ACC/ SEC Challenge have been announced, Florida has a really, really tall new player that went viral on social media, and yes, Dan Gavitt was talking about NCAA Tournament expansi...

There’s a new MTE on the way and it's making a ton of noise across college basketball and college sports! Could the new Players Era Festival be a game changer in college sports? Could it forever change Feast Week Basketball, could it save bowl games in college football, could college baseball model their MTE’s after this new event? Time will tell. But what we do know is two SEC teams will be c...

The SEC continues to bring in top talent in the transfer portal. Since our last episode, Arkansas is bringing in DJ Wagner, Tennessee got Chaz Lanier, and so many other big names made big moves. Plus, Basketball lost one of its biggest icons this weekend. Bill Walton passes away at 71.

Dalton Knecht, Rob Dillingham, Reed Sheppard, Justin Edwards and Trevon Brazile are all SEC players trying to earn a pick in the NBA Draft. We take our first good look at this year's draft. Rumors are swirling about Coleman Hawkins, Chaz Lanier and Achor Achor heading to SEC teams. Meanwhile, Arkansas adds Adou Thiero to John Calipari''s growing roster. Speaking of Cal, are you curious...

The Alabama Crimson Tide locked down Clifford Omoruyi. Arkansas picked up Jonas Aidoo and Johnell Davis. Mark Pope is bringing his offense to life with Koby Brea, Kerr Kriisa, Brandon Garrison, and Andrew Carr. We’re recapping the portal after closing and more today on the Hoops Southbound Show!