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The aristocracy of college basketball arrive for their annual meeting at the Champions Classic. As the old saying goes, "The season starts here!" And Kentucky will get their first big test of the year against the Kansas Jayhawks. We're also going to see rivalries and our first MTE's of the year. It’s a massive week in college basketball and one of the first big events of the earl...

Opening Night 2023 is now done but the season is just getting started. Massive tests lie ahead for teams like Missouri, Florida, Tennessee, and more. Who can pull off a massive win well before Thanksgiving?

The SEC is truly loaded with great teams from top to bottom. The conference has several contenders, teams in the AP Top 25, teams favored for the Final Four, and so much more. Georgia Head Coach Mike White said this season might be the best the SEC has ever been. Is he right? We're joined by Southeastern 14's Max Barr to breakdown this incredibly strong conference.

Last season, Jerry Stackhouse was named co-SEC Coach of the Year after the Commodores won eight of their last nine games to end the regular season. Vanderbilt lost some key players like Liam Robbins, Jordan Wright, and Myles Stute. But they did return Tyrin Lawrence. But outside of Lawrence there are several unknowns surrounding this Vandy team. We’re talking to Joey Dwyer of Vandy Sports.com to t...

This week on Hoop Like a Girl, Maddy breaks down the SEC teams in the Way Too Early Top 25. Who ranks the best in the best conference for Women's Basketball?

What team in the SEC has return 8 of its scholarship players including eight out of ten of their leading scorers and two All- SEC players? Why its the Texas A&M Aggies! This A&M team finished second in the SEC last season and made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2018. There is Buzz around an SEC title this season. Pun intended.

The Ozarks are reaching sky high with expectations, taller than Mt. Magazine this season for the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Hogs came in the 3rd in the SEC Preseason Poll, they are ranked 14th in the AP Top 25, and #14 in KenPom. This season the Hogs have brought in the #6 transfer class in the country. Two top 60 recruits. And they hold over 30 years of Division 1 basketball experience. This team i...

Are you ready for a Rocky Top Final Four run? There is a lot of hype surrounding the Tennessee Volunteers this season and they have the talent to put a sensational team on the court this season. Both of us had Tennessee’s backcourt as our number 1 backcourt coming into the season. And they aren’t too shabby in frontcourt either. Last year, Tennessee came off one of their best tournaments in school...

South Carolina wasn’t the worst team in the SEC but boy were they close. But in the first year of a new coach, in a complete rebuild, that’s understandable. So in year two of Lamount Paris’s rebuild of the Gamecocks what steps have this team taken forward? And how much more competitive will the Gamecocks be this season?

A new era is about to begin in Oxford. Ole Miss this offseason fired Kermit Davis as head coach and made somewhat of a controversial hire in Chris Beard. We won’t get into the charges that were ultimately dropped against Beard. But after getting fired from the Texas Longhorns, Beard is now looking to build something special in Ole Miss. We’re talking about changes and expectations at Ole Miss on t...

Welcome to the Mid-Major Report! We’re going a full court press on the news, highlights, reaction, and more on the best mid-majors around the South. Could three teams from the state of Arkansas make the tournament? Could Howard run the MEAC again? And the SoCon could wild this season. Today we’re previewing the upcoming season. Start the clock and let’s get going!

Last season, Mizzou was one of the biggest surprises in the conference. Finishing 4th in the SEC standings and getting bid in the NCAA tournament as a 7 seed. That trip was cut short by the Princeton Tigers in the second round but nonetheless a season that I feel like Tiger fans should feel good about. There’s no denying what Mizzou has been doing on the recruiting trail this offseason and there’s...

As a team that most looked at as an underdog last year, the Mississippi State Bulldogs have a lot to look forward to this season. With a better recruiting class than they have had in years, promising transfers and their all-star return in Tolu Smith Jr. what could go wrong? Well maybe more than Bulldog fans bargained for this morning when we got the announcement that Smith will be out for an injur...

The road to recovery can take a while, but after firing Will Wade from LSU two seasons ago, Matt McMahon has started to put the pieces together to progress LSU back to its natural place in SEC basketball. Last season, LSU got off to a promising start but the steam eventually ran out and the Tigers finished last in the SEC, yes even behind South Carolina. LSU lost seven players to the transfer port...

You may be thinking the Georgia Bulldogs are going to be an easy win on your schedule this season, but as fans in Athens will tell you, this is a much improved Bulldog team this year. It's year two under Mike White and Georgia has brought in the #16 recruiting class in the country and the #6 transfer class in the SEC. There’s a lot new faces on this Georgia team. We got the guys from Glory UGA...

Year after year we see the NBA pull more and more talent from all over the world. It looks like Todd Golden has taken a tip from the pros this year and brought in players from across the globe to build a future for this basketball team down in Gainesville. With this mix of global talent, transfers and a few returners are the Gators ready to make March Madness. Well, today we’re talking with The Fl...

Fans love em, enemies love to hate them. Hype is the word in Big Blue Nation this offseason. Coach Cal has put together the best freshmen class in the country. There’s title talk and optimism going on like crazy in Lexington. Last season Kentucky was bounced from the NCAA tournament by Kansas State. Aside from this class of five star freshmen, Kentucky is bringing back Antonio Reeves and getting T...

The Auburn Tigers fought their way into the NCAA tournament last season despite some ups and downs through out the year. But Bruce Pearl continues to put Auburn in the top half of the SEC discussion year after year. Last year, Auburn punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament with a trip to Brimingham. They beat Iowa as a 9 seed and made their way to the second round where they lost to the Housto...

It’s easy to say Woo Pig after you’ve been to back-to-back-to-back second weekends in the NCAA tournament, have been the last SEC team standing for three years in a row, beaten two #1 seeds in the NCAA tournament in consecutive years, have had 4 first round draft picks in 4 years, had 20 plus wins in 4 straight seasons and have finished in the top 5 of the SEC in two of the last 3 years. It has be...

Alabama came in last year and dominated the SEC after being considered a dark horse by so many. Brandon Miller took the conference by storm and Noah Clowney was one of the best surprises of the year. But it's time to turn the chapter and enter a new year for Nate Oats. Obviously, the season didn’t end up quite like Tide fans wanted with at least making an Elite 8 to tie the school’s all time b...

There’s a lot of experienced players out there along with some very interesting freshmen taking the court this season in places like Kentucky, Auburn and Arkansas. Who are the top 5 backcourt in the SEC coming into 2023 and 2024? Plus, is John Calipari still a top 10 coach in the country? And should more coaches from the SEC be considered in a top 10 list? That’s what were talking about today on t...

Today on the show: The hard work this offseason for the Missouri Tigers and Denis Gates is paying off. Not only have the Tigers grabbed three four star top 100 recruits for their 2024 class, they might even add a few more key pieces to set them up for long term success. Plus we take a look at Joe Lunardi's first bracket coming into the 2023-24 College Basketball season.#marchmadness #mizzou

This week on the show: Conference realignment is a story of weak minds in the pursuit of money. Instead of figuring out a solution that makes everyone happy by creating a truly better product for and protecting student athletes in non-revenue sports, the pursuit of more money has decimated the foundation of college sports. How did we get here? Who was left out of the conversation? What does the fu...

This week on the show, we pull on our boots and slap on thee cowboy hat to round-up the latest recruiting news around the SEC. Further we talk about Arkansas's and Kentucky national championship odds according to Vegas. And we talk about Arkansas's latest transfer pick-up Denijay Harris.

This time on College Basketball 201, we take a look at the NET and explain how it works. Further we go into the history of how the NET came to be and what the system used before it was. And yes Professor Bounce knows he mispronounced Gonzaga. Professor Bounce voiced by Zeke Sidwell. #marchmadness #collegebasketball