SEC Regular Season Windown

EDIT: I originally posted this before I read the first two posts. I'm the third guy, Kentucky-born and educated in Alabama. I bleed both blue and red, and am the logical choice to cover the SEC and the ACC. Before I read the first two posts, I'd already managed to profess my love for Pat Summit and my distaste for Notre Dame. A good sign, yeah?

I'm not in a good mood. Kentucky lost to Florida for the sixth consecutive time. They might as well do it twice more so Notre Dame doesn't have the record. UK still gets in the tourney, even if just for their name. That's not entirely fair, but they generally do well in the NCAAs.

Alabama...look, you've got to prove Tuscaloosa has more than football, ribs and white bread. Getting spanked by Mississippi State isn't the way to do it. Will you get in? Some people say no, but you guys did beat Kentucky, swept five-and-eleven-in-conference-play LSU and rocked through the non-conference games against traditional powerhouses Texas Southern and Coppin State. Roll on, Tide, roll on.

Florida's in. So in, I might as well call them Flori-duh. Possible one seed.

Kentucky's in, so I'll continue the "two-bracket" tradition in office pools.

The SEC West? Ole Miss and MSU being tied for first at 8-8? Good luck with that.

The SEC East? You gotta make a case for Tennessee (how about that Pat Summit? I love that woman) and Vanderbilt ("Arena by M.C. Escher") before you write Kentucky in.

So, three-to-six teams from the SEC, though six is pushing it to me. It was a heckuva down year. But hey, Duke sucked too. There I go, being an optimist. And we have the SEC tourney for teams to make strong cases. Here's hoping Vandy or 'Bama win it.

Tomorrow, the ACC!