Offline
Conference play begins today in what may be the strongest basketball conference ever. Coming off a very impressive non-conference season, all 16 teams are in the KenPom top 64, and all but South Carolina are in the NET top 52.
![1736020623998.png 1736020623998.png](https://saintsreport.com/data/attachments/215/215294-df007c82368dad557b896a80a7d9ed92.jpg)
www.nytimes.com
![1736020623998.png 1736020623998.png](https://saintsreport.com/data/attachments/215/215294-df007c82368dad557b896a80a7d9ed92.jpg)
![www.nytimes.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic01.nyt.com%2Fathletic%2Fuploads%2Fwp%2F2025%2F01%2F02171654%2FGettyImages-2186561044-scaled-e1735856353518.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1200%26height%3D630%26fit%3Dcover&hash=620f401766c49f6139f2c961c6d4f699&return_error=1)
SEC’s historically good men’s basketball race is on — predicting 2 months of hoops ecstasy
The SEC, clearly the nation's top conference, is destined to break the Big East’s 2011 record of 11 teams with NCAA Tournament bids.
![www.nytimes.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2Fstatic%2Fimg%2Fathletic-icon-96x96.png&hash=952584cdd92aeca6c45ef9cbc8d197d2&return_error=1)