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NCAA Basketball: Ranking the top 8 conferences for 2018-19

By Adam Childs

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 10: Head coach Tony Bennett of the Virginia Cavaliers cuts down the net after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels 71-63 during the championship game of the 2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament at Barclays Center on March 10, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 10: Head coach Tony Bennett of the Virginia Cavaliers cuts down the net after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels 71-63 during the championship game of the 2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament at Barclays Center on March 10, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 22: PJ Washington #25 of the Kentucky Wildcats reacts after a play in the second half against the Kansas State Wildcats during the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament South Regional at Philips Arena on March 22, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 22: PJ Washington #25 of the Kentucky Wildcats reacts after a play in the second half against the Kansas State Wildcats during the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament South Regional at Philips Arena on March 22, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

5. SEC

2017 Tournament Teams – (8) Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas A&M, Missouri

The SEC had been taking its lumps as a bad basketball conference for a few years but last year they had a break out year during the regular season. Auburn came out of nowhere and was ranked in the top ten for a good portion of the year. Tennessee had a great year after showing signs of life the year before. Florida, Alabama, and Missouri all had decent years and Texas A&M played like a top ten team at times also.

The SEC in the past few years has seemed like Kentucky and everyone else, but with the regular season success, they started to show their depth. Kentucky and Texas A&M did make it to the Sweet 16, but the Wildcats were upset by Kansas State and the Aggies ran into a Michigan buzzsaw.

Will this conference build off of last season or will it go back to being Kentucky and the rest? Signs point to Tennessee, Florida, and Auburn to continue to be competitive and that will help. This conference needs to show early in the season their depth before they can rise in these rankings.

The SEC has the potential to compete with the other conferences. Will this be the year they show the rest of the nation that the SEC is back as a basketball conference?

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