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SEC Basketball: 5 biggest 2019 offseason storylines

By Jerran Anderson

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MARCH 17: Bruce Pearl of the Auburn Tigers gives celebrates after 84-64 win over the Tennessee Volunteers during the final of the SEC Basketball Championships at Bridgestone Arena on March 17, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MARCH 17: Bruce Pearl of the Auburn Tigers gives celebrates after 84-64 win over the Tennessee Volunteers during the final of the SEC Basketball Championships at Bridgestone Arena on March 17, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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4. New head coaching faces in the SEC

There a lot of new faces in the head coaching ranks of the SEC after the 2018-19 season. The conference will have to adjust to the additions of Buzz Williams (Virginia Tech), Eric Musselman  (Arkansas), Nate Oats (Alabama) and Jerry Stackhouse (Vanderbilt). Each head coach took their former team to the NCAA Tournament except Stackhouse, who is taking on his first college head coaching position.

Williams turned around the Virginia Tech Hokies program in five seasons. With the Aggies, he’ll look to build them into a similar power after leading the Hokies to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.

Musselman turned around the Nevada Wolf Pack program after leading them to three straight MWC titles and three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Now, he’ll have his hands full with the Arkansas Razorbacks, looking to do the same.

Oats is another up-and-coming name who has turned the Buffalo Bulls into a powerhouse in the MAC. The Bulls won 20 games or more in three of the past four seasons under Oats. He’s already talked Kira Lewis Jr. into coming back to Alabama, showing a sign of things to come.

Stackhouse is a new face on the college sidelines but he brings his own coaching pedigree after serving as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies this past season and winning the G-League title with Raptors 905 in 2018. He’ll have his hands full turning around Vanderbilt, but there’s a reason they hired him.

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