This year’s SEC continues to bolster its case as one of the strongest basketball conferences ever.
The league will send seven teams to the Sweet 16, breaking a record set by the ACC nine years ago.
Ole Miss became the seventh SEC team to advance to the NCAA tournament’s second week on Sunday evening when the Rebels handled No. 3 Iowa State in an 85-72 upset. Alabama had helped the conference tie the record hours earlier with a runaway win over seventh-seeded Saint Mary’s. (Kentucky and Florida had previously clinched their spots in the Sweet 16, as had Auburn, Tennessee and Arkansas.)
It’s no surprise that the SEC will have seven of this season’s final 16 teams. The league dominated November and December in a way few, if any, conferences ever have before. The SEC won 88.9% of its games against other conferences, amassed a 58-19 record against the other four power conferences…
