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SEC basketball week seven winners and losers

By Richard Gnann

FULLERTON, CA - NOVEMBER 23: Georgia basketball star Yante Maten
FULLERTON, CA - NOVEMBER 23: Georgia basketball star Yante Maten /
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SEC basketball and the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half of the CBS Sports Classic.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – DECEMBER 23: SEC basketball and the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half of the CBS Sports Classic. /

Locked on post-season

Four SEC teams rank in the top 15 NCAA RPI, eight SEC teams rank in the Top 55, NCAA RPI, and six SEC schools have played schedules that rank in the Top 50.

Roll it all together and the SEC has 11 teams tracking NCAA Tournament bids – Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M.

The Big Eight – SEC challenge looms big for the SEC. With a boisterous crowd in Columbia for the South Carolina – Texas Tech match up, the home SEC teams should all win. Big opportunities for the SEC are Kentucky at West Virginia and Tennessee at Iowa State. Texas A&M at Kansas and Georgia at Kansas State seem likely losses, but the SEC could win three of five road games. A 6-4 advantage could make for a big night when the SEC sits down to watch March Madness invitations.

The Kentucky-Louisville matchup on Friday night is also big – not only for Kentucky, but for the conference. The SEC needs Kentucky to do its usual heavy work lifting the conference RPI and shining the spotlight on SEC basketball..

But it’s all preliminary. Conference play is a grind, and the teams that can grind for 18 games will dance in March.

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