I saw where the men’s team received votes in the new AP poll. #31 in the country
Men’s Basketball Top 25
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SEC West is gonna be tough this year.
Yea I watched the Bama-UNC game yesterday and they look legit
Tough weekend for last week's #1 UNC.
Lost to a Iowa State Friday and Bama in 4 OTs Sunday.
Also, Purdue has jumped to #5 in AP. They are #1 in Massey Ratings after going to Portland and beating West Virginia, Gonzaga and Duke, all by double digits in a 4 day span.
Their closest game this year? Five point win over Marquette at home.
That won't hurt the ole MSU resume.
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They also looked like garbage against UConn. Kinda like their ncaa tournament game against Notre Dame
Cool! The team is already outperforming my expectations. I had us losing one game up to this point (Marquette) and a 2nd to Minnesota for our OOC slate. If we happen to take out Minnesota at their place, I think we get ranked without a doubt in the top 25. We still need a lot of work offensively, but have the D to do what it takes. Arkansas seems to be pretty stout and I'm not sure who we'll match up with their 6'7" PG to slow him down. Maybe move Matthews outside to work on him. Cam has the hops and speed to hopefully keep him under wraps.
So we get a yearly Duke/UK matchup? I like the idea of playing against more ACC teams, as long as we are a good team.
10 year run of the B12 SEC matches? How many did we play in, like 4? That was a terrible setup due to difference in the number of teams in each conference.
On the bright side, until OU and Texas show up in 2025, the SEC will actually have less schools than the ACC (basketball includes Notre Dame, giving them 15), so we won't get shut out until at least Thanksgiving 2025. After that, there's always the chance that we're the odd man out in a 16 vs 15 scenario, but our chances of being excluded are essentially cut by 3/4.
Is it normal for teams to transfer to another conference with this much wait time? Is it official or can the TX, OK deals fall thru somehow?
It’s all about the television contracts. Texas and Oklahoma are locked into the Big 12 tv contract through 2024. They would have to pay a sizable fee to break the contract and leave early. Doesn’t look like they want to do that and are content until waiting until 2025 to join the SEC.
FlotownDawg is 100% correct. Fox is the biggest speed bump. Once OU and Texas bolt the Big 12, Fox is going to lose a major piece of its college football programming since all Texas and OU home games would suddenly become solely ESPN products. Fox wasn't going to let them just flee without being made whole and it doesn't appear as though Texas or OU want to pay the exit fee.
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