"It Just Means More" doesn't apply to the 2025-26 College Basketball season. A new breed of dominant hoops squad has emerged, and the SEC is not represented among it.
Among that group, you'll find the Michigan Wolverines, Arizona Wildcats, Iowa State Cyclones, and Purdue Boilermakers. The UConn Huskies are also back on track after a spectacularly disappointing campaign last year in their three-peat bid.
As for the old guard? The Florida Gators, the Auburn Tigers, and the Kentucky Wildcats? Vanderbilt Commodores On SI's Joey Dwyer believes they, along with the Missouri Tigers and Mississippi State Bulldogs, are old news.