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SEC basketball preview 2015-16: Breaking down the favorites in each division

This year's Kentucky squad is still a juggernaut; can anyone in the SEC dethrone the master?

The 2015 NCAA Tournament Final Four game between Kentucky and Wisconsin seemed over-determined from the outset. There were the Wildcats, blue-chipped and five-starred to the teeth, a presumptive lock to dominate every positional matchup Wisconsin might muster. The Badgers, for their part, under the generalship of Frank Kaminsky had surfed through the tournament abreast rhythm, cohesion, and execution. That Wisconsin prevailed, 71-64, in hindsight feels natural enough today, but Kentucky's stunned disbelief last April resonated out for everyone who had watched Willie Cauley-Stein run roughshod over mere mortals during the regular season.