The SEC is often times overlooked when it comes to men’s basketball, but let us not forget the SEC has won 3 of the last 10 National Championships. We are reaching with Florida going back to back in 2006 and 2007, but Kentucky has done more than enough to keep the league afloat on the national level, even though they only have one National Championship in that 10 year span, winning it all in 2012.
The overall perception that the SEC is not a strong basketball conference makes it challenging to get into the NCAA tournament without having at least 22 wins and a strong out of conference schedule.