The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has had a rough start in the NCAA Tournament with a 1-5 record, including losses by notable teams like Kentucky, Auburn, and Florida to lower-seeded opponents such as Oakland, Yale, and Colorado. This poor performance has raised questions about the competitiveness of the SEC and the expansion efforts championed by conference commissioner Greg Sankey.
The SEC's first round losses in the men's tournament: ◽️Mississippi State ◽️South Carolina ◽️Kentucky ◽️Florida ◽️Auburn All to lower seeds. Is conference commissioner Greg Sankey starting to put too much dip on his chip? https://t.co/AOZ6EQOG6m https://t.co/YIOw9UmZso
The SEC's first round losses in the men's tournament: ◽️Mississippi State ◽️South Carolina ◽️Kentucky ◽️Florida ◽️Auburn All to lower seeds. Is conference commissioner Greg Sankey starting to put too much dip on his chip in regards to realignment? https://t.co/AOZ6EQOG6m https://t.co/vMcHQK7YF6
SEC’s March Madness flops show the greed of Greg Sankey’s expansion effort https://t.co/faOhRCc6Cr
SEC’s March Madness flops show the greed of Greg Sankey’s expansion effort ⤵️ https://t.co/rpqOaSTkX6
COLUMN: Greg Sankey questioned the competitiveness of small-conference AQ’s. Then the SEC flopped and lost to AQ’s Oakland and Yale. Because that’s March Madness. Expansion talk is about greed and nothing more. https://t.co/BClOxuuhm2 https://t.co/BClOxuuhm2
The SEC did a lot of chest-thumping this year that it was one of the best basketball leagues in the country. Then the first round of the men's tournament arrived. @ChrisVannini on how March Madness has exposed the greed of commissioner Greg Sankey ⤵️ https://t.co/AOZ6EQPdVU
Five SEC teams got upset in NCAA Tournament 1st round, and folks are laughing at Greg Sankey. https://t.co/zYhZPAzYk2
SEC struggles show Greg Sankey should keep hands off of NCAA Tournament expansion https://t.co/eZIq60hsrJ
On the same day that Greg Sankey upset the NCAA Tournaments by taking a jab at the mid-majors, Bruce Pearl called his shot for the SEC. A week later, both have egg on their face after the SEC's most embarrassing Round 1 showing ever: https://t.co/6hrPoHGlba
Six double-digit seeds have won games so far, and @SEC teams r four of the victims. Kentucky, Auburn, Florida and S. Carolina.
SEC commish Greg Sankey wants to stop the mid-majors from getting automatic bids to #MarchMadness to put more big conference teams in. That would destroy the best part of the tournament. Swap Yale for St. John’s and no one would care about this win. https://t.co/oCInIM1lz3
The SEC is now 1-5 in the men’s NCAA Tournament. All five losses were to lower seeds. #MarchMadness https://t.co/aZYRSt1jST https://t.co/125z9maZng
The SEC is off to a 1-5 start in the NCAA Tournament with losses to Oakland (Kentucky) and Yale (Auburn). No wonder Greg Sankey doesn't want mid-majors in March Madness.
The Southeastern Conference is 1-5 in the NCAA Tournament, and all five losses have been to a lower seeded team: #14 Oakland #13 Yale #11 Oregon #10 Colorado #9 Michigan State
Please remember this SEC effort in the NCAA Tournament the next time that Greg Sankey tries to convince you we need expansion. We don't. All it will do is line his pockets and the pockets of a bunch of suits you'll never meet. Don't be fooled by the non-sense.
SEC is 1-5 so far in NCAAs with 4 losses to double-digit seeds. SEC now has 12 losses to double-digit seeds since 2021. Florida lost to #15 Oral Roberts and now #10 Colorado.
The SEC's tournament so far: 8 seed Mississippi State housed by 9 Michigan State 14 Oakland beats 3 Kentucky 11 Oregon beats 6 South Carolina 2 Tennessee beats 15 Saint Peter's 7 Florida gives up 102 to 10 Colorado 13 Yale takes down 4 Auburn That's 1-5. Abysmal.
The SEC is responsible for five of the eight seed-line upsets so far in the first round: No. 3 Kentucky vs Oakland No. 4 Auburn vs Yale No. 6 South Carolina vs Oregon No. 7 Florida vs Colorado No. 8 Mississippi State vs Michigan State