{"id":81577,"date":"2025-01-23T21:14:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/bill-self-calls-sec-hands-down-the-best-league-in-basketball\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T21:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:14:46","slug":"bill-self-calls-sec-hands-down-the-best-league-in-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/bill-self-calls-sec-hands-down-the-best-league-in-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Self calls SEC \u2018hands-down\u2019 the best league in basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Self<\/a><\/strong> is a Big 12 ambassador through and through but even he can\u2019t deny the talent in the SEC this season. After Kansas<\/a><\/strong>\u2018 win over TCU<\/a><\/strong> on Wednesday, the Jayhawks\u2019 head coach weighed in on the current state of the Big 12 while showering the SEC with some praise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SEC has been the best league in the country this year hands-down,\u201d Self said. \u201cWe hurt ourselves as a league by having some disappointing losses early. But, the SEC \u2014 last year, our league was thought to be close to what the SEC is this year. And it is cyclical, but I can\u2019t believe it will ever leave that one or two best league in the country [territory] moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As of this report, four of the top six teams in the AP Top 25 are SEC teams. Auburn<\/a><\/strong> leads the pack as the top-rated team in the country. However, there are nine ranked SEC teams, in total.<\/p>\n

The SEC\u2019s talent doesn\u2019t disappear outside of the Top 25, either. In ESPN\u2019s Joe Lunardi\u2019s latest<\/a><\/strong> Bracketology, he predicted the SEC to have a conference-high 12 teams make the NCAA Tournament. The Big 12 had the third-most with eight teams.<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks learned first-hand how talented the SEC is this season when they faced off against Missouri<\/a><\/strong> on Dec. 8. The Tigers marched into Allen Fieldhouse and handed Kansas a 76-67 defeat. For reference, Missouri finished last in the SEC last season.<\/p>\n

Simply put, the SEC is nothing short of a gauntlet this season. Nonetheless, that doesn\u2019t mean the Big 12 is lacking talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think [the Big 12 is] great. I think it\u2019s as good as it has been,\u201d Bill Self said. \u201cLosing Texas<\/a><\/strong> and Oklahoma<\/a><\/strong> is big, and I\u2019m not going to downplay them at all because they were a big part of our league, but their brand was more football than basketball. I think everybody would agree with me on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou lose two good programs. Arizona<\/a><\/strong> is a good add. Houston<\/a><\/strong> is a good add. Those are some good adds there that are nationally competitive, which I think takes our conference even to a different level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Houston is currently ranked No. 7 in the country and Arizona received 21 votes to be in the AP Top 25 this week. With any luck, the Big 12 will continue to be in the \u201cbest conference in the country\u201d conversation for many years to come.<\/p>\n

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