The Southeastern Conference didn’t help its sagging hoops reputation over the weekend, with Tennessee suffering a homecourt loss to Memphis and LSU suffering a homecourt loss to Xavier in a couple of important non-conference games.
But part of the reason for the SEC’s struggles may have to do with the relative youth and inexperience of the league. Two-thirds of the league is in the bottom 70 of Ken Pomeroy’s Division I rankings of teams based on team experience/age.
SEC teams in the bottom 70 (out of 344) include:
274 — Georgia
287 — Kentucky
295 — Tennessee
318 — Florida
320 — Mississippi State
337 — Vanderbilt
338 — Arkansas
343 — Ole Miss
