SEC Basketball Power Poll Ballot - February 28-March 6, 2010

by KingJamesIV on Mar 1, 2010 5:04 PM EST in Vanderbilt Commodores Basketball

Anchor of Gold Ballot /// Results at Garnet and Black Attack on Monday evening

#	Team	Record	AP	ESPN	Pom	Sag	Comments
1	Kentucky Wildcats	27-2 (12-2)	3	3	10	4	Cracks in the [under] armor? I certainly didn't expect to hear these "short turnaround" excuses from Cats fans...
2	Vanderbilt Commodores	22-6 (11-3)	13	19	25	19	Survived UGA while still hungover from loss to UK. Short turnaround not a problem for Dores vs. Razorbacks.
3	Tennessee Volunteers	21-7 (9-5)	16	13	30	21	Great win over Kentucky. Unfortunately, losing to Florida didn't exactly improve their SEC Tourney seeding.
4	Florida Gators	20-9 (9-5)	X	X	47	40	Tough closing stretch: vs. Vandy and at Kentucky. Does being back on the bubble make them more dangerous?
5	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	21-8 (9-5)	35	X	41	47	Swat King coronation celebration: Jarvis Varnado is your new NCAA career blocks leader.
6	Mississippi Rebels	19-9 (7-7)	X	X	51	46	Hey, wha' happen?
7	Arkansas Razorbacks	14-15 (7-7)	X	X	101	117	Not a great week for the Razorbacks.
8	South Carolina Gamecocks	14-14 (5-9)	X	X	87	76	Devan Downey probably still has a few tricks left up his sleeve...but does he have the energy left to use them?
9	Georgia Bulldogs	13-14 (5-9)	X	X	79	82	I guarantee you Kentucky is not looking forward to playing at Georgia. Stegeman is turning into the SEC East house of horrors.
10	Auburn Tigers	14-15 (5-9)	X	X	98	118	The question with no answer: Has Lebo justified being fired or being retained? Does sweeping Bama lock in another season?
11	Alabama Crimson Tide	14-14 (4-10)	X	X	68	85	Two winnable games this week.
12	LSU Tigers	10-18 (1-13)	X	X	187	190	You knew they'd get one. Arkansas drew the short straw.

*** Pomeroy and Sagarin numbers through games played Sunday February 28th, 2010 ***

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I haven't paid much attention in recent years...

…I’ve been paying attention to Vandy but not much to the rest of the league. But when was the last time the East vs West was this lopsided? Is this normal?

"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52

by VandyImport on Mar 1, 2010 5:08 PM EST reply actions

LSU's downfall really showcased the weakness over there...

In the past few years the East has been stronger, but there had still been some good teams over there – just no real Final Four contenders. This year they’ve fallen off the map entirely.

by Train Island on Mar 1, 2010 5:16 PM EST up reply actions

Short answer...yes. The link has year by year results. They stopped updating it so I don't know what the records were last year.

http://www.secsports.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=5340

by GTwill on Mar 1, 2010 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

"SEC East House of Horrors"

I like it. Thanks for the kind words. We welcome any and all signs of hope and bases for optimism.

by NCT on Mar 2, 2010 1:34 AM EST reply actions

Mark Fox

I have a feeling he is going to make Georgia forget about that whole Jim Harrick episode. The SEC East is turning into an evil bitch.

Anchor of Gold

by KingJamesIV on Mar 2, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions

He can coach, Yet Another Basketball Blog did a post on biggest improvements in offensive and defensive efficiency

for a first year coach and Mark Fox’s team has the eleventh largest improvement over the last six years (this year’s Kentucky isn’t even in the top twenty). The main question is can he recruit at a higher level than Felton.

by GTwill on Mar 2, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions

If you build it, they will come.

We are hopeful that there’s a tipping point with success. We expect Leslie and Thompkins back next year plus a few others who can get the team more wins. At some point, we hope the program’s being taken seriously will channel some of the ample local talent our way. Geography alone works reasonably well in football and baseball. And if it works in basketball, I hope we can hang onto Fox.

by NCT on Mar 2, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions