Lexington, ky. – It was not long ago that SEC Basketball was one later, only with a couple of entry into the men’s NCAA tournament.
The days are over – a statement that was made strongly when the record 14 SEC teams received dialects in this year’s tournament.
Obern coach Bruce Pearl on Thursday pointed out the investment level of each program in its respective roster, speaking ahead of his team’s early game.
Pearl said on Wednesday, “This year the difference between SEC and such a great separation, was from above, Nil had commitment and was investing in our students-athletes.”
Obern is the number 1 overall seed despite losing three of their last four matches. Tigers (28–5) face 16-Beej Alabama State (20–15) in Kentki form.
This is not just zero; Pearl cited the improvement in coaching higher and staff resources, which is for former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and the current Commissioner continues with Greg Sanki.
Tennessy’s coach Rick Barns, who has spent the last 10 out of his 38 -year career in SEC, praised the coaching caliber at the conference.
“I have not coached against any bad coach,” said Barns. “I am not really. I have given coaching against coaches that did not have the same resources on the way, and sometimes you can win some such time, but overall not at the level you want to be able to maintain it.”
Barns recalled Sankey’s first address at SEC Spring Meetings, during which the commissioner gave a “rigid” message. Every game was trending upwards leaving basketball.
Barns reported that at that time, SEC was the worst in the country in non -schedueling.
Barns said, “Whatever has happened in 10 years, it has been a commitment from top to bottom.” “I think at a time, I think perhaps athletic directors at a time felt that you can’t be good in every game.”
Pearl pointed to one of the other power 4 conferences, and especially two programs.
“Let’s just says Louisville and Duke, for example, in ACC,” Pearl said. “Those two programs have been consistently well supported. They found great history.
“So when it comes to Nil, they are going to invest. Not everyone in ACC invests like those two schools.”
Louisville (27-7) Lexington has number 8 seed and face number 9 Seed Create on Thursday. If the cardinals win, they will face the winner of the Alabama State-Obern.
The ACC program is making its first NCAA tournament appearance in nine years in the first season of coach Pat Kelsi.
SEC School Lexington is not the only prominent player on the regional site. Seventh seed UCLA (22–10), led by veteran coach Mick Cronin, finished fourth in the first season of the school in Big Ten.
Never shame in saying his mind, Chronin said that the level of investment varies on the school-by-school approach. He also said that the conversation lies in speculation.
“It is as if some agents tell me that someone else offered you a million dollars,” Cronin said. “Okay, he is probably lying. He is just trying to increase the price.
“And no one wants to accept what they spent in their team, okay? Nobody wants to accept it. They want to do such a thing as they recruited a great work, okay? This is just how people are in our business.”
The current NIL model can see a large -scale turmoil, with the revenue sharing between the pending players and schools on the approval of the house vs NCAA approved for April 7. Whether or not Nil still exists in the new era is yet to be seen.
But in protest against former UCLA coach John Wooden, Chronin said that schools that invest, such as SEC programs and other people from across the country, do to withdraw the awards.
“The boy with the best players usually wins, and the team with the most money has the opportunity to get the best players,” Kronin said. “They do not always do this. But this is just the era that we are.”
