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4 SEC teams make ESPN's way-too-early top 25 for college basketball
We should be entering the Sweet 16 this week, but instead, the COVID-19 outbreak has forced the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament.
Now, we’re left to look ahead to the 2020-21 season, and ESPN analyst Jeff Borzello put together his early top 25 for next year.
That list included 4 SEC teams, led by No. 5 Kentucky. He also mentioned Florida as one of the teams just outside the top 25:
- No. 5 — Kentucky
- No. 14 — Tennessee
- No. 18 — LSU
- No. 20 — Arkansas
Auburn wasn’t included on the list, as the Tigers will be losing several key seniors from this year’s team. Will Bruce Pearl and company be able to reload? We’ll find out before this coming season starts.
Needed a good joke today..
What’s the joke? Please enlighten us.
Auburn not inside the top 25 but Tennessee, Arkansas and LSU are.
Auburn loses their top 6 players from this year. This is about returning talent and outlook for next year. Seems pretty accurate to me, especially if you actually read the article.
Auburn lost their starting 5 from the final four team.. seemed to not be much drop off. Bruce Pearl has proven to get the most out of his team year in and year out.
If Auburn lands one of or both Greg Brown/Jalen Green top 25 should be a no brainer and a case could be made for top 10.
Top 10? No. UGA had one of, if not the top freshmen in the country. He didn’t make much of a difference. Bruce is an excellent coach, but the bottom of the top 25 is the best Auburn can hope for early on.
If auburn lands both green and brown then no question they should be top 10. If they just land one it should put them in the top 15. They should already be in top 25.
Last year you lost your top 3 scorers and this year you are losing your top 6. Hardly the same. Plus, this year you returned a bunch of seniors who are now all leaving. Lose your top 6 scorers and return a bunch of freshmen/sophomores doesnt get you into the top 25 to start the season. Remember you’re just Auburn, not Kentucky, Duke, UNC like a lot of your fans seem to think you are all of a sudden.
I said starting 5 not top 6 scorers. Also losing 3 nba/g league players from last year is more tough to overcome than 1 nba player. Never said we were kentucky or duke or UNC so don’t know where that came from. Bruce continues to prove people wrong with what he has and this upcoming year will be no different. All those players from this years squad were role players for the most part during the final four and ended up with a better record.. the role players from this years team will be starters and their won’t be much of any drop off especially with the recruiting class.
You don’t win the sec two years in row and finish number 2 this last year and just fall out of the top 25.
People keep disrespecting Auburn and Pearl. That’s fine, it works for them. They’ll just take a bunch of guys you’ve never heard of or recruited and win the SEC again. Should he happen to land the two big fish remaining, Bruce will have his most talented team ever (AU or UT). Regardless, he returns a ton of guys that played a lot of minutes as true freshmen and a solid class coming in.