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🏅The SEC’s reign of basketball terror may be over as quickly as it started
It's all about economics.
Hey there,
The SEC may have just put together the best basketball season a conference has ever had. However, their dominance could all come crashing down rather quickly – in fact, I think it’s a foregone conclusion that the best days of SEC basketball are in the past.
Let’s talk about why recent changes to college sports’ economic structure leaves SEC basketball in the dust.
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— Cole and Collin
College football has always been dominated by the SEC, but this year’s crop of basketball teams was unprecedentedly good. The conference sent 14 of their 16 programs to March Madness – a new record, beating out the Big East’s 11 conference bids in 2011. The SEC also made $70 million dollars as a direct result of their March Madness dominance because of their TV rights deal.
The SEC sent a record 14 teams to men's March Madness, won 24 games, and earned a record $70M in units for the conference.
Now, Florida has capped off the SEC's historic season with the conference's first men's basketball national title in 13 years.
The SEC is big business.
— Front Office Sports (@FOS)
3:38 AM • Apr 8, 2025
