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The Tennessee Volunteers have managed a couple of nice wins so far, most notably against Georgetown, and a close loss to Gonzaga (whom they play again tonight).  The Vols have played the toughest schedule of the SEC teams thus far, and have the experience to go with it.

On the other hand, they have also managed to completely stink it up a bit with inconsistent guard play, the inability to hit the 3-Point shot, and a general lack of direction and identity.  That said, they are still probably the best team in the SEC…for now.

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The Arkansas Razorbacks have been a real surprise thus far this season.  After defeating the Texas Longhorns 67–61—their second win over a top-10 opponent this year—the Hogs look to be for real.  As a team, Arkansas looks to be a force to be reckoned with in the SEC West, second only to the litany of expletives emanating from Coach John Pelphrey’s mouth.

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The Florida Gators are a solid team whose biggest win to date came against the NC State Wolfpack.  That’s all well and good except that the Wolfpack are, well, not very good.  Still a solid start for the Gators.

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The South Carolina Gamecocks are 11-2 thus far, despite a less than impressive schedule.  Their only real test to date ended in a loss to the Clemson Tigers, but they clearly have the ability to win, the question remains as to whether they will actually do that down the stretch.

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The Kentucky Wildcats came out in full force suck losing to both VMI and the Tarheads in their first two games of the season.  From there, however they have improved.  Had they beaten their kissing cousins, the Louisville Cardinals, they’d have been higher this week.

Still, it’s probably a little early to start screaming to “Fire Billy.”

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The LSU Tigers really haven’t played anyone yet this season, and thus are sort of an unknown.  Their 12-2 record, however, gives them the boost into the top-half of the conference.  We’ll see if they can hold on to it once they start conference play this weekend against the Tide.

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Like LSU, the Vanderbilt Commodores have yet to really show whether they are good or not.  At 11-3, they appear to have some talent, but a win at Kentucky on Saturday will definitely improve their ranking.

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The Auburn Tigers lost 4 of their first 7 games, but have come on since the start of December, picking up 7 straight wins including a win against the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville.  Still, opening up with losses to Mercer, Dayton, and Northern Iowa hardly inspires confidence.

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Mark Gottfried has been coaching the Alabama Crimson Tide for 11 seasons now, but they rarely seem to get much better or much worse.  At 10-4, it looks like the Tide will likely reside in the middle of the SEC once again.  Will Gottfried make it to 12 seasons?

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Well, it isn’t much, but the Mississippi State Bulldogs’ Basketball team is a little better than the football team fielded in Starkville this year.  Still, at 10-5, they have managed a few decent wins recently, most notably against Houston and Western Kentucky.

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The Georgia Bulldogs managed the seemingly impossible in the SEC Tournament last year, but they appear to have returned to their ways of old this year, losing every game played thus far against a quality opponent.

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At 9-5, the Ole Miss Rebels are deceptive in that they appear to be a decent team.  Don’t be fooled, there may be great suckification ahead in Oxford if they can’t manage to play an entire game to the end—just like they didn’t against Southern Miss.