Kevin Stallings is an idiot. OK, who didn’t know that?
Really, scheduling a tougher non-conference schedule helps RPI, attendance, recruiting…
Am I leaving anything out here?
It’s also good for the entire conference. If the SEC has to make Stallings schedule good games, then so be it.
Hmpphh.
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June 25th, 2013 05:44pm
SEC scheduling mandate gets mixed views
by Kevin Brockway (
The Southeastern Conference has established itself as the dominant football conference in the country.
Men’s basketball, though, has been more hit and miss. Though the league boasts three national champions since 2006 (
In an effort to get more teams into the NCAA Tournament, SEC commissioner Mike Slive has required all non-conference schedules get reviewed by the league office before being approved. The thinking? Weak non-conference schedules have led to SEC teams failing to reach the 68-team NCAA Tournament field. Last season, only three of 14 league teams earned NCAA Tournament bids —
But not all league coaches are happy about the mandate.
“Not a huge fan, to be honest with you,” Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said during Monday’s SEC men’s basketball summer coaches teleconference. “I understand the reasoning why but scheduling is a little bit more difficult than the people that don’t do it think it is. So to add more layers of approval and things like that is not necessarily what I would desire, but again, I understand the commissioner’s reason as to why he wants to do it, so we’ll do it the way he wants to.”
It’s led to several SEC teams beefing up their non-conference schedules this upcoming season. Ole Miss has added a home-and-home series with
“It’s a good idea, just from a standpoint of we have to do a better job as a league getting multiple teams in the NCAA Tournament,”
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Given the SEC’s financial strength and the growing interest in basketball among member schools’ fan bases, none of the coaches should fear playing a tough non-conference slate. It’s the ticket to becoming as dominating in basketball as in football.
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