Last season will be hard to top for the SEC, which placed 14 of its 16 teams in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. That was a record, both in terms of total number of teams and percentage of teams. Once the tournament began, the league delivered again.

Half of the conference's 14 Big Dance representatives reached the Sweet 16, which set another record. Four reached the Elite Eight, and in the end, an SEC team (Florida) cut down the nets for the first time since Kentucky in 2012.

But after 13 SEC players were taken in the 2025 NBA Draft and three coaching jobs changed hands, the conference has a new feel entering the 2025-26 campaign. A whopping 26 of last season's top 30 scorers from the SEC are gone, which opens the door for a new wave of stars to take over the conference.

Maintaining its str

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