The argument can be made SEC basketball takes a backseat to SEC football no more. Another argument can be made that SEC basketball is better than the PAC 12, at least equal to the Big 12 and nearing a strength equal to the Big Ten and the ACC.
Of course, Power Five does not automatically connote superiority in college basketball. Gonzaga, Buffalo, Villanova, Wofford and others showed this season there are top teams throughout Division One.
What has changed with SEC basketball over the last few seasons is the quality of head coaching. The coffers of SEC schools are more full than ever and more money keeps going to hiring men’s basketball coaches.