FAYETTEVILLE -- These last two weeks should have opened eyes of national basketball pundits previously dismissing the SEC as Kentucky and little else.
Kentucky now has lost two of its last three SEC games, falling at Tennessee and at Florida and nearly lost all three, being extended to overtime before defeating Georgia at home.
Florida flogged rather than merely edged the mighty Wildcats Saturday night, 88-66.
Before dismissing the SEC merely as Kentucky just isn't as good as initially believed, it might behoove the national experts to take a closer look at the league.
Frank Martin's South Carolina Gamecocks, leading the SEC at 9-1 while 19-4 overall, are awfully good and so are Mike White's Florida Gators tied for second with Kentucky with matching 18-5, 8-2 overall and SEC records.