One coach called the top three seeds “national championship good.” Another coach said he would not be surprised if a team other than the top three seeds won the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
Welcome to the anything-could-happen SEC Tournament, which began Wednesday night.
“It’s going to be an unbelievable, great five days of basketball,” South Carolina Coach Frank Martin said Monday. He also said that Kentucky, Tennessee and LSU were good enough to win the NCAA Tournament.
“They’re not good,” he said. “They’re national championship good.”
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Other SEC teams did not sound intimidated after workouts in Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday afternoon.