No conference outdoes the SEC for boastfulness, and its combination of hubris and triumphs means no conference gets mocked more when it stumbles.
So, the SEC is smothered in egg after five of its six NCAA Tournament qualifiers were eliminated in the first or second round.
LSU peaked in early December.
So did Alabama, and the Crimson Tide also had to deal with an injury to star guard Jahvon Quinerly in its first-round NCAA Tournament loss.
Auburn peaked in January.
Kentucky was never the same after February injuries to TyTy Washington and Sahvir Wheeler, even though those players returned before March Madness.