Southeastern Conference basketball is historically strong this season.
This might be the best college basketball league, top to bottom, the sport has ever seen in a given season. Conference play promises to be a two-month hammer fight.
Top-ranked Kansas felt the SEC’s competitive depth Sunday while falling to Missouri 76-67. A year ago, the Tigers were winless in league play, which is why media types picked the Tigers 13th in the SEC preseason poll.
Truman’s startling triumph is just one of the myriad examples of the league’s might this season.