Welcome to SEC basketball - It just means more! - where the teams picked 11th and 14th in the preseason are currently 2nd and 5th, respectively. There have already been buzzer-beaters, road upsets and crying in locker rooms.
When the conference slate started, Sam and Matt talked on Dive Cuts about where the different programs in the SEC slotted in by tiers. Sam specifically mentioned the fact that the SEC has a soft middle where teams are good enough to beat up on each other, but also flawed enough to lose to anybody on any given night.