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The Southeastern Conference is having an uncharacteristically poor year in men's college basketball. While two teams rank in the top 12 in the latest Associated Press poll (Kentucky is ninth and Florida is 12th), the latest Sagarin ratings put the SEC fifth in conference strength this year, behind the Big 12, ACC, Big East and Big Ten and ahead of only the Pac-12 if you're looking at the six conferences typically at the top of NCAA Division I men's hoops.
That doesn't mean the SEC will have a bad March, however.