http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sec-turns-tranghese-bolster-leagues-hoops-profile-211025914--ncaab.html
It has become almost an annual ritual. Now the SEC is bringing in a consultant to try to help the situation. And so they will throw more money at the problem, propose a lot of short-term fixes, and pay lip service to the fact that they want better basketball. And maybe SEC basketball will improve, because it is possible to buy wins up to a point. But the real problem in the SEC is that the fan base does not care about basketball and probably never will, with a few notable exceptions. It is not that they don't care about their school's team - they will follow the mascot - but they just do not care about the sport. If the Crimson Tide is not going to the NCAA tournament, that is not likely to cause much heartburn in Alabama. Oh, yes, they will jump on the bandwagon come March, but then they promptly forget about basketball until the following March; and as long as the football team is doing well, the prospects on the hardwood barely merit mention.
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