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The Rise of the SEC: How a league known for the gridiron became became kings of college basketball

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The SEC landed a record 14 teams in the 68 -team NCAA Tournament.

The total was a full three more than the previous record, held by the Big East .

Greg Sankey brought in basketball minds to lead a basketball resurrection.

The SEC has managed to navigate a brave new new world of college sports.

Vanderbilt received its first NCAA Tournament bid in eight years .

It is hard to argue the SEC did not deserve its 14 tournament bids.

The only two SEC teams that missed the NCAA Tournament were LSU and South Carolina .

“There's no alpha in this league,” said Dylan Caldwell , who helped Auburn spend eight weeks at No. 1 this season .

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