Looking forward to our new friends in the SEC...what do we have in store for next year?

Here is the 2011-12 Kenpom rankings---Kenpom essentially represents how well a team has played by statistically measuring their efficiency

1. Kentucky 38-2 16-0
10. Missouri 30-5 14-4
12. Florida 26-11 10-6
16. Vanderbilt 25-11 10-6
30. Alabama 21-12 9-7
61. Tennessee 19-15 10-6
87. Mississippi 20-14 8-8
89. Mississippi St. 21-12 8-8
97. Louisiana St. 18-15 7-9
114. Texas A&M 14-18 4-14
118. Georgia 15-17 5-11
131. Arkansas 18-14 6-10
153. Auburn 15-16 5-11
155. South Carolina 10-21 2-14

Percentage of minutes lost
Kentucky 94%
Missouri 68%
Vanderbilt 60%
Mississippi State 55%
Texas A&M 49%
LSU 35%
Florida: 32%
Georgia 32%
Arkansas 28%
Alabama 22%
Tennessee 22%
Auburn 22%
Ole Miss 15%
South Carolina 15%


Additions
Newcomers along with ESPN Rating

Kentucky
Nerlens Noel 98
Alex Poythress 97
Archie Goodwin 97
Willie Cauley 95

Missouri
Stefan Jankovic 89
Ryan Rosburg 88
Negus Webster-Chan 88
Dominique Bull 84
Eric Moeller NR
Tony Criswell NR

Vanderbilt
A.J. Astroth 90
Kevin Bright 89
Sheldon Jeter 87

Mississippi St.
Fred Thomas 92
Craig Sword 91
Gavin Ware 89
Jacoby Davis NR (3 Stars)
Andre Applewhite 85
Colin Borchert NR
Trivante Bloodman NR

Texas A&M
J-Mychal Reese 92
Alex Caruso 92
Shawn Smith 89
Fabyon Harris JC
Andrew Young JC

LSU
Malik Morgan 88
Shane Hammink 82
Corban Collins 62
John Odoh JC
Shavon Coleman JC

Florida
Braxton Ogbueze 94
Michael Frazier 91
DeVon Walker 91
Dillon Graham 91

Georgia
Kenny Gaines 91
Brandon Morris 90
Charles Mann 89
Houston Kessler 85

Arkansas
Michael Qualls 89
JaCorey Williams 89
Anthlon Bell 88
DeQuavious Wagner NR
Coty Clarke JC
Alandise Harris JC

Alabama
Devonta Pollard 96

Tennessee
Armani Moore 87
Derek Reese 85
D'Montre Edwards JC

Auburn
Jordan Price 94
Shaquille Johnson 92
Brian Greene POST
Jordon Granger 85
Asauhn Dixon-Tatum JC
Sharief Adamu JC

Ole Miss
Anthony J.P. Cortesia 92
Martavious Newby 91
Terry Brutus POST
Marshall Henderson JC
Jason Carter JC
Derek Millinghaus POST

South Carolina
Laimonas Chatkevicius 89
Thaddeus Hall 84
Michael Carrera 83
Minda Kacinas NR
Tarik Phillip NR

This was posted way back when so not 100% accurate and I'm sure I missed some trapdoors and transfers.
What does each team lose is the biggest question...there will likely be some trap doors (transfers), some entering draft, and possibly even some motorcycle rides with Jessica Dorrell. NSD is coming up and we'll have a better idea of what is coming in...but what is below is what minutes will have to be replaced to be the team they were this year (statistically speaking...and as we all know the games are played on the court).

Kentucky: Likely losing 94% of significant minutes

Likely the only person back that logged minutes is Kyle Wiltjer...but I'd suspect they'll be loaded with talented fish again Shabazz/Nerlens Noel/etc

Seniors
Darius Miller ORtg: 117.4
Eloy Vargas ORtg: 85.8

Likely:
Anthony Davis 6-10 220 PF Kentucky Fr.
Terrence Jones 6-9 241 SF/PF Kentucky So
Michael Kidd Gilchrist 6-7 216 SF Kentucky Fr
Doron Lamb 6-4 195 SG Kentucky So
Marquis Teague 6-2 190 PG Kentucky Fr 99.4ORtg


Missouri -- Losing ~68% of significant minutes

Marcus Denmon ORtg--126.5 Min:86.3%
Ricardo Ratliffe ORtg--127.6 Min: 65.2%
Kim English ORtg--120.6 Min: 83.6%
Matt Pressey ORtg--106.1 Min: 62.1%
Steve Moore ORtg--112.4 Min: 40.1%


Florida: Likely losing ~32% of significant minutes
Senior:
Erving Walker 77.5%

Likely entering draft:
Bradley Beal 84.7%

Vanderbilt Losing ~60% of significant minutes
Senior:
Jeffrey Taylor 79.5%
Festus Ezeli 41.4%
Lance Goulbourne 69.1%
Brad Tinsley 68.0%
Steve Tchiengang 41.6%


Alabama Losing ~11% of significant minutes
Senior:
JaMychael Green 57.1%
Tony Mitchell 57.1%

Tennessee Losing ~22% of significant minutes
Senior:
Cameron Tatum 71.6%
Renaldo Woolridge 24.6%

Transfer:
Wes Washpun 12.5

Ole Miss Losing ~15% of significant minutes
Senior:
Terrence Henry 75.2%

Mississippi State Losing ~55% of significant minutes
Dee Bost 88.7%
Brian Bryant 59.8%

Entering Draft
Arnett Moultrie 79.5%
Renardo Sidney 48.7%

LSU Losing ~35% of significant minutes
Seniors:
Storm Warren 47.6%
Malcolm White 21.3%
Chris Bass 30.8%
Justin Hamilton 73.9%

Texas A&M Losing 49% of significant minutes
Seniors:
David Loubeau 67.2%
Dash Harris 59.2%
Zach Kinsley 17.0%

Pro:
Khris Middleton 44.7%

Transfers
Jamal Branch 16%
Naji Hibbert 38.8%

Georgia Losing 32% of significant minutes
Seniors
Gerald Robinson 75.6%
Conner Nolte 11.0%
Dustin Ware 73.3%

Arkansas Losing 28% of significant minutes
Seniors:
Michael Sanchez 42.0%
Marvell White 36.6%

Entering
BJ Young 63.0%

Auburn Losing 22% of significant minutes
Seniors:
Keny Gabriel 77.7%
Adrian Forbes 32.7%

South Carolina Losing 15% of significant minutes
Seniors:
Malik Cooke 77.1

[This message has been edited by Ryno01 (edited 9/19/2012 10:59p).]

I really think that the SEC enthusiasm will spill over to basketball. Just some of those names, regardless of talent, will be more interesting to the locals (based off attendance to some December Alabama and LSU games in 07 or 08 where those 2 teams were not very good and still brought in over 10k each).

I agree with Lance. The SEC names will be a draw to our football centered school.

Hell I remember the Auburn game over Christmas break way back when doing pretty good attendance for the time.

The center for LSU entered the draft.

Also, believe BJ Young declared.

ESPN NCAAB - Alabama junior F Tony Mitchell (12.7 ppg in 3 seasons) granted his release from the school

LSU will most likely be losing head coach Trent Johnson to TCU. Going to be interesting to see who we hire.

Not a knock.... But how does LSU lose a coach to TCU?

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Not a knock.... But how does LSU lose a coach to TCU?

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I think the general feeling was Trent was not going to last beyond 2012-2013, so he probably jumped ship before the inevitable.

If Kentucky gets Nerlens Noel, it will get four of the Rivals top 40. No other SEC school has even one top 60 commitment right now. -- Mark Ennis (@Mengus22)

OP needs to be adjusted with Middleton's departure.

Added Middleton...let's hope I don't add Roberson

[This message has been edited by Ryno01 (edited 4/11/2012 12:43p).]

Man I'm ready for some hoops

I think the things that stand out to me most are

Alabama -- all they have returning plus the freshman
Florida -- didn't lose much and a great class
Kentucky -- wonder if that is the most contributors ever to leave
Mizzo -- not listed are two stud transfers keion bell and Jabari Brown (transfers who contributed)

florida didn't lose much? they lost a lot, but they still have talent, just not much backcourt experience.

kentucky will be interesting. apparently Noel, for all his talent, is still much rougher around the edges than previous year's studs. Goodwin is very good, but I don't think he's a J Wall or Kidd-Gilchrist type talent. I don't think they will be a final 4 favorite this year.

Florida didn't lose as much as the other top teams (Mizzo, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt)

AND they have a great class coming in as well.

I think they are the team to beat.

I think you are right, Fla should be the preseason favorite. I'm curious to see how Tenn looks this year.

lsu will be terrible.