The SEC is in position to break the record for most men’s NCAA Tournament bids in one season, and that was true before Arkansas started to find itself.

Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats don’t play any more defense than John Calipari’s final team that couldn’t guard a Division II transfer last March.

There are about five weeks remaining before Selection Sunday. These preseason AP Top 25 teams have work to do if they want to make it to March Madness.