Starting this a day early because there's a few interesting things to talk about here. As everyone recalls, this thing was an absolute bloodbath last year with the SEC winning 14-2.

This year looks to be a little more competitive. But just a little.

Tuesday, December 2: (Torvik projection)

6 PM
Texas A&M (-2) at Pitt - ESPNU

(13) Tennessee (-4.5) at Syracuse - ESPN2 - Hard to overstate how big this game is for Syrcause. They're coming off three straight losses at the Players Era, which included a huge missed opportunity in an overtime game with Houston. Tennessee has been really good so far this season.

Virginia Tech at South Carolina (-2) - SECN - If South Carolina has any hope at the tournament (they don't) they probably have to have this game. Their non-con schedule absolutely sucks and they've already lost games against teams unlikely to make the tournament. They have one more big non-con game but it's at Clemson which is a huge ask. Torvik projects them as underdogs in every SEC game except their home game against State.

Oklahoma at Wake Forest (-4) - ACCN - Big couple of weeks for OU with this game, Arizona State on Saturday and then Oklahoma State on the 13th.

6:30 PM
(15) Florida at (4) Duke (-7) - ESPN

8:00 PM
Miami at Ole Miss (-2) - SECN
Georgia (-3) at Florida State - ACCN
Missouri (-1) at Notre Dame - ESPNU
(16) North Carolina at (18) Kentucky (-6) - ESPN

Wednesday, December 3

6:15 PM
(6) Louisville at (25) Arkansas - ESPN - would be more fun if this game were at Louisville. Huge game here for Arkansas.
Clemson at (12) Alabama (-9) - ESPNU
LSU (-4) at Boston College - ACCN - we're about to find out if LSU is any good. The numbers like them but they haven't played anyone of note yet and Boston College isn't really of note either except this is a true road game. After this they'll play Texas Tech and SMU.

8:15 PM
SMU at (17) Vanderbilt (-13) - SECN - SMU is in the middle of their own one-team SEC challenge. They beat Mississippi State Friday, and then following this game they play us on Sunday and then LSU next Saturday. This will be an interesting game to watch because the rankings have been a little slow on Vandy. They currently sit 6th in Torvik, 4th in the NET, and 10th in KenPom. This is a VERY good Vandy team and they play a little similarly to us.

NC State at (20) Auburn (-6) - ESPN - Auburn's scare against Bethune Cookman is in the rearview mirror and getting blown out by Michigan suddenly doesn't seem like that big of a deal.

Virginia at Texas (-3) - ESPNU - Texas is a little ahead of the projections at this point of the season and in a way I didn't really expect with their offense really carrying them so far. Big game for them here with another big one looming next week at UCONN.

Mississippi State at Georgia Tech - ACCN

Projected wins:
SEC: 12
ACC: 2
Toss ups: 2

Syracuse takes down Tennessee

SC falls to Va Tech but OU wins so all tied

Duke was giving Florida the business early on but Florida is storming back and cut it down to 5

taylorswift13_ said:

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Duke was giving Florida the business early on but Florida is storming back and cut it down to 5

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WTF you think you are, Eddie Haskell

More this

What a shot by Fland

And dumb prior shot by Duke

Florida. Oof.

That was a wild sequence

Duke gets the lead back with a 3, then Fland turns it over

Lmao at the Duke clock

That was a lame ending.

ACC gets another one but they're only favored in one more.

Bunk Moreland said:

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Lmao at the Duke clock

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Really lackadaisical for UF to get that last pass deflected. Not even a ball fake.

Or at least wait till your guy is facing the ball

Notre Dame should lose just for these stupid tiny font sweaters

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SC falls to Va Tech but OU wins so all tied

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Killed my parlay with the Ags. Had SC -1.5 left just needing to cash and Meechie Johnson apparently doesn't understand how time works.

I think teams are gonna need a winning record in this conference

JJxvi said:

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I think teams are gonna need a winning record in this conference

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A lot of really good teams, no truly great teams so far. And the bottom of the league appears to be a bit worse than last season. There was no way last season was sustainable though, this is much more typical and it is still the top league in KP.

ACC ahead 5-3 so far. Kentucky in a tight one with UNC.

EKG1996 said:

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ACC ahead 5-3 so far. Kentucky in a tight one with UNC.

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UNC looks awful. I think Hubert Davis went to the Buzz Williams Summer Camp for Offensive Basketball.

94chem said:

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EKG1996 said:

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ACC ahead 5-3 so far. Kentucky in a tight one with UNC.

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UNC looks awful. I think Hubert Davis went to the Buzz Williams Summer Camp for Offensive Basketball.

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...and Kentucky just went 11 minutes without a basket and still leads

Tie game. Everything is hard for UK right now and kinda hard for UNC too.

The Tennessee game was a rough one, was kinda hoping they'd pull it out and didn't think Beard would lose against Miami either.

Ultimately I don't care as long as we won but SEC needs to be better tomorrow if we want a shot at winning the competition

SEC could not close out the big games tonight

94chem said:

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EKG1996 said:

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ACC ahead 5-3 so far. Kentucky in a tight one with UNC.

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UNC looks awful. I think Hubert Davis went to the Buzz Williams Summer Camp for Offensive Basketball.

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Was on UNC ML with Oregon ML 7:1.

I absolutely cannot stand Eric Musselman and I'll be damned if a 25 year old dude that is on his 5th college now just absolutely buried Oregon like nobody's business down the stretch.

Gross night.

Louisville - Arkansas & Vanderbilt - SMU are two games I'm excited to see tomorrow

SEC needs to pick up some slack. I know last year is impossible to replicate, but the better the reputation for the conference the better for the tourney. I have some faith in our team to get some wins in conference. But how many we'll need will be determined!

On the other hand, there are some teams that look a lot more beatable now in the conference. I think playing LSU, Oklahoma, and Texas twice is great news

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didn't think Beard would lose against Miami either.

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Ole Miss is definitely one of the more disappointing SEC teams so far

bobinator said:

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didn't think Beard would lose against Miami either.

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Ole Miss is definitely one of the more disappointing SEC teams so far

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Chris Beard was absolutely fed up after Ole Miss' loss to Miami. And you can't blame him.

Asked AJ Storr about fixing lack of effort. Beard interrupted.

“Play different players.”

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— Ben Garrett (@SpiritBen) December 3, 2025

Yikes

SEC favored in every game tonight except Arkansas/Louisville.

Alabama and Arkansas both out fast