Auburn handled Virginia Tech last night, 74-57. Pretty much in control the whole way, with Johni Broome leading the way with 30/13. This was part of the SEC/ACC Challenge, something I wish they would do in football as well. Results:
2023 ACC/SEC Men's Basketball Challenge: Tied 7-7
Tuesday, November 28th
Mississippi State 59, Georgia Tech 67 [ACC leads 1-0]
Notre Dame 53, South Carolina 65 [Tied 1-1]
LSU 57, Syracuse 80 [ACC leads 2-1]
Missouri 71, Pittsburgh 64 [Tied 2-2]
Miami 73, Kentucky 95 [SEC leads 3-2]
NC State 52, Ole Miss 72 [SEC leads 4-2]
Clemson 85, Alabama 77 [SEC leads 4-3]
Wednesday, November 29th
Texas A&M 47, Virginia 59 [Tied 4-4]
Florida 71, Wake Forest 82 [ACC leads 5-4]
Tennessee 92, North Carolina 100 [ACC leads 6-4]
Boston College 80, Vanderbilt 62 [ACC leads 7-4]
Virginia Tech 57, Auburn 74 [ACC leads 7-5]
Georgia 68, Florida State 66 [ACC leads 7-6]
Duke 75, Arkansas 80 [Tied 7-7]
Obviously, the ACC is predominately one of the elite conferences, top to bottom, year in and year out. The SEC has really picked up its game in recent years, as far as stronger teams throughout the conference. I think you have quite a few who could easily get on a roll come March, and make a legitimate run to the Final 4. I think there's going to be a lot of teams getting in the dance with .500 conference records because of the balance of the league, and the increased SOS, which the Commissioner pretty much mandated several years ago.
But how neato-keen would it be to take one football Saturday, and match up the SEC and the Big 10? Would you pull up a cooler and some wings for a Saturday of:
FUGA vs. Michigan
Bama vs. tOhio State
LSU vs. Washington
Auburn vs. USC
Florida vs. UCLA
Shiiiiiiiit, that would be some good stuff.