A very early look at SEC West basketball for 2008-09

As we continue our very early preview of SEC basketball for 2008-09, today we will be looking at the wild and wooly SEC West.  The SEC East has won or shared the regular season SEC crown in 11 of the last 20 seasons (not counting the officially vacated UK title back in 1988) and the West has won or shared the regular season title 8 times, while the East has a 14-6 lead in SEC tourney championships in the same time period with Kentucky leading the way with 10 all by itself (not counting 1988).  This coming year sees the West competitive, but as has been the case so often over the last 2 decades, the West lags the East overall. more...