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5 thoughts from Day 1 of SEC basketball media days


College basketball doesn’t formally return until the ball is tipped on Nov. 3, but you wouldn’t have known it based on the crowds at Day 1 of SEC Tipoff ’26. Day 1 of SEC Media Days featured 3 of the 5 programs picked in the top 5 of the preseason media poll, including blue-blood Kentucky (picked second) and home state heroes Alabama. (Saturday Down South)

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5 thoughts from Day 1 of SEC basketball media days