John Calipari Floats Moving SEC Tournament to Start of the Season

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John Calipari Floats Moving SEC Tournament to Start of the Season

Arkansas HC Calipari proposed starting the season with the SEC Tournament, letting every team play three games, and the finalists play four. He said that would avoid playing “three games in a week” before the NCAA Tournament. The idea could boost November basketball and ease March travel crunches, but TV value and football competition make it difficult.

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