Michigan’s Stunning NCAA Triumph Sparks Debate: Is the Big Ten Now the True Powerhouse Over the SEC?
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Lendeborg is probably a good avatar for why this shift has taken place. For two seasons before this one, he was arguably the best player in the American Conference at UAB — right in the heart of SEC country, less than an hour drive from Tuscaloosa.
Maybe the entire SEC was just asleep at the wheel and ignored an NBA-level talent right under its nose. More likely, they couldn’t pay what Michigan did to get him. Lendeborg, for what it’s worth, told the Associated Press a couple weeks ago that Kentucky offered him between $7 and $9 million to transfer. Kentucky coach Mark Pope eventually denied the number, but it’s clear the Wildcats made a serious attempt to get him out of the transfer portal.

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