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UK’s SEC role

The SEC is like the Big 12. One keeps the University of Kentucky around and the other keeps the University of Kansas around because both need at least one good men’s basketball program to offset the remaining mediocre-to-poor programs that make up the rest of their conference. Oh, the other reason is football. All the other teams like them around for homecoming.

Wayne Wilson

Lexington

This story was originally published November 16, 2015 at 6:08 PM with the headline "UK’s SEC role."

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