It's Decision Day 2025! Today players made the choice to stay in the NBA Draft or to return to college. Otega Oweh rejoins Kentucky, Karter Knox is back at Arkansas, Tahaad Pettiford is back at Auburn, Alex Condon returns to Florida. Meanwhile, Adou Thiero opts to stay in the NBA Draft. And as is our tradition, we close out Decision Day with our annual SEC Power Rankings.

Tons to talk about this week. The NBA Draft process continues as we countdown to Decision Day! Will Adou Theiro, Karter Knox, Tahaad Pettiford, Alex Condon, Otega Oweh, and Josh Hubbard come back to college? The decision is coming soon!And, JJ Andrews becomes the first major recruit to join the SEC for the 2026 class. How will the #1 recruit from Arkansas fair for the Razorbacks? Plus, Mark Pope is big on his roster for next season. We talk about his high praises for Kentucky's Jasper Johnson and Jelavić. And could Tennessee's Zakai Zeigler get another year to play college basketball? Finally, the NCAA is considering some rule changes to help the flow of the game in college basketball. We share our thoughts on the potential changes. All that and more today on the Hoops Southbound Show!

It's NBA Draft Combine week and this could be a week we start seeing players come back to college and huge portal moves take place once again. Plus Arkansas's Boogie Fland has pulled his name out of the draft. Where is he headed next? And what about Tahaad Pettiford, Karter Knox, Otega Oweh and others? And over the last week there have been big developments in the House case. You may not know the name, but this is the case that centers around revenue sharing in college sports. And Donald Trump and Nick Saban could be getting involved? Yeah, those are two names we didn't think we'd talk about on this show. Finally, the CBS Sports Classic has been announced, and we have Mark Pope facing his old coach Rick Pitino. That's today and more on the Hoops Southbound Show!#collegebasketball #basketball #nbadraft #arkansas #arkansasrazorbacks #kentucky #kentuckywildcats House Case Law Article: https://www.avemarialaw.edu/house-settlement/

The transfer portal is closed for this cycle. It opened, it closed, but it's not over yet! Xaivian Lee and MacKenzie Mgbako make huge splashes to the SEC as they join the Florida Gators and the Texas A&M Aggies. Plus, Nate Ament joins the Tennessee Volunteers as one of the best freshmen in the country. And John Calipari makes the announcement of several returners to next year's Arkansas Razorbacks. All these stories and more on today on the Hoops Southbound Show!

We're back on Spotify!

The Missouri Tigers have great recruits and excellent transfers. But somehow, Missouri is being picked toward the bottom of the SEC this season. With players like Boating, Crews, and Perkins, how is that even possible. Well, it turns out, that Maddy and David don't even agree with each other about Missouri. So how will the Tigers do in 2024-25?

The Texas A&M Aggies are being picked towards the top of the SEC and regularly in the top 25 teams in the country. The Aggies return Wade Taylor IV, Henry Coleman, and several other big time players. There's a lot of praise going around for Texas A&M. But Maddy and David don't agree on Texas A&M. How do you feel about the Aggies?

The LSU Tigers are returning several core players but lost significant production and key players to graduation, the portal, and the NBA Draft. Now the Tigers are bringing in Sears, Bailey, and more players from the portal. But several writers still have McMahon's team at the bottom of the SEC. Are we all wrong about LSU?

The Texas Longhorns are playing their first season of basketball in the SEC. Texas has always been one of the better teams in the Big 12, can they carry over that success this season to their new conference? Rodney Terry has put together a great backcourt out of the transfer portal. Terry has brought in players like Jordan Pope, Tramon Mark, and Arthur Kaluma. Will it be enough to make a run at an SEC title?