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Modern Wellness.com. It is almost time for tip-off around the country. Isaac Trotter joins us now

24-7 sports, CBS Sports, the college basketball guru we love here on Thunder and Lightning.

And Isaac, we'll start with the big picture. Last year was such a historic year for the SEC. As good as a conference has ever been top to bottom in the history of this great sport, it has to take a small step back this year, doesn't it? I'm not saying they're going to be dropping off the face of the earth, but they can't be as good as they were top to bottom last year, can they? I'm right there with you. I just think it's natural for a little regression to pop in.

You know, 26 of the top 30 scores from the SEC have departed. So that's a, that's the biggest number

of all of the high major league. So there's a lot of fresh faces in here. Obviously, the buying power

and the SEC is nuts, right? Like they've've been able to really have put together some great rosters in free agency, both in the international market and the transfer portal and the high school recruiting. Like, you see all of that. But I think there's going to be a little drawback, a little bit this year, just with so many new teams, like having so many new faces, right?

Like, there's just a lot of newcomers here, and that raises some kind of risk in the portfolio,

so to speak.

You mentioned the international thing, and I asked Chris Jans about this a few weeks ago when I talked to him,

but he's got a Serbian guy on the roster.

There's a French guy in Oxford and Ole Miss.

There's a few other internationals around the SEC. Is this a new trend? Are we going to start seeing more and more of this international flavor on these rosters? I think so. I think we're up to 70 right now at the high major ranks, just alone. It's kind of like one-ish per team. Now, certain teams are more connected

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