An SEC men's basketball team has not claimed the national championship since John Calipari led Kentucky to the 2012 title in New Orleans 13 seasons ago.
Even so, Saban says that the SEC championship is often more competitive than the national championship, and brought up an example from 2012 that any Notre Dame fans tuning into McAfee would rather ...
20 participated in a conference championship game on their path to Atlanta. Texas lost to Georgia in the SEC championship and Penn State fell short against Oregon in the Big Ten title matchup.