All for Tennessee Official Men’s Basketball SEC Power Rankings for Jan. 23: A Clear Top 2

There is no surprise here. John Calipari still has the Kentucky Wildcats dominating the SEC the way Nick Saban dominates it in football.

Only the SEC basketball coaches are currently far superior to the SEC football coaches.

Anyway, this year’s Kentucky Wildcats have once again found their rhythm. Only the Vanderbilt Commodores and Mississippi State Bulldogs have come within single digits of them ever since SEC play began.

Malik Monk is just another combo guard perfectly fit for Calipari’s system, and De’Aron Fox and Isaiah Briscoe add superstardom in the backcourt, even if Briscoe went scoreless last game.

However, Calipari’s system always depends on one elite, physical big men, and Edrice Adebayo still checks out at times.

Adebayo’s efficiency is to be commended given the fact that he shoots over 60 percent from the field, but he had fewer than five rebounds each of the past two games.

The Wildcats need him to get into the seven to 10 rebound range if they are going to go where they want to go in the NCAA Tournament.

And the offense has to partially go through Adebayo.

That’s what Calipari needs if he’s going to get another championship in the NCAA Tournament. After all, this conference is just child’s play for his team right now.

They are far and away the No. 1 team in the SEC Power Rankings, and while they travel to Tennessee Tuesday, we’ll really know how far this team has come when they host the No. 2 ranked Kansas Jayhawks Saturday.