SEC Basketball: Coaches Staying Put, One on Hot Seat

0:00On March 14th, SEC basketball this season split into three clear tears, with Florida standing out as the exception while most bottom teams battled. Mediocrity, programs like Ole Miss and Auburn are keeping their coaches, Chris Beard and the newly promoted Stephen Pearl with no big changes on the horizon due to budget issues from football hires. South Carolina gave Lamont Paris a vote of confidence from their athletic director before the SEC tournament kicked off. Despite a 4 and 14 conference record this year and a below 500 overall mark in three seasons, his 26 and 8 run in 20, 24, including 13 SEC wins, earned him another shot. Meanwhile, Oklahoma's Porter Moser is sticking around too, thanks to a new athletic director's commitment. After a shaky start, the Sooners won eight of their last 11 games to hit the NCAA bubble last year, and his final four experience sealed the deal. Despite earlier doubts, over at LSU though, Matt McMahon remains on the hot seat as the

1:0216th seat in the SEC tournament. Their new athletic director hinted back in January that missing the big dance could mean a change, and with no NCAA bid yet, his job hangs in the balance. As the tournament wraps up, it looks like the SEC offseason will see just one potential coaching shift that most, keeping things stable across the lower, rungs.