When Bruce Pearl was fired at Tennessee in March 2011 and subsequently hit with a three-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA, there was no guarantee he'd ever coach at the high-major level again. I mean,

After a slow holiday period, the top 10 remains unchanged -- but this is the week the matchups really get good.

It was a huge opening weekend of conference play for SEC men's basketball. Here's where the league's teams are in the latest Coaches Poll and AP top 25