Could Alabama guard Andrew Steele be a latter day Willis Reed?

Follow each SEC team on National Signing Day, as the conference's programs announce their football recruiting classes for the upcoming season. Get news from your favorite team and every squad in the SEC from the assortment of "Signing Day" links below. Also, break down where SEC programs rank nationally according to recruiting experts.

With National Signing day approaching on Wednesday, the SEC Digital Network is "priming" you on what's to come in this event. In this "Primer", we go behind the scenes at the offices of the SEC. We spoke with Associate Commissioner Greg Sankey, who oversees compliance for the conference. Sankey's interview covers a well known practice, but explains what exactly is happening when high school student-athletes sign to play in the SEC.

A couple of months ago, if a good mid-major team had come to Vanderbilt's Memorial Gym and slapped some physical man-to-man defense on the Commodores the way Middle Tennessee did last Saturday, they might have folded.

Check out the top five plays from the past week of SEC action on the hardwood. Watch the video at the link below.