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TNBV said:
Well if there was any chance to earn an NCAA #1 seed it is right in front of us. Wins over lock #1 seed Auburn followed by a win over #1/2 seed FLA or #2 seed Bama might do it. Thoughts?
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In theory it should, but I think the selection committee has the 1-4 seeded teams locked in by Saturday night. I think the only games that matter on Sunday are the ones that feature teams who need an automatic bid to get into the field. The SEC should move each of the tournament games back 1 day, so it can conclude on Saturday afternoon.
 
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I’d love to think we could earn a number one seed by winning - and maybe just maybe this one time - just this once - the committee will have a contingency bracket worked out where the SEC champ gets the spot along with Auburn- that’s what I would do - if it’s truly as close as people say, then giving the champ the lower seed might look pretty bad.

But I’ll believe it when I see it.

Said differently, it’s more likely that Rick Barnes is gonna fly out of my rectal cavity riding a bat than they wait that long to finalize the brackets.
 
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All true BUT...... IF we beat Auburn AND Bama beats FLA then there is a real unique situation in which two current projected #1 seeds get beat by two #2s. The next in line would likely be Bama ( to replace FLA ) but a win over Auburn certainly would give us at least some consideration. Assuming all of that, then you have a room of people trying to decide between Alabama and Tennessee with the two teams playing the next day. Interesting.
 
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It is really not complicated. Lexington and Cleveland will have vols or Alabama. Florida goes to Raleigh. If they win over Alabama then Vols go to Lexington. Sunday whoever wins of the 3 gets the 1.
 
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Legion of Doom said:
It is really not complicated. Lexington and Cleveland will have vols or Alabama. Florida goes to Raleigh. If they win over Alabama then Vols go to Lexington. Sunday whoever wins of the 3 gets the 1.
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Do not think they will give us the #1 over Florida if we beat them in the finals. If Florida beat Bama I think that pretty much locks them in as the last #1. But maybe not.
 
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Legion of Doom said:
I don’t know what more we have to do lol. If we win sec tournament we are a 1. Florida has way less of a resume.
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Well that is a ridiculous statement. They beat Alabama and Auburn on the road. They are higher in NET and BPI and would have another win against Alabama at a neutral site. They would still have 1 less loss than us and currently they are thought to be the consensus last #1 seed. Losing in the conference finals has hardly if ever lost a team a top spot. Not saying we could not take the spot away but to say Florida has "way less resume" is without any factual backing.
 
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TNBV said:
Well that is a ridiculous statement. They beat Alabama and Auburn on the road. They are higher in NET and BPI and would have another win against Alabama at a neutral site. They would still have 1 less loss than us and currently they are thought to be the consensus last #1 seed. Losing in the conference finals has hardly if ever lost a team a top spot. Not saying we could not take the spot away but to say Florida has "way less resume" is without any factual backing.
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I think our best case is to beat Auburn tomorrow and beat Alabama in the finals. I agree with you that a Florida win tomorrow gives them a #1 seed.

And I think we are the top #2 seed, at worst, due to our head to head over Alabama if we win tomorrow.

Edit: let’s also not discount the eye test and how that could be a factor. Although the three teams are, in the words of Joe Lunardi, “4, 5, and 6 in whatever order you want to put them,” and are there in the metrics, as well, both Alabama and Florida have looked the part of juggernauts while we just keep winning without blowing teams out or scoring a ton of points. “Lunch pail” basketball, if you will.
 
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Hulavol said:
I’d love to think we could earn a number one seed by winning - and maybe just maybe this one time - just this once - the committee will have a contingency bracket worked out where the SEC champ gets the spot along with Auburn- that’s what I would do - if it’s truly as close as people say, then giving the champ the lower seed might look pretty bad.

But I’ll believe it when I see it.

Said differently, it’s more likely that Rick Barnes is gonna fly out of my rectal cavity riding a bat than they wait that long to finalize the brackets.
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…bat cowboy! 🤠
 
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TNBV said:
Well that is a ridiculous statement. They beat Alabama and Auburn on the road. They are higher in NET and BPI and would have another win against Alabama at a neutral site. They would still have 1 less loss than us and currently they are thought to be the consensus last #1 seed. Losing in the conference finals has hardly if ever lost a team a top spot. Not saying we could not take the spot away but to say Florida has "way less resume" is without any factual backing.
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I’m not going to say “way less” but I’ve been saying all along that their resume is not as good as ours. Sure, they have the great win against Auburn. But they have one less loss because they played home and homes against UGA and USC while we played against UK and Vandy. Their out of conference schedule was not nearly as good. Our wins against Louisville, Baylor, and Illinois are all better by KP and the NET than any of their non conference wins. They are getting love because of their metrics and the eye test. Those are the facts.
 
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TNBV said:
Well if there was any chance to earn an NCAA #1 seed it is right in front of us. Wins over lock #1 seed Auburn followed by a win over #1/2 seed FLA or #2 seed Bama might do it. Thoughts?
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I think a big part of the 1 seed still being alive for us and Bama is the fact that Auburn and Florida also made the semis. Because now these 3 games can't be overlooked since 4 of what is really the top 5 best teams in the count are playing. Houston somehow wiggling their way in the Top 5 when the 4 best SEC teams only spacing is due to SEC play is absurd.
 
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TNBV said:
Well if there was any chance to earn an NCAA #1 seed it is right in front of us. Wins over lock #1 seed Auburn followed by a win over #1/2 seed FLA or #2 seed Bama might do it. Thoughts?
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Wins over any of these teams during this tourney through it's final and they might just give us the NCAA! Yesterday several times the know it alls on TV declared Fla. to be the best team in the country. So beat them or who ever beats them should make us the best; so just give us the NCAA trophy and be done with it. Then on the baseball and softball!!
 
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Legion of Doom said:
It is really not complicated. Lexington and Cleveland will have vols or Alabama. Florida goes to Raleigh. If they win over Alabama then Vols go to Lexington. Sunday whoever wins of the 3 gets the 1.
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The seeding is done. Auburn, Duke, Fla, Houston. bama & Tennessee are 2's. Brackets are filled in with the exception of adding the teams that win their conference championship games, and removing the teams they knock out. But So far, chalk is handling business.
 
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