Final Top 25

#10
#10
The tournament has nothing to do with the full body of work over the entire season. The tournament has more to do with your draw and if you can get hot for several games in a row. Anybody that thinks Bama was better than Tennessee over the course of the whole year hasn’t been paying attention.
 
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#17
The AP RARELY releases a final poll. Some of those rankings you are referencing are final REGULAR season polls.
I don't believe Tennessee has ever finished #5 in the Coaches or AP after the tournament until THIS YEAR.

No idea why the AP decided to post a post-season version this year.
 
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maxorange said:
The AP RARELY releases a final poll. Some of those rankings you are referencing are final REGULAR season polls.
I don't believe Tennessee has ever finished #5 in the Coaches or AP after the tournament until THIS YEAR.

No idea why the AP decided to post a post-season version this year.
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www.ap.org

AP adds new end-of-season Top 25 college basketball poll | The Associated Press

The Associated Press for the first time will release end-of-season Top 25 polls for men’s and women’s basketball following the NCAA Tournament
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Up until this season, the last AP Top 25 poll was announced after the end of the regular season, after the final conference tournament championships and Selection Sunday. The final poll had not factored in performances from the NCAA Tournament.

“While the tournaments decide the national champions, they don’t determine where all the other teams stack up following the post-season action,” said Barry Bedlan, AP’s director of sports products. “We believe the end-of-season poll will help satisfy fan demands, play into off-season conversations, and, frankly, give some teams bragging rights over others.”
 
#20
#20
VolArmy74 said:
Bunch of typical AP garbage. Last year Bama lost in the sweet 16 and finished 4th. This year they end with 12 losses and finish 3rd. Ahead of a team with a better record who dominated them twice this season.
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Again...that's REGULAR season #4
 
#21
#21
utsports.com

Vols Finish Program-Best Fifth in National Polls - University of Tennessee Athletics

The Tennessee men's basketball is fifth in both major polls to conclude the 2023-24 season, as revealed Tuesday afternoon.
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"Tennessee's fifth-place finish in the AP Poll ties a program record set in both 2021-22 and 2007-08. This is the first time the Associated Press has released a year-end poll after the NCAA Tournament, as the final poll from 1948-49 through 2022-23 came beforehand.

Additionally, the Volunteers' fifth-place position in the Coaches Poll—the organization has traditionally released a post-NCAA Tournament list—sets a program best. Their prior top mark was seventh in 2007-08."


I should note the 2007-08 #5 AP finish was the REGULAR season since there was no post-season poll.

The #5 finish in the Coaches (which always does a post-season) is the highest in school history, besting 2007-08's #7 finish.
 
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#23
#23
VolFreakJosh said:
Lost twice to us in the regular season.

They wasn’t the better team.
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They weren’t but they got the luck of the draw. We had a chance to be there in the end. Shots didn’t fall and if refs called the same game for us as the finals we may have beaten Purdue. Couldn’t breathe on porcelain Edey without a foul being called. 5 seems about right, and see no fault in Bama having higher spot because they were final 4.
 
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maxorange said:
utsports.com

Vols Finish Program-Best Fifth in National Polls - University of Tennessee Athletics

The Tennessee men's basketball is fifth in both major polls to conclude the 2023-24 season, as revealed Tuesday afternoon.
utsports.com utsports.com

"Tennessee's fifth-place finish in the AP Poll ties a program record set in both 2021-22 and 2007-08. This is the first time the Associated Press has released a year-end poll after the NCAA Tournament, as the final poll from 1948-49 through 2022-23 came beforehand.

Additionally, the Volunteers' fifth-place position in the Coaches Poll—the organization has traditionally released a post-NCAA Tournament list—sets a program best. Their prior top mark was seventh in 2007-08."


I should note the 2007-08 #5 AP finish was the REGULAR season since there was no post-season poll.

The #5 finish in the Coaches (which always does a post-season) is the highest in school history, besting 2007-08's #7 finish.
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Nvm misread the poll site.
 
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