2025 Seed Watch Party Thread

#626
#626
tev.sm said:
Here goes Lunardi flip-flopping… again.

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Probably Florida getting the one seed unless vols absolute smoke them by 10-15. Committee is lazy and has shown in the past brackets are mostly set unless something very abnormal happens
 
#627
#627
hUTch2002 said:
You think we get the 1 with a win? If so, you’ve definitely done a 180. I’ve softened on my thought the SEC tourney didn’t matter but I still don’t think today does. I hope I’m wrong and really hope we get to find out!
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I’ve never said we can’t get a 1.
 
#629
#629
I'm going with Auburn freefalled to a 2 and Tennessee and Florida are both 1s, rendering todays game irrelevant. You heard it here first.
 
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#630
#630
VolGee4 said:
What people fail to understand and research is that not only did we have better non conference schedule and wins, we also had the tougher conference schedule. There are some on here that may never come around to understanding that with 14-18 team conferences, there are unbalanced conference schedules. Not all records are the same. Happens in football, too.
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We did. They had 2 in conference road wins better than any of ours though and finished 2 losses better so I think that offsets the schedule difference. Hopefully we win and get the answers.
 
#631
#631
Stoerner Fumbles said:
Wait, better teams win more often?
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If we get the 4th 1 or the first 2, are we really that different a team? Apparently which seed we want is quite the debate but the numbers prove it’s better to be the 1 as they have an easier path. If it were close maybe you could chalk it up to better teams but they’re twice as likely. It’s not even close.
 
#635
#635
hUTch2002 said:
If we get the 4th 1 or the first 2, are we really that different a team? Apparently which seed we want is quite the debate but the numbers prove it’s better to be the 1 as they have an easier path. If it were close maybe you could chalk it up to better teams but they’re twice as likely. It’s not even close.
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I haven’t seen that debate. I’d like a one seed. Beyond that, the complexity of the data isn’t easily sorted as you think. Everyone wants to reduce it to some binary, and that’s just not accurate. There’s quite a bit of statistical analysis on the difference in quality of certain ranked positions over others. Purdue was a one, as was UCONN. The odds gap bet those two teams last year was big over the other two ones. The odds gap between 4, 5 and 6 was not big. And on and on.
 
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#636
#636
hUTch2002 said:
We did. They had 2 in conference road wins better than any of ours though and finished 2 losses better so I think that offsets the schedule difference. Hopefully we win and get the answers.
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They played UGA and USC as home and homes while we played UK and Vandy. Their resume got much closer toward the end, and the metrics and eye test favor them.
 
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#638
#638
Stoerner Fumbles said:
I haven’t seen that debate. I’d like a one seed. Beyond that, the complexity of the data isn’t easily sorted as you think. Everyone wants to reduce it to some binary, and that’s just not accurate. There’s quite a bit of statistical analysis on the difference in quality of certain ranked positions over others. Purdue was a one, as was UCONN. The odds gap bet those two teams last year was big over the other two ones. The odds gap between 4, 5 and 6 was not big. And on and on.
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And that’s fair. Overall I wouldn’t think 1s are twice as good as 2s. It is complex though for sure.
 
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#643
#643
Guys we played great today and just got edged by arguably the hottest and best team in the country.

If we play with the same energy and output by Gainey, we will be fine. It’s unlikely we would run into Houston or Duke (since same conference can’t have 1 and 2 seed) that would have same front court ability as Florida.
 
#645
#645
ZZ13 said:
I'm going with Auburn freefalled to a 2 and Tennessee and Florida are both 1s, rendering todays game irrelevant. You heard it here first.
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Ha. If that happens I will eat all my hats. :-D
 
#647
#647
volsarelife1 said:
He's more worried about our 15/2 matchup. Trying to decide who may give us the biggest trouble and beat us
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If we are worried about a 15 seed, we need to hang it up. Not being arrogant or cocky but we are not running into a 15 seed that is capable of being as physical as who we just played the last 2 games.

Especially with Gainey getting hot as the 3rd scorer.
 
#650
#650
Just praying to not be in Duke’s region. I know it’s not logistically possible, but I’d even be okay with going to Auburn’s region. I know it will be Duke or Houston though.
 
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