#1 seed

[JohnWardForever]

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.

Tennessee isn't going to be a 1 regardless. Most of the seeding is already done. Auburn, Duke, Fla, & Houston. Doesn't matter if they all lose today, tomorrow.

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

I’m predicting a Tennessee Florida sec championship game. Florida won by 30 at home, we won’t by 30 at home. Neutral court matchup will even the scales and we are in for a treat

 

[Vfl2407]

I’m predicting a Tennessee Florida sec championship game. Florida won by 30 at home, we won’t by 30 at home. Neutral court matchup will even the scales and we are in for a treat

We won by 20 at home, but who’s counting.

 

[Volnanza]

History says that the seeding will be just how it was. They will run the same ole story "We don't think tournys should be part of seeding". If we win it all, that is what we will hear. I want our guys to win every game but win it for the right reason...because there is a championship to win. Seeding is already done.

 

[cncchris33]

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.

Yeah, they've tightened up the résumé disparity in the last couple weeks. It's a lot closer than it was.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Lunardi just said it isn't happening.

 

[VolCalls]

Lunardi just said it isn't happening.

Just heard him say he believes the winner of the Florida-Bama game will get the #1 seed in the West.

 

[rdk4121]

Lunardi just said it isn't happening.

Lunardi is out of his mind.

 

[omghulkhands]

Lunardi is out of his mind.

He is probably right. And that’s the frustrating part. It’s 2022 all over again. The committee just doesn’t respect us for whatever reason

 

[VolBalls33]

If UT beats Auburn and Bama/UF for the SEC crown UT will be a #1 seed. If they don't UT will have a #2 seed. No one in the country would have wins over Auburn, Bama, and UF. And would be 2 wins over either Bama or UF.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

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?

I want what Coach wants, just don’t know what that might be. A preferred 2 seed rather than the way out west 1 seed MIGHT be the secret hope.

 

[deatojl]

Just heard him say he believes the winner of the Florida-Bama game will get the #1 seed in the West.

He also said going into the tournament that whichever of the three is the last one standing would get the last #1 seed. Lunardi flip flops his opinion like a teenage girl. He also had Texas as his last team in prior to yesterday's games with UNC behind them. He then flipped them after

 

[livefaith]

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.

No. The committee should ignore "tourny winners" now just like they should when we won Bahamas early in the season. They should stick to the formula of judging evenly from wk #1 through this Sunday, base everything on a game by game basis, and ignore how conferences do these redundant tourneys. JMHO

 

[lawgator1]

No. The committee should ignore "tourny winners" now just like they should when we won Bahamas early in the season. They should stick to the formula of judging evenly from wk #1 through this Sunday, base everything on a game by game basis, and ignore how conferences do these redundant tourneys. JMHO

For teams like UF, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Duke, etc these tournaments mean very little. They just present opportunities for your top players to get hurt at the most inopportune time, see eg Duke. Otherwise, the only teams that care are those that need 1-2 wins to get to 20.

 

[TooLegit2Quit]

That pass was beautiful!

 

[livefaith]

For teams like UF, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Duke, etc these tournaments mean very little. They just present opportunities for your top players to get hurt at the most inopportune time, see eg Duke. Otherwise, the only teams that care are those that need 1-2 wins to get to 20.

This is the truth. I wish we could undo this complete waste of time. Give four more games per year, to conference and two out of conference. Make the SEC champion mean what it should, which is to earn it over the course of a season not a hot streak or a cold street early in one week.

 

[mscc1998]

Beating Auburn certainly didn't hurt our chances of being #1 seed, but it would be much greater if we take the winner of Florida/Alabama.
Any thoughts on how we match up with either team?

 

[deezvols]

We probably need bama to lose to have a (long) shot at #1 seed, right?

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

I am fully prepared to win the SEC Tournament and still wind up as a two seed because life is miserable.

 

[RockyTopRiot]

We probably need bama to lose to have a (long) shot at #1 seed, right?

I think it would be the other way around, no? We have the head to head and a better record than Alabama so if they beat Florida and we beat them we will have 2 wins over them and 2 fewer losses, no way the committee still gives them the final seed in that case, right?

 

[Voltopia]

I am fully prepared to win the SEC Tournament and still wind up as a two seed because life is miserable.

If Tennessee, a 2 seed by all accounts, goes through this tournament and smokes Auburn and either Bama or Florida on the way, and they don't make them a 1 seed then the committee can pound sand.

Though frankly, I just want the best 1 vs 2 matchup for Tennessee, regardless of whether it's as a 1 or a 2.

 

[VolArmy74]

If we win tomorrow, no matter who we play, we'll have a better resume than either Florida or Alabama and will have beaten them twice in the last month.

But we were in the same spot, two straight wins and a better resume than Kentucky in 2022 and we were a 3 and they a 2.

 

[lego126]

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.

If I could like it twice,, I would!!

 

[easttnbuck]

Beating Auburn certainly didn't hurt our chances of being #1 seed, but it would be much greater if we take the winner of Florida/Alabama.
Any thoughts on how we match up with either team?

Are the brackets not announced before that gAme is over? I don't think the outcome is relevant.

 

[VolArmy74]

I'll also say this, Duke should be penalized for Cooper Flagg's injury. They aren't a #1 seed with him injured and he may not even play in the NCAA T.