2024 Official Seed List Watch Party Thread

#876
#876
VolCalls said:
I’m logging off b/c too many of you are talking out of your a$$es. I still believe we will be a #1 seed on Selection Sunday. That is all.
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Looks like a few posters deleted their “sky is falling” responses from last night.
 
#877
#877
JCP201 said:
So it was between us and Arizona, and Arizona loses to a blah USC team. Suddenly because UNC beat Dukey they are ahead of us, because we lost to a ranked Kentucky team (after beating three ranked teams) That math don't add up to me.
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What makes it tough is that UNC was one spot ahead of the Vols when the committee revealed the top sixteen and hasn’t lost since. Does the committee value Tennessee going 6-1 against a higher schedule enough to outweigh a 6-0 UNC team with the head-to-head? I believe that they should, but it’s far from a guarantee.
 
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#878
#878
TrumpedUpVol said:
What makes it tough is that UNC was one spot ahead of the Vols when the committee revealed the top sixteen and hasn’t lost since. Does the committee value Tennessee going 6-1 against a higher schedule enough to outweigh a 6-0 UNC team with the head-to-head? I believe that they should, but it’s far from a guarantee.
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Probably come down to how UNC and us play in the respective league tournaments. Here's hoping we win the whole thing, beat Kentucky in the final and the Tarheels get bounced early. GBO
 
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#879
#879
Yesterday’s seed average had us 1.1, Arizona 1.9, and UNC 1.91. It’ll be very interesting to see how they react to yesterday’s game results. If your logic told you that Arizona can jump us by beating 13-17 USC, then how do you rule out UNC for beating Duke on their court. Looking at Net, Quad wins across the board, and SOS, we have a much better case. The head to head and last night favor UNC. Barring a collapse, I think the Arizona loss, might’ve rescued our 1, but it’ll be interesting to watch unfold.
 
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#887
#887
JCP201 said:
So it was between us and Arizona, and Arizona loses to a blah USC team. Suddenly because UNC beat Dukey they are ahead of us, because we lost to a ranked Kentucky team (after beating three ranked teams) That math don't add up to me.
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North Carolina had been mentioned as a distant 3rd, they’ve now entered the picture due to their big win and the other 2 teams losing. With that said I still think as of today we are ahead of UNC and in the drivers seat for that 1 seed.
 
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#890
#890
North Carolina is up to 7th in the NET now. We lost a Q1 win with Florida dropping the Vandy game. So it’s 7 to 7 in Q1 wins now. So, it’s razor thin at this point. I think whoever performs better in the conference tournament will get the last 1. Would help if UNC could lay an egg there.
 
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#891
#891
TheMookieMonster said:
North Carolina is up to 7th in the NET now. We lost a Q1 win with Florida dropping the Vandy game. So it’s 7 to 7 in Q1 wins now. So, it’s razor thin at this point. I think whoever performs better in the conference tournament will get the last 1. Would help if UNC could lay an egg there.
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Fwiw UNC is 5-4 against NET Top 40, Tennessee is 7-4, Tennessee is 8-6 against the projected field, North Carolina is 7-4.

So Tennessee has beaten better teams, played more against the better teams, and beaten and played more NCAAT teams as well. Sometimes you’ve gotta dive a little deeper into the NET stuff, which these things explains why almost unanimously every metric has us ahead of UNC.
 
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#892
#892
I thought Conference Tournaments didn’t matter?

Why are we acting like it’s going to help us move back to a 1 seed?

It’s already been proven that it has little to no effect on the committee.
 
#893
#893
bleedingTNorange said:
Fwiw UNC is 5-4 against NET Top 40, Tennessee is 7-4, Tennessee is 8-6 against the projected field, North Carolina is 7-4.

So Tennessee has beaten better teams, played more against the better teams, and beaten and played more NCAAT teams as well. Sometimes you’ve gotta dive a little deeper into the NET stuff, which these things explains why almost unanimously every metric has us ahead of UNC.
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I guess I just don’t have trust in the Committee to look that deep. Particularly after how they treated our seed in 2022. I’m not saying I disagree with you, I agree. But I think there are enough surface level metrics to say it’s close enough that they can give the blue blood a 1 seed who has one less loss and the head to head win. Just how I think the committee will do it. I’m not even sure if we won the SEC tournament it would make a difference if UNC made it to their title game and lost, because I would guess that the bracket is mostly in place Saturday afternoon and the only changes they will make are for bubble teams. That’s how they’ve treated it lately, but who knows. There is still some hope.
 
#896
#896
TheMookieMonster said:
I guess I just don’t have trust in the Committee to look that deep. Particularly after how they treated our seed in 2022. I’m not saying I disagree with you, I agree. But I think there are enough surface level metrics to say it’s close enough that they can give the blue blood a 1 seed who has one less loss and the head to head win. Just how I think the committee will do it. I’m not even sure if we won the SEC tournament it would make a difference if UNC made it to their title game and lost, because I would guess that the bracket is mostly in place Saturday afternoon and the only changes they will make are for bubble teams. That’s how they’ve treated it lately, but who knows. There is still some hope.
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I hear ya, majority of brackets updated currently disagree and think Vols are still the 1 though fwiw.
 
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