2025 Seed Watch Party Thread

[JCP201]

One game at a time. We are in the hardest league and although we've lost some heartbreakers, we've also beat some really good teams.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Why are you so confident it’s going to be Duke? I’m confident it’s going to be Houston.

Well yesterday and previous days you were pushing Lunardi at people to say he had us ahead of Alabama, now he has us behind them.

 

[Sudden Impact]

Tournament NCAA is a where the reset button is hit. We all know that.
SEC Tournament is just a continuation of a physical conference schedule
With the games played most committee members 80% have determined the top 16 of which 85% have determined their order of seeding.
Tennessee will be a 2 seed, Alabama will be a 2 seed, Florida and Auburn will be 1 seeds. Houston and Duke with be the other 1 seeds.
Sleeper but Not a real Sleeper is Michigan St. Running low on the radar until late. Another is St John's.

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

I think we are headed for the east bracket regardless of what happens this week

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

I think we are headed for the east bracket regardless of what happens this week

There’s about a 50% chance you’ll be accidentally correct.

 

[kckempf]

Wonder if there is some risk Michigan State jumps Florida for a 1 seed. I don’t agree with that call but after today they will likely be 26-5, 12-4 Q-1, 8-2 on the road. Plus they pass the “eye test” and I feel like the committee would be comfortable putting a Big Ten team on the 1 seed line over a second SEC team.

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

Wonder if there is some risk Michigan State jumps Florida for a 1 seed. I don’t agree with that call but after today they will likely be 26-5, 12-4 Q-1, 8-2 on the road. Plus they pass the “eye test” and I feel like the committee would be comfortable putting a Big Ten team on the 1 seed line over a second SEC team.

don't think that but there is some risk they pass us on the seed line

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

Jerry Palm has us matched up potentially with Kansas in the 2nd round. That would not be cool at all

 

[VolCalls]

Well yesterday and previous days you were pushing Lunardi at people to say he had us ahead of Alabama, now he has us behind them.

Has nothing to do with Lunardi. All things being equal we beat Alabama head to head. That’s why I’m confident the committee will rank us ahead of them.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

don't think that but there is some risk they pass us on the seed line

Would really have no impact, wouldn’t change our region…now if they go to a 1 they’d likely be in the west and could possibly be where we’d head then.

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

Would really have no impact, wouldn’t change our region…now if they go to a 1 they’d likely be in the west and could possibly be where we’d head then.

i've never thought it until today but is there some risk we drop to a 3 seed if we lose the first game in the SEC tourney?

 

[Vol49er]

i've never thought it until today but is there some risk we drop to a 3 seed if we lose the first game in the SEC tourney?

Depends on what you mean by some risk. It’s extraordinarily unlikely

 

[VolCalls]

i've never thought it until today but is there some risk we drop to a 3 seed if we lose the first game in the SEC tourney?

Not at all. We were 5th overall in the early reveal and only lost once since then. We’re still 5th in the NET and KenPom. We aren’t going to drop 4 places on the committee’s list when everyone else except Duke and Houston also lost during that time.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Jerry Palm has us matched up potentially with Kansas in the 2nd round. That would not be cool at all

We’re going to have to face a good team in the 2nd round. It’s not avoidable. Kansas is not one of the teams I’d be most scared of.

 

[Vol49er]

We’re going to have to face a good team in the 2nd round. It’s not avoidable. Kansas is not one of the teams I’d be most scared of.

Right. I wouldn’t mind Kansas in the second round at all. Also it’d be nice to end Dickenson’s career

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

We’re going to have to face a good team in the 2nd round. It’s not avoidable. Kansas is not one of the teams I’d be most scared of.

The way Dickinson has owned us over the years I'm not thrilled about that possibility

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Not that it really matters because a 1-seed is out of the question now, but Georgia got bumped to Q1 so we’re back to 10 Q1 wins.

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

I prepare to meltdown and blame the NCAA with whoever we draw on selection sunday. It's just what I do

 

[lawgator1]

I prepare to meltdown and blame the NCAA with whoever we draw on selection sunday. It's just what I do

It's what EVERYONE does, regardless of teams, lol.

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

Looks like Furman is going to get the SoCon bid. Any chance they are 15 seed matchup possibility?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Alabama, Michigan State & Tennessee are effectively all tied at the exact same number in today’s matrix update. So a 2 seed either in the Midwest with Houston or East with Duke seems like a near certainty at this point, with it really being 50/50 as of today.

 

[Vol49er]

I prepare to meltdown and blame the NCAA with whoever we draw on selection sunday. It's just what I do

Ironically when I felt best about our draw under Barnes was the Oregon State year

 

[kckempf]

Ironically when I felt best about our draw under Barnes was the Oregon State year

That Oregon State team coming out of nowhere and being 6 points from a Final Four was unexpected. Then again NC State basically did the same thing last year, except they actually got to the Final Four.

 

[orangemadam]

NC State firing their coach right after a FF. Wow.

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

JBR Bracketology already has us as the 7th overall seed and St Johns right behind us. It's not far fetched we could play our way off the 2 seed line with a 1 and done appearance in the SEC tournament