2025 Seed Watch Party Thread

[Legion of Doom]

Yes safe to buy Lexington tickets. No way they put Alabama over us in Lexington. Florida is going to Raleigh.

 

[JMSqb11]

It's blasphemy, but I'll say it. They beat Tennessee tomorrow, they have a better resume than Duke too.

My main issue is Houston. There is nothing on earth on their résumé that makes up for 1-2 less loss comparison to a Florida or Tennessee.

Weaker conference and lost every big non conference game…

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

I'm already sick of the Cooper Flagg excuses him being out.... If Louisville beats them, and we win, how the hell is Duke over us? We beat Florida without 2 starters... Media won't ever talk about that game

 

[99gator]

My main issue is Houston. There is nothing on earth on their résumé that makes up for 1-2 less loss comparison to a Florida or Tennessee.

Weaker conference and lost every big non conference game…

Understood. My only counter is I would argue that the Big 12 is better than the ACC. But, Duke has non-conference wins.

 

[99gator]

I also want to let it be known, that I have spoken about what I think the committee will do.

But, I agree that the winner tomorrow should be the #1 seed.

 

[ABtheVolsfan92]

My personal question is do we really want the 1 seed in the west? It's really cool to have the 1 by your name but playing in San Francisco is not ideal

 

[Legion of Doom]

I want to win tomorrow and at least be in Lexington. If a 2 with Houston not the worst thing. Why am I seeing so many brackets with Purdue in our region again lol. If they want to say we can’t move up to a 1, then we should at minimum be locked into 5th and with Houston and playing in Lexington.

 

[VolCalls]

And I still actually object to this.

If Florida wins.....sorry, they should be in the Midwest. I can't get over that Florida can have a 5-1 record vs Alabama, Tennessee and Auburn. And of the 4 wins that have already occurred.....damn the final score.....they were beat downs. They dominated those games. What if they have a convincing win tomorrow?

Now, I'll grant that Duke, Houston, and Auburn did nothing deserving of some sort of punishment......but, I don't see where Houston should be higher in the pecking order. I really don't

Fair point. Houston was #8 in the early reveal while Florida was #4. Only difference since then is Florida has a loss.

 

[VolCalls]

I'd prefer Raleigh over Lexington wonder if we get to choose

Are you smoking crack? Lexington is less than 3 hours from campus. And no we don’t get to choose.

 

[VolCalls]

Does this mean we are locked into Lexington as the 2 seed? I’m going next weekend if that’s the case.

Our seed has nothing to do with where we play next weekend. As long as we’re ahead of Alabama overall, which we should be, we’ll be in Lexington.

 

[Legion of Doom]

We are well ahead of Alabama now and beat them head to head. We are 100 percent going to Lexington. One team beat the number one overall seed and the other lost by over 20.

 

[VolCalls]

We are well ahead of Alabama now and beat them head to head. We are 100 percent going to Lexington. One team beat the number one overall seed and the other lost by over 20.

PAINT IT ORANGE!

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Per Lunardi TN is #2 in the Midwest with Houston. Lexington and Indianapolis.

Better than #1 in San Francisco IMO. Except for adding a #1 seed as a first ever milestone for the program under The Deacon.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Had TN beaten VU or Mississippi then today would be a winner takes the #1 seed game. Florida losing to Georgia wasn’t a big enough slip up and their 30 point beat down on TN negates TN’s 20 point beat down of Florida. The SEC Championship game doesn’t matter, but it’s because of the current separation between FL’s and TN’s résumés.

 

[TrueOrange]

True, but if wins this weekend, particularly an opportunity to beat Florida tomorrow isn't going to help us, it's also fair to wonder if a Saturday loss to Florida would have hurt us.

Tennessee would have also had to get past Kentucky first, who unfortunately they were also 0-2 against this year, before another Florida game would have even become a thing. (I might be wrong but I think the seeding would have flipped and Tennessee would have had Alabama’s spot).

 

[TrueOrange]

I'd prefer Raleigh over Lexington wonder if we get to choose

Committee determines when they set up the bracket. The school doesn’t really have any input into it.

 

[TrueOrange]

That’s why I think Houston getting a number 1 seed is the most overrated thing ever. They just won a 3 team league conference title. They lost to Bama and Auburn in non conference. Hard for me to actually believe they should be a 1 seed while having 2 less losses than us and same number of losses as Florida.

Isn’t the Big 12 expected/predicted to get around 8 teams into the tournament? (There’s at least 4 ranked teams at the beginning of conference tournament week)

 

[JMSqb11]

Isn’t the Big 12 expected/predicted to get around 8 teams into the tournament? (There’s at least 4 ranked teams at the beginning of conference tournament week)

I’m sorry but outside of Houston, Texas Tech, and Iowa State, what else does the Big 12 that is actually a legit deep run team? BYU got their brakes blown out…. Kansas is a joke. Baylor has taken a major step back this year…. Arizona is fool’s gold

The toughest opponents Houston have played were non conference teams that they conveniently lost both.

Houston is a slightly better version of Duke and the ACC.

There is no justification or rationale that makes sense that a 4 loss Houston team with 2 losses to SEC teams have some major seed advantage over a Florida or Tennessee with only 1-2 more losses.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Do we atleast get to play in Lexington now?

Yes, but underwater.

 

[MinisterofDef#92]

Lunardi has changed his tune (again). “Whoever advances the farthest” gets the final 1-seed was fiction. Turns out he meant to add “whoever advances the farthest between Florida and Alabama”. So us winning today would mean basically nothing.

Amazing how that works

 

[MinisterofDef#92]

Rick knows.

Yep and the best part is he said it out loud. This is the most impactful statement he could have made imo because he calls out the obvious subjectivity of what they are doing.

 

[VolCalls]

Committee determines when they set up the bracket. The school doesn’t really have any input into it.

Only the #1 overall seed gets to pick their opening weekend site. After that it goes in S-Curve order based on proximity to campus. Lexington is 2.5 hours from Knoxville, while Raleigh is twice that far. We’ll be in Rupp next weekend and I can’t wait.

 

[VolCalls]

I’m sorry but outside of Houston, Texas Tech, and Iowa State, what else does the Big 12 that is actually a legit deep run team? BYU got their brakes blown out…. Kansas is a joke. Baylor has taken a major step back this year…. Arizona is fool’s gold

The toughest opponents Houston have played were non conference teams that they conveniently lost both.

Houston is a slightly better version of Duke and the ACC.

There is no justification or rationale that makes sense that a 4 loss Houston team with 2 losses to SEC teams have some major seed advantage over a Florida or Tennessee with only 1-2 more losses.

Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Houston is #4 overall and the SEC winner today is #3 overall and placed in the Midwest.

 

[JMSqb11]

Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Houston is #4 overall and the SEC winner today is #3 overall and placed in the Midwest.

I think Florida gets the #3 if they win.

I think Florida gets the #4 if we win

 

[VolCalls]

Tennessee would have also had to get past Kentucky first, who unfortunately they were also 0-2 against this year, before another Florida game would have even become a thing. (I might be wrong but I think the seeding would have flipped and Tennessee would have had Alabama’s spot).

Florida didn’t beat Kentucky this year, either.