Are the Lady Vols an Elite Eight Team?

#51
#51
Goo
travis929 said:
To play out Charlie Creme's current bracket using HHS predictions...
  • Round of 64: 7-seed Tennessee vs. 10-seed Oregon: TN is favored 73-69 (62% chance of winning).
  • Round of 32: 7-seed Tennessee vs. 2-seed Iowa: Iowa is favored 83-77 (67% chance of winning) on Iowa's home court. This is closer than I expected! Let's assume they could pull of that upset...
  • Sweet 16: 7-seed Tennessee vs. 3-seed Duke: TN is favored 65-63 (59% chance of winning) OR 7-seed Tennessee vs. 6-seed South Florida: TN is favored 68-64 (62% chance of winning).
  • Elite 8: 7-seed Tennessee vs. 1-seed Stanford: Stanford is favored 73-65 (76% chance of winning).
This is why bracket placement matters, and also why having to play on someone else's court in the 2nd round really sucks. Tennessee is actually favored on a neutral court against higher seeds like Maryland (2), Duke (3), Michigan (3), Virginia Tech (3), all of the projected 4 seeds...

I would say if they can get that road win in the Round of 32, then they make the Elite 8. But the problem is most of those teams listed above would be favored on their home courts.
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Good insight Travis…UT would beat Duke imo, Jackson and Horston alone is more offense than the Dukies could handle imo. Ditto for USF.
 
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travis929 said:
To play out Charlie Creme's current bracket using HHS predictions...
  • Round of 64: 7-seed Tennessee vs. 10-seed Oregon: TN is favored 73-69 (62% chance of winning).
  • Round of 32: 7-seed Tennessee vs. 2-seed Iowa: Iowa is favored 83-77 (67% chance of winning) on Iowa's home court. This is closer than I expected! Let's assume they could pull of that upset...
  • Sweet 16: 7-seed Tennessee vs. 3-seed Duke: TN is favored 65-63 (59% chance of winning) OR 7-seed Tennessee vs. 6-seed South Florida: TN is favored 68-64 (62% chance of winning).
  • Elite 8: 7-seed Tennessee vs. 1-seed Stanford: Stanford is favored 73-65 (76% chance of winning).
This is why bracket placement matters, and also why having to play on someone else's court in the 2nd round really sucks. Tennessee is actually favored on a neutral court against higher seeds like Maryland (2), Duke (3), Michigan (3), Virginia Tech (3), all of the projected 4 seeds...

I would say if they can get that road win in the Round of 32, then they make the Elite 8. But the problem is most of those teams listed above would be favored on their home courts.
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Nice analysis. Put us anywhere in the bracket below and I think we could win it and be sitting in the F4.

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Per Herhoops a nuetral site game between LVs and Utah would be 78-75 with a 40.4% chance of LV win.
 
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Golfteacher said:
The Lady Vols last two victories proved at least two things, they can beat teams they are suppose to beat and they have the ability to score from anywhere on the offensive part of the floor. However, their current history shows that when they face ranked teams they get out coached and out played. However, I see two things, they have guards who can shoot and the total commitment to getting the ball inside stifles their ability to utilize all of their offensive capabilities. The Lady Vols need a more wide open offense which will open up the paint. I really liked KJH’s offense in the Arkansas game, especially in the first half. Arkansas was committed to stopping Tennessee’s paint points by sagging two and three people in the paint, so Tennessee blitzed them with the outside shot. They looked awesome and it put teams on notice that we have the ability to score from the inside, mid range and outside. KJH needs to keep this offensive plan, that way a one dimensional offense becomes multi dimensional. Add this to their defense and I believe that the Lady Vols have a chance at becoming at least an elite eight team.
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Simple yes
 
#66
#66
Re Barnes and our men, his team is woefully inconsistent on offense. Very spotty post game and many one dimensional players. Sound familiar? Only he doesn't have a Rickea, and his Jordy type swiss army knife, JJJ, is out yet again with nagging injury that has plagued his career. Also no Phillips today, a blue chip recruit who has not really developed.

Barnes is one of the great defensive coaches ever but the O is too spotty to get us far again this year I'm afraid.
 
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Golfteacher said:
The Lady Vols last two victories proved at least two things, they can beat teams they are suppose to beat and they have the ability to score from anywhere on the offensive part of the floor. However, their current history shows that when they face ranked teams they get out coached and out played. However, I see two things, they have guards who can shoot and the total commitment to getting the ball inside stifles their ability to utilize all of their offensive capabilities. The Lady Vols need a more wide open offense which will open up the paint. I really liked KJH’s offense in the Arkansas game, especially in the first half. Arkansas was committed to stopping Tennessee’s paint points by sagging two and three people in the paint, so Tennessee blitzed them with the outside shot. They looked awesome and it put teams on notice that we have the ability to score from the inside, mid range and outside. KJH needs to keep this offensive plan, that way a one dimensional offense becomes multi dimensional. Add this to their defense and I believe that the Lady Vols have a chance at becoming at least an elite eight team.
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Simple answer is nope, they are a borderline Sweet 16 team
 
#71
#71
Since there will be a couple upsets where teams make it to the elite eight then yes Tennessee is a potential elite eight.
 
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The announcers calling the Tenn-Auburn game sure think so.. multiple times said Tennessee has the length and talent to make a deep run in the NCAA tourney if they work out the turnover issues.
 
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DSunAthletics said:
The announcers calling the Tenn-Auburn game sure think so.. multiple times said Tennessee has the length and talent to make a deep run in the NCAA tourney if they work out the turnover issues.
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If they get to play against teams like Auburn, they can definitely make it.
 
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