Best possible road for 2 wins in B4A

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johnnybravo

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We definitely do not match well with Iowa with their full court press then zone defense. It would be a match up that I would love to see, but one I could easily see the Vols losing. Then if we lost that game we would have faced a pissed off Kansas. Again another match up that I'd rather see than Wake Forest, but one that I could see us losing.

I think we beat WF today and go 2-1. If we beat UTEP, then I think we would have went 1-2. Let's just hope UTEP continues to improves and has a decent season.
 
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johnnybravo said:
We definitely do not match well with Iowa with their full court press then zone defense. It would be a match up that I would love to see, but one I could easily see the Vols losing. Then if we lost that game we would have faced a pissed off Kansas. Again another match up that I'd rather see than Wake Forest, but one that I could see us losing.

I think we beat WF today and go 2-1. If we beat UTEP, then I think we would have went 1-2. Let's just hope UTEP continues to improves and has a decent season.
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Interesting point. I made the point yesterday that the second place team and the fifth place team end with the same record. UTEP may not make the tourney, but they will win games because they are in C-USA. I would bet they get close to 18-20 wins. Wake is interesting. If we can win, I think it could be a quality win come March.
 
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You certainly have a point. May have been a good think all along. We have a legit chance to come out the tourney trending up. Wake and Xavier should both be borderline tourney teams. These wins could come back to be needed come selection time.
 
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Which team shows up? The team that played UTEP or the team that played Xavier?
GO VOLS!
 
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VolGee4 said:
Interesting point. I made the point yesterday that the second place team and the fifth place team end with the same record. UTEP may not make the tourney, but they will win games because they are in C-USA. I would bet they get close to 18-20 wins. Wake is interesting. If we can win, I think it could be a quality win come March.
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They won 18 games last year and returned most players and don't have Memphis in their conference. I think they're be a tourney team.
 
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Thought this was a no excuses season.
When we're clamoring to dig our RPI out of the 80s in February, this will be a good thread to BUMP.
 
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calban said:
Thought this was a no excuses season.
When we're clamoring to dig our RPI out of the 80s in February, this will be a good thread to BUMP.
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Which would be better for our RPI at the end of the year?
Loss to UTEP and Ws over Xavier and WF
Or win over UTEP and losses to Iowa and KS?
 
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SJAVol32 said:
They won 18 games last year and returned most players and don't have Memphis in their conference. I think they're be a tourney team.
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I am not familiar with their roster. I know they had some of the same front court players from last year, but I heard Floyd say they have a new backcourt. I agree they should probably win or at least compete for the conference championship. They would be even better if Hamilton didn't back out of his LOI, and I thought I heard they had another good recruit not make it in.
 
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johnnybravo said:
Which would be better for our RPI at the end of the year?
Loss to UTEP and Ws over Xavier and WF
Or win over UTEP and losses to Iowa and KS?
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The latter would have been better for RPI.
And if we can't beat teams like Iowa with this much talent, why would be believe we'll we be dancing come March.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I am not familiar with their roster. I know they had some of the same front court players from last year, but I heard Floyd say they have a new backcourt. I agree they should probably win or at least compete for the conference championship. They would be even better if Hamilton didn't back out of his LOI, and I thought I heard they had another good recruit not make it in.
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Yeah I think you're correct. I don't see the CUSA having much competition. Their size and the way they zone should be tough. In the end the loss shouldn't look bad if they keep winning.
 
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calban said:
The latter would have been better for RPI.
And if we can't beat teams like Iowa with this much talent, why would be believe we'll we be dancing come March.
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I don't agree. You take the wins, especially against decent teams. Iowa will probably finish in the top third of the big 10.
 
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calban said:
The latter would have been better for RPI.
And if we can't beat teams like Iowa with this much talent, why would be believe we'll we be dancing come March.
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I was just really impressed with Iowa after watching them for a couple days. I think they are much better than what most thought coming into this tourney. IMO, they will be top 15 most of the year starting next week if they beat Vill. today.
 
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calban said:
The latter would have been better for RPI.
And if we can't beat teams like Iowa with this much talent, why would be believe we'll we be dancing come March.
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Why are you making it seem like Iowa isn't a good team? The numbers they've put up and what they've held teams to speak for themselves.
 
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calban said:
Probably will after losing to New Mexico State twice.
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That was my thoughts too. If we don't win today we will have dug a pretty deep hole as far as RPI goes. Some are saying that RPI doesn't matter, no team that didn't win their conference tournament has ever made the dance with an RPI in the mid seventies.
 
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knowthevols said:
That was my thoughts too. If we don't win today we will have dug a pretty deep hole as far as RPI goes. Some are saying that RPI doesn't matter, no team that didn't win their conference tournament has ever made the dance with an RPI in the mid seventies.
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I do think WF, Wichita St, and Virginia have now become must wins to ensure we are not bubble watching.
 
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knowthevols said:
That was my thoughts too. If we don't win today we will have dug a pretty deep hole as far as RPI goes. Some are saying that RPI doesn't matter, no team that didn't win their conference tournament has ever made the dance with an RPI in the mid seventies.
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We're projected to finish in the 80s.
Incidently, that projection comes from BTO's bible from last season.
Projecting a 15-13 season, because of our inability to win on the road, which doesn't seem to have changed.
 
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johnnybravo said:
I do think WF, Wichita St, and Virginia have now become must wins to ensure we are not bubble watching.
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My thoughts too. The SEC has been to far down to pick up ground in the RPI rankings although I don't think we will lose to Georgia twice this year, I don't think we will beat Kentucky this year either.
 
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calban said:
We're projected to finish in the 80s.
Incidently, that projection comes from BTO's bible from last season.
Projecting a 15-13 season, because of our inability to win on the road, which doesn't seem to have changed.
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Well, no way we finish 15-13, if we do, then next year will be an exciting fresh start.
 
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johnnybravo said:
Well, no way we finish 15-13, if we do, then next year will be an exciting fresh start.
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Until we don't hire Pearl and all the blind people who think he's coming back are pissed with who is hired. Then this board will be just as intolerable as it is now after the first L.
 
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