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#76
golfballs said:
Some of the brackets are done as if the tournament started today, while others try to predict what they will be
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I understand your point. If they're not basing it on if the tournament started today, then there isn't much credibility to what they're doing.
 
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#77
#77
golfballs said:
Bracketville updated
Bracketology

Vols last on the 1 line. In Kansas City. UNC, Houston and Wiscinsin are the other 3 top seeds. Would be happy w that
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UNC is not a team I want to meet in the tourney. I feel like they mirror us in a lot of ways. They are one of a few teams that can match us in depth, experience, and certainly in talent.
 
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I agree I wouldn’t want to play UNC, but you can’t be unhappy w a 1 seed. Better than being a 2 seed and still having a potential elite 8 matchup w them. Also, given that duke and uva are on the one line and Uk is a two seed, there’s a very high probability UNC would be in our region anyway
 
#82
#82
Looks like I was right. Duke loses to pedestrian VT team and UT monkey stomps UK and still they cant bear to put UT above Duke in the poll.
 
#83
#83
TMHoosierVol said:
Lunardi, as of yesterday, still has us as a 2 and Ky as a 1. I guess, like somebody mentioned earlier, he's just taking the easy way out and is waiting for the SECT to see who wins the rubber match and just flip-flop us then.
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The ONLY way UT is a 1 seed is if they win out, including the SECT. UT will have to leave them with no argument to exclude them from a 1 seed.
 
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#84
I disagree. I think the Vols could sustain 1 more loss and still be on the 1 line. Of course much of this also depends on what other teams do
 
#85
#85
golfballs said:
I disagree. I think the Vols could sustain 1 more loss and still be on the 1 line. Of course much of this also depends on what other teams do
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Agreed.

If Kentucky losses this week and we win both we are the 1 seed.

The committee has proven over and over the conference tourneys don't change much at the top of the rankings
 
#86
#86
golfballs said:
I disagree. I think the Vols could sustain 1 more loss and still be on the 1 line. Of course much of this also depends on what other teams do
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I agree. A lot of the teams ahead of us still play each other. Tennessee can withstand another loss, but it would need to be high quality, and not come against UK. Basically, they could possibly afford to lose a close game to LSU in the SECT final.

For that to happen, we would have to finish 2nd in the SEC regular season and beat UK in the semis, or LSU loses to Florida, and we win the SEC outright. Then LSU beats UK in the semis.
 
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#87
If we were to lose at Auburn but win the SECT, I think we’d still be 1. Especially because in that scenario we’d likely be the 2 seed and would have another win against UK and LSU
 
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#88
golfballs said:
If we were to lose at Auburn but win the SECT, I think we’d still be 1. Especially because in that scenario we’d likely be the 2 seed and would have another win against UK and LSU
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True. Where is Auburn in the NET rankings?
 
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BruinVol said:
Agreed.

If Kentucky losses this week and we win both we are the 1 seed.

The committee has proven over and over the conference tourneys don't change much at the top of the rankings
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If UT wins their last two games but UK wins the Sec tourney there's no way UT is a 1 seed. I just don't believe it will happen. Especially if it comes down to a UT/UK final and UK wins for the 2nd time over UT. People in the media were making excuses for a UK loss to UT before the game was played because "UK wasn't at full strength". "OH even if UK loses at Tennessee it doesn't change much we still believe UK is the better team because UK is missing a key player" is what was on ESPN. Same reason they kept Duke higher in the rankings. They don't want to give it to UT because they don't believe the weak schedule.

The party line is "conference tournaments don't really matter unless it gives us a convenient excuse to justify our own feelings"
 
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MWAVolfan said:
If UK wins the Sec tourney there's no way UT is a 1 seed. I just don't believe it will happen. Especially if it comes down to a UT/UK final and UK wins for the 2nd time over UT. People in the media were making excuses for a UK loss to UT before the game was played because "UK wasn't at full strength". "OH even if UK loses at Tennessee it doesn't change much we still believe UK is the better team because UK is missing a key player" is what was on ESPN. Same reason they kept Duke higher in the rankings. They don't want to give it to UT because they don't believe the weak schedule.
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I just don't believe the committee Values the conference tourneys. I don't know if it's because hey want the top seeds set before working all the other seeds or they just don't think the 3rd game in 3 days matters but look at last year. Kentucky didn't get a bump last year and we weren't hurt
 
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BruinVol said:
I just don't believe the committee Values the conference tourneys. I don't know if it's because hey want the top seeds set before working all the other seeds or they just don't think the 3rd game in 3 days matters but look at last year. Kentucky didn't get a bump last year and we weren't hurt
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The difference tho is the narrative. Last year they weren't deciding on a 1 seed. The 1 seed is coveted and makes a national statement. They don't just give those away. Now they have a blue blood in Kentucky fighting with a school that isn't supposed to be good at basketball for a 1 seed. I think that changes the decision making process
.If Tennessee gives them anything less than perfection they will give the 1 seed to another blue blood team.
 
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#96
If we end up in Columbia with Duke, ticket prices for the 3rd session will be rough. The other option would be Columbus, where Kentucky would potentially go. So wouldn't be any better...
 
#97
#97
golfballs said:
I agree I wouldn’t want to play UNC, but you can’t be unhappy w a 1 seed. Better than being a 2 seed and still having a potential elite 8 matchup w them. Also, given that duke and uva are on the one line and Uk is a two seed, there’s a very high probability UNC would be in our region anyway
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We should not be worried about UNC at this time. Every bracket I have looked at has either us or them as the 1 seed and other as the 2 seed.

Seems like that is the match up that they are searching for in the EE.

UNC vs TN, Duke vs KY, VA vs Michigan/Michigan St, and Gonzaga vs Michigan/Michigan State.

Of course that is today....May change tomorrow.

Marquette as a 4 seed seems to be a reach. Current Net is 26
 
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#98
Sudden Impact said:
We should not be worried about UNC at this time. Every bracket I have looked at has either us or them as the 1 seed and other as the 2 seed. Seems like that is the match up that they are searching for in the EE. UNC vs TN, Duke vs KY, VA vs Michigan/Michigan St, and Gonzaga vs Michigan/Michigan State. Of course that is today....May change tomorrow.
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UNC can’t be put in UVA or Dukes bracket. Kentucky can’t be put into ours. So either we have to pass Gonzaga or another team not named Kentucky has to pass UNC.
 
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#99
golfballs said:
UNC can’t be put in UVA or Dukes bracket. Kentucky can’t be put into ours. So either we have to pass Gonzaga or another team not named Kentucky has to pass UNC.
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Midwest - TN/UNC West - Gonzaga Mich ST/Mich East - VA/Michigan Michigan State South Duke/KY

I looked at the net ratings for top 4 seeds each Bracket and the bracket where Marquette place was skewed all the others were close. UNC's Net is 7. Ky is ahead of them.

A lot of basketball yet to be played....

NCAA Net
 
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