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golfballs said:
Probably. I think we'd have to win out and they would have to lose out. And even then, one of those games for Duke is UNC. So we certainly aren't catching both.
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I would think a loss for either Duke or UNC in their next game should be what we hope for...then obviously 1 of them is on a 2 game losing streak because they play each other in season finale...so 1 of them enters ACC tourney on 2 game losing streak, I would think an early exit could open the door for Tennessee to pass them.

Tennessee needs to pass 2 of those mid-eastern coast teams, to me Auburn, Cincinnati and one of Duke/UNC seem like the most plausible especially since Big10 play is over.
 
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I think there are 6 that are pretty well cemented above us: UVA, Nova, UNC, Kansas, Duke, Xavier.

Ones we have a shot to catch: Auburn, Purdue, Cincy, Michigan St
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I would think a loss for either Duke or UNC in their next game should be what we hope for...then obviously 1 of them is on a 2 game losing streak because they play each other in season finale...so 1 of them enters ACC tourney on 2 game losing streak, I would think an early exit could open the door for Tennessee to pass them.

Tennessee needs to pass 2 of those mid-eastern coast teams, to me Auburn, Cincinnati and one of Duke/UNC seem like the most plausible especially since Big10 play is over.
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Yeah, we would need to win out and one of them would need to lose out. That scenario is very highly improbable
 
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golfballs said:
I think there are 6 that are pretty well cemented above us: UVA, Nova, UNC, Kansas, Duke, Xavier.

Ones we have a shot to catch: Auburn, Purdue, Cincy, Michigan St
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Interesting...I’m more of the opinion Purdue and MSU are licks ahead of us...unless 1 just lose an awful opening game but that’s unlikely given they’ll likely play decent team innooening game.
 
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This is off topic of anything being discussed in this thread but It really impressed me.

Jordon Bohannon of Iowa intentionally missed a free throw last night that would have broken the consecutive free throw record held by Chris Street. After missing the first, he pointed to the sky. Nothing but CLASS!

To this day, I still feel like Cal Ripken should have done something similar the day he broke Lou Gehrigs record.
He should have stepped up to a microphone at home plate in pregame and graciously taken himself out of the lineup that day.
 
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TMHoosierVol said:
This is off topic of anything being discussed in this thread but It really impressed me.

Jordon Bohannon of Iowa intentionally missed a free throw last night that would have broken the consecutive free throw record held by Chris Street. After missing the first, he pointed to the sky and sank the second one. Nothing but CLASS!

To this day, I still feel like Cal Ripken should have done something similar the day he broke Lou Gehrigs record.
He should have stepped up to a microphone at home plate in pregame and graciously taken himself out of the lineup that day.
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Why?
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Why?
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Because that record will never be approached again ever. Because Gehrigs consecutive games played was ended by a killer disease. Because doing so would have left both their names in the record book. Because everybody knows he could have broken it but he chose to honor him by not breaking it. Cal Ripken blew the opportunity to be the most admired sports figure in the history of all sports. Just my opinion.
 
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TMHoosierVol said:
Because that record will never be approached again ever. Because Gehrigs consecutive games played was ended by a killer disease. Because doing so would have left both their names in the record book. Because everybody knows he could have broken it but he chose to honor him by not breaking it. Cal Ripken blew the opportunity to be the most admired sports figure in the history of all sports. Just my opinion.
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Breaking a record takes nothing away from the person who held it before.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Breaking a record takes nothing away from the person who held it before.
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I agree with your statement for 99.9% of all records. They are just numbers. I single out that record because it was more than just another record number. Had it not been for the disease, the record may not have been approachable even for Ripken. In case you couldn't tell, I'm an old school baseball fan.
 
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TMHoosierVol said:
This is off topic of anything being discussed in this thread but It really impressed me.

Jordon Bohannon of Iowa intentionally missed a free throw last night that would have broken the consecutive free throw record held by Chris Street. After missing the first, he pointed to the sky. Nothing but CLASS!

To this day, I still feel like Cal Ripken should have done something similar the day he broke Lou Gehrigs record.
He should have stepped up to a microphone at home plate in pregame and graciously taken himself out of the lineup that day.
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Yeah I’m not following here. Seems like a weird thing to do. Was he related to the guy or something?

Why would cal ripken owe Lou Gehrig anything?
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Yeah I’m not following here. Seems like a weird thing to do. Was he related to the guy or something?
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Chris Street died in a car accident during his junior season at Iowa during the 92-93 season. He held the school record for consecutive FTs at Iowa, a streak he had extended to 34 in his final game before his untimely death. As a gesture of goodwill, Bohannon chose to miss what would have been his 35th consecutive, and record-breaking FT in order to allow Street’s record to stand since he was not able to extend it himself due to his unfortunate death. Street’s parents were in attendance last night as well.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Yeah I’m not following here. Seems like a weird thing to do. Was he related to the guy or something?

Why would cal ripken owe Lou Gehrig anything?
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Bohannon did it because Street set the record in 1993 and didn't have a chance to extend it because he was killed in a car accident before their next game.

I don't feel like Ripken owed anything to Gehrig. But maybe he owed it to the game itself.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Chris Street died in a car accident during his junior season at Iowa during the 92-93 season. He held the school record for consecutive FTs at Iowa, a streak he had extended to 34 in his final game before his untimely death. As a gesture of goodwill, Bohannon chose to miss what would have been his 35th consecutive, and record-breaking FT in order to allow Street’s record to stand since he was not able to extend it himself due to his unfortunate death. Street’s parents were in attendance last night as well.
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Thank you
 
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cncchris33 said:
Chris Street died in a car accident during his junior season at Iowa during the 92-93 season. He held the school record for consecutive FTs at Iowa, a streak he had extended to 34 in his final game before his untimely death. As a gesture of goodwill, Bohannon chose to miss what would have been his 35th consecutive, and record-breaking FT in order to allow Street’s record to stand since he was not able to extend it himself due to his unfortunate death. Street’s parents were in attendance last night as well.
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Now that's awesome.
Thanks for sharing.
 
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TMHoosierVol said:
Bohannon did it because Street set the record in 1993 and didn't have a chance to extend it because he was killed in a car accident before their next game.

I don't feel like Ripken owed anything to Gehrig. But maybe he owed it to the game itself.
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If Ripken was a Yankee I think it would be more comparable to what happened with Bohannon and Street.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
If Ripken was a Yankee I think it would be more comparable to what happened with Bohannon and Street.
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Well, Street’s record was solely an Iowa school record. Gehrig’s was an MLB record. So there is a bit of a difference. And Gehrig’s was once thought to be nearly untouchable, only stopped because of a deadly disease. I can see the parallel. Not saying Bohannon or Ripken owed Street or Gehrig anything, but it would have definitely been well-received publicly, and respected by the sports world.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Well, Street’s record was solely an Iowa school record. Gehrig’s was an MLB record. So there is a bit of a difference. And Gehrig’s was once thought to be nearly untouchable, only stopped because of a deadly disease. I can see the parallel. Not saying Bohannon or Ripken owed Street or Gehrig anything, but it would have definitely been well-received publicly, and respected by the sports world.
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Agreed, I think it would have been a cool thing to do, but I don’t blame Ripken for taking the record.
 
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