College Hoops Around The Country [TN opponents, RPI, others]

[VolnJC]

Memphis is up by 1 on Tulsa. Tulsa is currently a Q1 win road win for Wichita St. And a Q2 home win for WSU and Cincinnati. If they lose, they go to just being a road Q2 win for WSU. And a Q3 home win.

up 8 now

 

[tnvols72]

Lol.


Sexton will be a great NBA player. He's a selfish player that sucked the life out of a roster that should have been well rounded one with weapons everywhere. Bama would have won more games without him and I feel confident in that opinion which is based on the facts of the 34 games played last year with the same players returning and the 30 games played with sexton

So Bamas 14 loss is because of Sexton and their 16 wins are because everybody but Sexton ?
Your so called opinion is based off of 3 games and thats all you have. last year vs this year means nothing. The SEC is 2 times better this year than last year.

 

[BigZiti09]

Terrible/typical contrarian argument here from Bruin. Not his best work but a classic Bruin take.

 

[BruinVol]

Your wrong. Only 1 win against 11th placed SC. The other ones were against 10 and above

So he lost to the bottom feeders. Lol

 

[FleeceItOut]

I tend to agree with Bruin on this one. Bama is more balanced without Sexton.

He is a great player and will be great in the NBA but Bama will be better next year without him.

We’ve all complained about forcing the ball to Williams and the guards becoming to reliant on him instead of getting into the flow of the offense.

It’s the same thing with Bama except Sexton is a guard and constantly has the ball. He’s always looking for HIS shot.

 

[VolGee4]

34 games last year - 3 seed in the NIT

30 games this year - 8/9 seed in the NCAA tournament

Wish they could have just added someone that could have made a difference

You guys all need to quit arguing in a vacuum. They also added 5 star John Petty, who is averaging 10 points per game and probably single-handedly beat Auburn the first time.

 

[VolGee4]

Terrible/typical contrarian argument here from Bruin. Not his best work but a classic Bruin take.

You guys like to stretch Bruin's hot takes, too. I understand his argument because Sexton dominates the ball. But, I would also say that Avery Johnson is probably more the reason why they aren't so elite.

 

[golfballs]

Saw someone do an interview with a committee member, he said people are putting waaay too much stock into quadrants. Basically saying that a RPI 74 win isn’t going to be looked at differently than a RPI 76 win.

NCAA Tournament selection committee leader explains why even easy wins matter - CBSSports.com

I found this. The only time it's suggested that quadrants are overplayed is by the guy writing the article. Rasmussen doesn't say they're overplayed. He just said that within the quadrants the wins aren't all equal - as in a Q1 road win against the #1 RPI team is obviously going to be weighted more heavily than a road win against the 74th team or a home win against the 30th team. All within the same quadrant.

So that makes sense. But it doesn't say that there isn't any meaning from having a team slide from one quadrant to another.

 

[volfanCLT]

You guys like to stretch Bruin's hot takes, too. I understand his argument because Sexton dominates the ball. But, I would also say that Avery Johnson is probably more the reason why they aren't so elite.

Which has been said by multiple posters many times

 

[BruinVol]

You guys like to stretch Bruin's hot takes, too. I understand his argument because Sexton dominates the ball. But, I would also say that Avery Johnson is probably more the reason why they aren't so elite.

I believe this.

I put more blame on Johnson than Sexton

 

[cncchris33]

You guys like to stretch Bruin's hot takes, too. I understand his argument because Sexton dominates the ball. But, I would also say that Avery Johnson is probably more the reason why they aren't so elite.

I think that's more of an indictment on the team and its leadership, i.e. Avery Johnson.

Look at all the talent he had, not just Sexton. Johnson has his team on the bubble with enough talent to be a 3 seed. Sexton is a piece of that. This team is maddening with him, and they are maddening without him.

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[VolGee4]

Which has been said by multiple posters many times

I realize, and I am agreeing. But, Bruin's idea shouldn't totally be dismissed. I think it's probably more the coach than the player, but it's not a ridiculous take.

 

[VolGee4]

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Yep. That's why I put in the word "also" because I have read this thread.

 

[BruinVol]

I realize, and I am agreeing. But, Bruin's idea shouldn't totally be dismissed. I think it's probably more the coach than the player, but it's not a ridiculous take.

I am simply saying it's both of their faults.

Imo it's about 75/25 Johnson's fault

 

[ckilla27]

I am simply saying it's both of their faults.

Imo it's about 75/25 Johnson's fault

But to say Bama would be better without Sexton is false and you know it. Don't bring up last year either, the SEC is way better this year then last

 

[BigZiti09]

You guys like to stretch Bruin's hot takes, too. I understand his argument because Sexton dominates the ball. But, I would also say that Avery Johnson is probably more the reason why they aren't so elite.

If he just said that it would be fine and he'd have a legit argument. Using the 16-14 vs 3-0 is what is :crazy:.

 

[BruinVol]

But to say Bama would be better without Sexton is false and you know it. Don't bring up last year either, the SEC is way better this year then last

I'd say they would be 1-2 games better without him record wise. The sec is better no doubt I agree. Like I said yesterday Johnson ran off Nick King who ended up being the CUSA POTY. Give me him instead of Sexton and I think Johnson would have been able to mesh the roster better because of experience together.

 

[BruinVol]

. Using the 16-14 vs 3-0 is what is :crazy:.

Well those are facts you know

 

[cncchris33]

Yep. That's why I put in the word "also" because I have read this thread.

I wasn't attempting to be snarky. Just saying I agree with you and had said as much earlier, but it got buried in the silliness of the past several pages.

 

[BigZiti09]

Well those are facts you know

It's a fact that we lost to Georgia 5 straight times. Who is the better coach? Mark Fox or Rick Barnes?

 

[BruinVol]

It's a fact that we lost to Georgia 5 straight times. Who is the better coach? Mark Fox or Rick Barnes?

Zero point made.

We were the lesser of the two teams in 4 of those games

 

[BigZiti09]

Zero point made.

We were the lesser of the two teams in 4 of those games

 

[bleedingTNorange]

You have a link? Because that is completely non-nonsensical. Their sheets are specifically segmented that way, and the chairman of the committee referred to it numerous times during their initial reveal, and those rankings aligned fairly closely to q1 record.

Believe it was in here, have seen multiple basketball guys discussing it today on Twitter. They’ve said they aren’t going to simply look Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4...that’s it gives them a snapshot but they still will dive into each column.

Twitter

 

[ckilla27]

So apparently Pearl said postgame “a gentleman was in his path” on his way off the floor and he had to “negotiate his way around him.” “And he clipped me and said something to me.”

But the ESPN clip shows Pearl clipping the guy and the guy never moves. And it looked like the guy mouthed he was sorry lol

 

[golfballs]

Believe it was in here, have seen multiple basketball guys discussing it today on Twitter. They’ve said they aren’t going to simply look Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4...that’s it gives them a snapshot but they still will dive into each column.

Twitter

Ok, and I commented on that above. Doesn’t say there isn’t significance in moving from one quadrant to another, just that not all wins are considered equal within a quadrant