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

[Delmar]

Also, people bring up how Tennessee lost to #9 seed Mississippi State. UNC could end up losing to #10 seed NC State.

The 10th seed in a much worse conference.

 

[fear]

wow all the one seeds besides UConn lost today crazy

 

[Lankykong]

I’m just gonna say it, a loss to NC State is worse than a loss to Mississippi State. Mississippi State would be ~top 3 in the ACC

 

[Vol49er]

I understand we have no room to complain after yesterday, but it’s noteworthy that MS State is a better team than any of the three UNC played in their tournament, and they still won’t win it. ACC is just a monstrously garbage conference this year

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

This game is gonna take forever.
Trapjaw for NC asks for replay every time and they just cater to him

 

[Vol knight]

I’m just gonna say it, a loss to NC State is worse than a loss to Mississippi State. Mississippi State would be ~top 3 in the ACC

Another comparison: MSU is a tourney team even if they lost to TN. NC State had to win the ACC tournament to get into the big dance.

 

[CornbreadVol]

Also we want as many bid stealers as possible. Pushes worse teams up the seed line so we potentially can have an easier second round game.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

I’m just gonna say it, a loss to NC State is worse than a loss to Mississippi State. Mississippi State would be ~top 3 in the ACC

Unfortunately, the powers that be are infatuated with NC because they’re a blue blood program. They’ll get the seed

 

[Lankykong]

Unfortunately, the powers that be are infatuated with NC because they’re a blue blood program. They’ll get the seed

I don’t disagree. Just wish we were in the ACC sometimes since there’s only one team there that could beat us if we showed up at all

 

[Caz]

Congrats Wolfpack! Been 37 years and Volvano is smiling!!

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

NC will be the one seed, guys. Is what it is. The media narrative that has been out there makes it clear that the decision was made that whoever had the best conference tournament between Tennessee and NC would get the 1 seed. Regardless of opponents, there’s no argument that NC was better in its conference tournament than we were in our tournament. Beat MSU and lose to Auburn, we probably would have a pretty good argument. As it is, it’s set in stone.

 

[Lukusw]

Wow. What a win by NC state. Beat Duke & UNC to get the tourney chip

 

[Vol knight]

NC will be the one seed, guys. Is what it is. The media narrative that has been out there makes it clear that the decision was made that whoever had the best conference tournament between Tennessee and NC would get the 1 seed. Regardless of opponents, there’s no argument that NC was better in its conference tournament than we were in our tournament. Beat MSU and lose to Auburn, we probably would have a pretty good argument. As it is, it’s set in stone.

UNC did just lose to a team that in the regular season is an NIT team if they don't win their conference tournament.

 

[johnfnkelly]

DJ Burns on NC State is literally wearing out Bacot with his size against UNC… definitely a liability on defense but man, wish we had a guy that can play bully ball the way he does. Could only wonder if he stayed what the outcome could’ve been.

That dude would get eaten alive in the SEC

 

[TheMookieMonster]

What an impressive run by NC State. Man, the bubble is loaded this year. Basically every bubble team won, and there are 3-4 confirmed times bid stealers now. Going to be interesting to see how this all plays out tomorrow.

Poor Indiana State. They have great metrics but they are almost certainly toast now. No chance of getting in.

 

[cncchris33]

I'm honestly not sure that Iowa State doesn't deserve the last 1 seed. 9 Q1 wins and only 1 Q2 loss.

 

[tev.sm]

That dude would get eaten alive in the SEC

Doubt it. He’s skilled offensively around the rim, has soft hands. Our S&C would’ve had him built like Awaka most likely to keep up defensively. Probably would resemble B.J. Mack from South Carolina.

 

[cncchris33]

Doubt it. He’s skilled offensively around the rim, has soft hands. Our S&C would’ve had him built like Awaka most likely to keep up defensively. Probably would resemble B.J. Mack from South Carolina.

That's a two-way street though. He's gotta want to do the work to get in shape. He didn't do it at Wofford or NC State, so I'm not certain why we'd believe he'd have done it at Tennessee.

 

[tev.sm]

That's a two-way street though. He's gotta want to do the work to get in shape. He didn't do it at Wofford or NC State, so I'm not certain why we'd believe he'd have done it at Tennessee.

That’s fair. Never said I believe he would’ve done it, clearly he enjoys food more than staying in-shape.

 

[johnfnkelly]

Doubt it. He’s skilled offensively around the rim, has soft hands. Our S&C would’ve had him built like Awaka most likely to keep up defensively. Probably would resemble B.J. Mack from South Carolina.

Dude was literally in UT’s S&C program and never came close to being an Awaka lmfao.

He’s at his 3rd program and still 270+, more than likely closer to 300. He never wanted to get in shape.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

UNC did just lose to a team that in the regular season is an NIT team if they don't win their conference tournament.

Doesn’t matter. Lunardi has his connections. I’m not saying NC should be the one seed. I’m not saying they shouldn’t. I’m saying it will. No need in anyone getting their hopes up.

 

[VolPack22]

North Carolina also has that bad loss to Georgia Tech. This will be their 4th Q2 loss on the season. Teams in the top 50 of the NET rankings (coming into today) with 4 or more Q2 losses:

Arizona
North Carolina
Duke
Creighton
Wisconsin
Colorado
Michigan State
Boise State
Clemson
Wake Forest
Washington State
Ohio State

ACC: 4
PAC-12: 3
Big 10: 3
Big East: 1
Mountain West: 1

Notice there is not a single SEC or Big 12 team with that many Q2 losses. You have to go all the way down to 93rd Ole Miss before you find a SEC team with 4 Q2 losses.

 

[tev.sm]

Dude was literally in UT’s S&C program and never came close to being an Awaka lmfao.

He’s at his 3rd program and still 270+, more than likely closer to 300. He never wanted to get in shape.

Also fair. Clearly he’s still able to play well offensively for a P5 program while being overweight. Regardless of being overweight, it’s hard to deny that he is skilled offensively and can hold his own in the SEC.

He put up 15 points against us on 6-10 shooting when we played them earlier this year.

 

[johnfnkelly]

Also fair. Clearly he’s still able to play well offensively for a P5 program while being overweight. Regardless of being overweight, it’s hard to deny that he is skilled offensively and can hold his own in the SEC.

He put up 15 points against us on 6-10 shooting when we played them earlier this year.

He can give you 15 but that’s it. He offers 0 rim protection and is a lazy rebounder.

 

[Volfan1000]

Upset Saturday will not be forgotten anytime soon in a few conferences.