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

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#21,201
VolCalls said:
We have to beat Alabama on March 1st. We don’t want to lose that game and be fighting for the last one seed on Selection Sunday. If it comes down to us or them, the committee will certainly look at the head-to-head result.

The SEC has a great shot at three #1 seeds, especially with Iowa State hitting the skids.
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If we finish 6-2 or better I think we have it. Bama is just now hitting the hard part of their schedule while we just finished ours. There are no easy games but Bama finishes with 7 straight ranked teams, including Auburn twice and road games at UT and at Mizzou. Losses are coming. They will end up a 2 seed. I think Auburn, Duke, and Houston have 1 seeds pretty locked, although Houston could falter. The last one could be ours, which seemed nearly impossible after losing to UK just a couple games ago to out as at 4-4 with ZZ ailing and 2 tough teams coming to town.
 
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walkenvol said:
4 total minutes last night? Seems like something more than just ego? Injured or cross ways with Cal? Barnes gave Dubar 4 minutes last night, but anyone who’s being realistic can see why.
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That was a joke.

He only played 10 against UK and 9 against Oklahoma. In fact, he's averaging 10.2 mpg across his last 5. He's being vastly outplayed by Ivisic, who is averaging 27.6 mpg and 10.8 pts, 7.2 rebs, 2 blks, and 1.6 assts over that same 5-gm stretch.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Chances he enters the portal again?
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Unless the 5th year plan is adopted, he'll be out of eligibility.

Can't imagine he commands much on the open market from a high major team unless he can really spin this year in his favor behind the scenes. By all appearances, he didn't work a lick in the offseason and instead got overpaid and just settled. I get he was injured in fall camp, but he's had about 5 good games this year, only 3 of which came against good competition. Poor investment for a guy who it's been questioned about how seriously he really took the game. That will be a tough sell.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Unless the 5th year plan is adopted, he'll be out of eligibility.

Can't imagine he commands much on the open market from a high major team unless he can really spin this year in his favor behind the scenes. By all appearances, he didn't work a lick in the offseason and instead got overpaid and just settled. I get he was injured in fall camp, but he's had about 5 good games this year, only 3 of which came against good competition. Poor investment for a guy who it's been questioned about how seriously he really took the game. That will be a tough sell.
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Oh yeah, I lost count of how much he had left. I can't keep up with it anymore.
 
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#21,207
hUTch2002 said:
If we finish 6-2 or better I think we have it. Bama is just now hitting the hard part of their schedule while we just finished ours. There are no easy games but Bama finishes with 7 straight ranked teams, including Auburn twice and road games at UT and at Mizzou. Losses are coming. They will end up a 2 seed. I think Auburn, Duke, and Houston have 1 seeds pretty locked, although Houston could falter. The last one could be ours, which seemed nearly impossible after losing to UK just a couple games ago to out as at 4-4 with ZZ ailing and 2 tough teams coming to town.
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I don’t think Houston is a #1 on anyone’s board at this point in time, so they are far from a “lock.” Right now the 1’s are Auburn, Duke, Alabama, and us. Don’t forget Bama has the #1 SOS and a win over Houston that could come up if those two teams are neck and neck.
 
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VolCalls said:
I don’t think Houston is a #1 on anyone’s board at this point in time, so they are far from a “lock.” Right now the 1’s are Auburn, Duke, Alabama, and us. Don’t forget Bama has the #1 SOS and a win over Houston that could come up if those two teams are neck and neck.
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Not saying that they deserve a 1 seed, but .... give this a look ... Bracketologists :: NCAA Tournament Resumes with NET Rankings.

Houston: A quick glance says they have 3/4 potential losses in the rest of their schedule. 3 top 25 teams with two of those games being on the road AND they play Baylor 2x.
Tennessee: A quick glance says they have 4 potential losses in the rest of their schedule. 4 top 25 teams. Three of those games are on the road!!!
Alabama: A quick glance says they have 5/6 potential losses in the rest of their schedule. 6 top 25 teams and two of those games are Auburn
Florida: A quick glance says they have 4 potential losses in the rest of their schedule. 4 top 25 teams, with the two best teams they are playing on the road.

The rest of the top 10 have similar situations playing a minimum of 3 top 20 teams ... so keep winning is the key to rising.
The game worth watching will be how well Alabama does at a revitalized Ark, that would be a better win than TN beating OU on the road.
My suspicion is that Alabama picks up 4 more losses.
Contrast that with Duke ... who will continue to pile up wins with 4 more Q3 games and basically their only real opportunities to lose are this weekend at # 26 Clemson and then 14 days later #23 Illinois @ MSG.
I will be pulling for Clemson with all that I got.
 
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SN-A-C Orange said:
Not saying that they deserve a 1 seed, but .... give this a look ... Bracketologists :: NCAA Tournament Resumes with NET Rankings.

Houston: A quick glance says they have 3/4 potential losses in the rest of their schedule. 3 top 25 teams with two of those games being on the road AND they play Baylor 2x.
Tennessee: A quick glance says they have 4 potential losses in the rest of their schedule. 4 top 25 teams. Three of those games are on the road!!!
Alabama: A quick glance says they have 5/6 potential losses in the rest of their schedule. 6 top 25 teams and two of those games are Auburn
Florida: A quick glance says they have 4 potential losses in the rest of their schedule. 4 top 25 teams, with the two best teams they are playing on the road.

The rest of the top 10 have similar situations playing a minimum of 3 top 20 teams ... so keep winning is the key to rising.
The game worth watching will be how well Alabama does at a revitalized Ark, that would be a better win than TN beating OU on the road.
My suspicion is that Alabama picks up 4 more losses.
Contrast that with Duke ... who will continue to pile up wins with 4 more Q3 games and basically their only real opportunities to lose are this weekend at # 26 Clemson and then 14 days later #23 Illinois @ MSG.
I will be pulling for Clemson with all that I got.
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I can’t see Alabama losing 4 games down the stretch - maybe 2 or at the most, 3. They’ve been too good on the road.
 
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VolCalls said:
I don’t think Houston is a #1 on anyone’s board at this point in time, so they are far from a “lock.” Right now the 1’s are Auburn, Duke, Alabama, and us. Don’t forget Bama has the #1 SOS and a win over Houston that could come up if those two teams are neck and neck.
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Fair. I’m putting stock is Kenpom and NET and Houston is 3rd in both and seems pretty locked in as they’ve been in front of us for a long time seemingly no matter what we do. I’m telling you though, Bama has 3 losses coming before the SEC tournament. They’ll end up a 2 seed.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
Fair. I’m putting stock is Kenpom and NET and Houston is 3rd in both and seems pretty locked in as they’ve been in front of us for a long time seemingly no matter what we do. I’m telling you though, Bama has at least 3 losses coming before the SEC tournament. They’ll end up a 2 seed.
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I wouldn't bet on that. Alabama is legit.
They probably split with Auburn, and hopefully we beat them. I don't see anyone else giving them much trouble.
I think Florida is the team sitting up high in the SEC that might be overrated, so I expect Alabama to beat them, too.

They may end up a 2 seed, but if they do it's because we get hot and win most all our games left. That, and beat them at home of course.
 
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VolCalls said:
I can’t see Alabama losing 4 games down the stretch - maybe 2 or at the most, 3. They’ve been too good on the road.
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They might not, but they have arguably the hardest remaining schedule in the SEC.

@Arkansas
@ Texas
#1 Auburn
@#15 Missouri
#14 Kentucky
#22 Mississippi State
@#4 Tennessee
#6 Florida
@#1 Auburn
 
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Anti-shunshinepumper said:
I wouldn't bet on that. Alabama is legit.
They probably split with Arkansas and hopefully we beat them. I don't see anyone else giving them much trouble.
I think Flordia is the team sitting up high in the SEC that might be overrated, so I expect Alabama to beat them, too.

They may end up a 2 seed, but if they do it's because we get hot and win most all our games left. That, and beat them Alabama at home of course.
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They still play Auburn twice. They go to Mizzou as well. 3 losses I stand by.
 
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Anti-shunshinepumper said:
I wouldn't bet on that. Alabama is legit.
They probably split with Arkansas and hopefully we beat them. I don't see anyone else giving them much trouble.
I think Flordia is the team sitting up high in the SEC that might be overrated, so I expect Alabama to beat them, too.

They may end up a 2 seed, but if they do it's because we get hot and win most all our games left. That, and beat them Alabama at home of course.
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I think you meant split with Auburn. That’s also what I think will happen, and I agree with you that Florida is overrated. Their SOS is terrible and they have one win over a ranked team. Gators will be an early exit in the NCAAT.
 
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cncchris33 said:
As I said, they may not, but that's a rough road. To only lose two, per your prediction, then they have to steal one of two vs Auburn or beat Tennessee on the road. I'd set the o/u at 3.
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I mean they could lose 3 more this SEC season. Auburn could lose 3 too for that matter. IMO not likely, tho. They are #1 in total ppg and #3 in offensive efficiency. Couple that with the fact they have only lost one SEC game so far, and that's why I say not likely.
Arguably, they have the best offensive in the nation. They do give up some points on defense, but their defensive efficiency has been improving. I think they are ranked like 40 now. Not too bad considering they were outside the top 100 last year, and made a final four run. I'd say it's safe to say they are even better this year than last.
They essentially have the same team but an improved version of last year's team.

Having said all that, I sincerely hope they lose 3🙂. For many reasons, but mainly because that means we most likely will have beaten them. If they lose 3 ,and we beat them, I'd say that #1 seed is ours.

As far as stealing one on the road against us or Auburn (we almost beat Auburn at home), I'd say they get one of those for sure.
If they don't, they could still beat Auburn at home. I honestly think they beat Florida, and I don't see Missouri being able to beat them, either.
The teams that beat them ( IMO) are going to have a really high defensive efficiency.
Missouri is 51 , and while Florida is #14 in regards, I think that's because they have had an easier schedule this year. Like I said in my other reply, I believe they are a bit overrated.
 
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#21,220
cncchris33 said:
They might not, but they have arguably the hardest remaining schedule in the SEC.

@Arkansas
@ Texas
#1 Auburn
@#15 Missouri
#14 Kentucky
#22 Mississippi State
@#4 Tennessee
#6 Florida
@#1 Auburn
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They won’t lose all 5 road games, but that’s a brutal set of road games. Arkansas is playing better, Texas is a tough out in Austin, Mizzou is a beast on its home floor, we typically take care of business in FCC, and Auburn is a nightmarish place to play.

They’ll win one of them, maybe two, but if they win more than two of those road games, then they deserve to win the league imo.
 
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VolCalls said:
I think you meant split with Auburn. That’s also what I think will happen, and I agree with you that Florida is overrated. Their SOS is terrible and they have one win over a ranked team. Gators will be an early exit in the NCAAT.
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Yeah, I meant Auburn. But yeah as far as Florida, if you take out that anomaly with us, they haven't really did anything that impressive. Like you said, weaker SOS, too.
Hell, South Carolina had them handily beat before they decided to pull an epic collapse in the last 10 minutes or so.
 
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VolsAgainstTheWorld15 said:
They won’t lose all 5 road games, but that’s a brutal set of road games. Arkansas is playing better, Texas is a tough out in Austin, Mizzou is a beast on its home floor, we typically take care of business in FCC, and Auburn is a nightmarish place to play.

They’ll win one of them, maybe two, but if they win more than two of those road games, then they deserve to win the league imo.
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Despite how they necessarily end up finishing in their remaining games, I really do believe they end up handing Auburn one of their only SEC losses this year.
 
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VolCalls said:
I can’t see Alabama losing 4 games down the stretch - maybe 2 or at the most, 3. They’ve been too good on the road.
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They have but their toughest are to come. I agree though, 3 tops. Still have road games at UT, Mizzou, Auburn, Texas and Arkansas. Home games against Auburn and Florida won’t be easy either. I don’t see less than 2 losses either so 2 or 3 losses makes sense. It literally could come down to our game against them for a 1 seed.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
If we finish 6-2 or better I think we have it. Bama is just now hitting the hard part of their schedule while we just finished ours. There are no easy games but Bama finishes with 7 straight ranked teams, including Auburn twice and road games at UT and at Mizzou. Losses are coming. They will end up a 2 seed. I think Auburn, Duke, and Houston have 1 seeds pretty locked, although Houston could falter. The last one could be ours, which seemed nearly impossible after losing to UK just a couple games ago to out as at 4-4 with ZZ ailing and 2 tough teams coming to town.
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As bad as UK has played since they beat us, they're actually due for a high level game. We can beat them in Rupp, but if we don't winning all the others will be fine and dandy
 
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