If bracketmatrix is correct ....

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lawgator1 said:

You'd be the second of the 2 seeds, which, if they did the usual bracket of lowest 1 gets highest 2, then you'd theoretically be facing Houston for a spot in the FF, and imo Houston's actually the weakest of the 1's. Most susceptible, anyway.
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The bracketing principles used by the selection committee indicate they try to keep those on the top 4 seed lines as close to home as possible while maintaining competitive balance. Whomever is #5, whether it’s us, Alabama, or Michigan State, will go to the Midwest, while the second #2 seed will go to the East.
 
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lawgator1 said:

You'd be the second of the 2 seeds, which, if they did the usual bracket of lowest 1 gets highest 2, then you'd theoretically be facing Houston for a spot in the FF, and imo Houston's actually the weakest of the 1's. Most susceptible, anyway.
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Yeah, they may be the weakest of the 1’s but I don’t love the matchup
 
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ESPN's Joe Lunardi Drops Tennessee Basketball Below Alabama In Latest Bracketology Update | Rocky Top Insider

ESPN's Joe Lunardi drops Tennessee basketball below Alabama in his latest bracketology update following the Tide's win over Auburn.
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Tennessee entered Saturday as the top two-seed matched with Houston in the Midwest Region but is now the two-seed in the East Region with Duke. Lunardi did not specifically state that Tennessee has fallen behind Alabama in his rankings but the seeding more-or-less says the same thing.
 
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2 questions that are relevant to the topic…

1. You aren’t getting Auburn or Florida, so only choice is Duke or Houston as your 1, who’s your choice?

2. Now outside of that matchup you may consider who’s most likely to not reach the E8, you may not like the matchup but think one team has a better chance at not making it to that game where we’d meet then?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
2 questions that are relevant to the topic…

1. You aren’t getting Auburn or Florida, so only choice is Duke or Houston as your 1, who’s your choice?

2. Now outside of that matchup you may consider who’s most likely to not reach the E8, you may not like the matchup but think one team has a better chance at not making it to that game where we’d meet then?
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I'd rather be in Houston's bracket...

Duke has played 10 guys at least 10 minutes and 20 games, of those 10 players the shorest is 6'5" they have length at every position and Kentucky and Florida showed we struggle against length.

Houston on the other hand plays 8 guys 10 minutes or more and in 20 games, of those 8 guys only 4 of them are 6'5" or taller and the rest are all under 6'5". Their biggest player is just 6'8" we've had better luck matching up with smaller teams like this where we can play Shack at the 4 and roll with 1 big.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
I'd rather be in Houston's bracket...

Duke has played 10 guys at least 10 minutes and 20 games, of those 10 players the shorest is 6'5" they have length at every position and Kentucky and Florida showed we struggle against length.

Houston on the other hand plays 8 guys 10 minutes or more and in 20 games, of those 8 guys only 4 of them are 6'5" or taller and the rest are all under 6'5". Their biggest player is just 6'8" we've had better luck matching up with smaller teams like this where we can play Shack at the 4 and roll with 1 big.
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I personally think Houston is also more likely to get beat than Duke prior to the E8, add that in to liking that matchup more and feels like an easy answer.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I personally think Houston is also more likely to get beat than Duke prior to the E8, add that in to liking that matchup more and feels like an easy answer.
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Duke's inexperience COULD be a weakness for them, but man...it's hard to think with how much talent, size, and depth they have those guys won't be able to at least make an Elite 8 run. Stranger things have happened...but I agree. Houston running into a low seed that can't miss and not having enough offensive juice themselves to keep pace seems far more likely.


Oddly enough I'd actually pick Auburn as my most likely to get upset of the 1 seeds....crazy I know, but to be that old of a team and also that immature wouldn't surprise me at all if one of their key players makes a bonehead foul to get tossed.
 
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JohnnyJava said:
Is Tennessee eliminated as a 1 seed, even if winning SEC tournament? Anyone know?
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The consensus will be "yes".

I think if we do advance to Sunday's championship game and it includes a solid win against Auburn on Saturday, we could be moved to the 1 line. Houston might need to get upset early in their tournament. Maybe Florida too
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
2 questions that are relevant to the topic…

1. You aren’t getting Auburn or Florida, so only choice is Duke or Houston as your 1, who’s your choice?

2. Now outside of that matchup you may consider who’s most likely to not reach the E8, you may not like the matchup but think one team has a better chance at not making it to that game where we’d meet then?
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I want to play Duke. I wanna beat em.

And I think we match up with them as well as anyone.
 
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