If the conference tournaments mean very little to the committee. Then rest your starters.

[SWS22]

If the conference tournament results mean very little to the committee. Then just rest your starters until the big dance.

 

[Plateauvol]

If the conference tournament results mean very little to the committee. Then just rest your starters until the big dance.

exactly

 

[therealitytheory]

Would be a better take if we hadn't just won a very precious title.....SEC CHAMPS.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

At the very least they need to move it up a day so the championship is on Saturday. Having it on Sunday seems to make it a non-factor, or at least part of the reason.

 

[SWS22]

Would be a better take if we hadn't just won a very precious title.....SEC CHAMPS.

However, if your like Kentucky. Who’s won the sec tournament a zillion times. And your 30-2 going into the conference tournament. Why play your starters? Your still going to get a number 1 seed in the big dance.

 

[DuckInAPen]

I understand the sentiment, but winning the conference tournament is a real achievement that can't be taken away from our team. Even if it didn't help our seeding, the wins can only have increased our team's confidence and cohesiveness heading into the Big Dance. It is a travesty, though, that these hard-fought games were not given any weight.

 

[DuckInAPen]

At the very least they need to move it up a day so the championship is on Saturday. Having it on Sunday seems to make it a non-factor, or at least part of the reason.

Another advantage of a Saturday championship game would be that it would allow the champions a full day to savor their victory before getting cheated by the NCAA tournament committee.

 

[wmcovol]

Jay Bilas just said “conference tournaments are only about automatic seeds & knocking other teams out.” If that’s the case, shut it down or just play backups.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Jay Bilas just said “conference tournaments are only about automatic seeds & knocking other teams out.” If that’s the case, shut it down or just play backups.

Exactly. If it is just about an automatic bid and is irrelevant when it comes to seeding, then the teams that are safely in the NCAAT shouldn't even show up for conference tournaments.

 

[SWS22]

I understand the sentiment, but winning the conference tournament is a real achievement that can't be taken away from our team. Even if it didn't help our seeding, the wins can only have increased our team's confidence and cohesiveness heading into the Big Dance. It is a travesty, though, that these hard-fought games were not given any weight.

If you have already won the regular season conference championship. Then that’s something that can’t be taking away from you. Then rest your starters in the conference tournament. And get ready for the big dance.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Next year, first game after the tip off all our team just does a flash mob dance the rest of the game.

 

[SWS22]

Exactly. If it is just about an automatic bid and is irrelevant when it comes to seeding, then the teams that are safely in the NCAAT shouldn't even show up for conference tournaments.

Also, could the power 5 conference tournaments games become like a meaningless college football bowl game. Where last year players set out and just get ready for the NFL.

 

[Eastknox865]

If the conference tournament results mean very little to the committee. Then just rest your starters until the big dance.

If Kentucky had won the tournament they would have been a number 1 seed and they would have said that was the determining factor

 

[PandamoniumReigns]

If Kentucky had won the tournament they would have been a number 1 seed and they would have said that was the determining factor

I don't always agree with alot of what you say....but this is spot on.

 

[TooLegit2Quit]

Jay Bilas just said “conference tournaments are only about automatic seeds & knocking other teams out.” If that’s the case, shut it down or just play backups.

Lmao, as if our resume wasn't better than Duke's before the conference tournament. The committee is a subjective circle jerk, nothing new here. But lmao at some of these talking heads trying to handwave/rationalize the BS.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Wonder how the NCAA and the selection committee would have appreciated it if Barnes would have played the third string knowing that was the only way Texas A&M was going to get in and bring all that extra money to SEC. That would have helped the SEC get another team in, the starters would get another rest day and the committee would not look like idiots by making Tennessee a 3 seed. I mean if conference tournament doesn’t matter shouldn’t it help conferences like the one Davidson plays in to get an extra team in? Asking for a friend.

 

[DuckInAPen]

I understand the sentiment, but winning the conference tournament is a real achievement that can't be taken away from our team. Even if it didn't help our seeding, the wins can only have increased our team's confidence and cohesiveness heading into the Big Dance. It is a travesty, though, that these hard-fought games were not given any weight.

A consideration that deserves to be weighed against my argument, though -- imagine if Chandler's ankle injury had been worse and we lost him (and he a more lucrative NBA contract) in what the tournament committee treated more or less as an exhibition.

 

[ZZ13]

If the conference tournament results mean very little to the committee. Then just rest your starters until the big dance.

Good idea. Just once every 43 years give it your all and win the thing to keep the fans happy.

 

[cncchris33]

Pretending to guess what matters to the committee from year to year is a fool's errand. The president just said in an interview and hour ago that they put emphasis on Quad 1 wins and conference tournaments. Obviously, that is a lie.

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

Jay Bilas just said “conference tournaments are only about automatic seeds & knocking other teams out.” If that’s the case, shut it down or just play backups.

Exactly. Just get rid of it. Just decide the winner of the conference and be rid of the tournament man. The title was so sweet today but the ncaa ended it with a sour taste in our mouths telling us it don’t matter.

 

[Sudden Impact]

But the Committee Chair stated that the Conference Championship made a difference in his interview. A bold face lie.

 

[BreatheUT]

If Kentucky had won the tournament they would have been a number 1 seed and they would have said that was the determining factor

Exactly. They were talking about that prior to our game with them.

Are they discounting our SEC tournament championship because it was against Texas A&M? It's pretty hilarious we beat Arizona, Auburn and won the season series against Kentucky and we get a 3 seed. Every team we lost to made the tournament.

 

[HarderKnox59]

Get use to it boy's and girls your a VOL it will always be this way no matter the sport.

 

[wmcovol]

Also, could the power 5 conference tournaments games become like a meaningless college football bowl game. Where last year players set out and just get ready for the NFL.

Yeah, I can see they’ll regret letting that get out.

 

[i2amavol]

I understand the sentiment, but winning the conference tournament is a real achievement that can't be taken away from our team. Even if it didn't help our seeding, the wins can only have increased our team's confidence and cohesiveness heading into the Big Dance. It is a travesty, though, that these hard-fought games were not given any weight.

Fulky cutting down the nets. I didn't get to see this live. What is up with that?