Importance of the Vanderbilt Game

#28
#28
hatvol96 said:
A good rule of thumb for having a successful conference season in basketball is: Win your home games, split your road games. That makes tomorrow night's game, in my eyes, one of the key games of the season. There are three road games, Florida, Kentucky, and Arkansas that I am counting as probable losses. Therefore, to get 4 conference road wins, UT must win 4 of the remaining 5. Auburn should be an easy victory. Of the other 4, I think Vanderbilt is the game next in line of probability of a Vol win. If you let the game tomorrow night get away, it becomes difficult to see UT playing .500 ball on the road. That won't doom the season entirely, but it will eliminate UT from contention for a conference title in short order.
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#33
utfantilidie said:
How high is the bar set at for the Vols this year for it to be successful season?
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hatvol96 said:
Given this team's youth, I consider an NCAA tournament appearance to be success.
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I agree - just getting into the tourney with this, one of Bruce Pearl's youngest teams ever, is an accomplishment. I thought before the season started that the Vols were an NCAA Tourney bubble team.

People's expectations have gotten bigger because of the 12-2 (now 12-3) start, and we do have some good resume wins - Memphis, Texas, Oklahoma State. But don't forget that we are counting on 4 freshmen to make big contributions in order for us to win, and that the SEC is a very tough conference this year, maybe the nation's toughest.
 
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