Lunardi has us as the last team in

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We have virtually the same resume as Wichita St. (not to mention we beat them), but Lunardi has them at a 6 seed. Whats the deal with that?
 
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Imagine...On Feb 10, before the South Carolina game...

We had just lost 2 in a row.

If someone would have told us that UT needed to win 8 of their last 9, including wins over Kentucky, Florida, and Missouri... just to be considered for the NCAA Tournament.

We would have given a better chance of Pigs Flying.

Wow... what a gutzy finish to the season by CCM and the Vols. :bow2:
 
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Nah, we're in. Jimmy Dykes already has us in before Mizzouri, and a win kept us in. Unless we lose bad in game 1, we're in. Our resume is just that much better than most other bubbles teams. They were saying our resume was better than Witchita State and theyre an 9 seed right now. And we beat them, so i dont see how we could get shafted here.
 
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But i do agree with you in the fact that the team shouldnt have that mindset, they shouldnt settle, they should think theyre not in yet, because winning some games in sec tourney would help a lot.
 
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I think we end up making the dance. We do need to win a couple of games in the SEC tourney IMO
 
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Things in Nashville hurting a alot. Very interested to see where lunar do puts the bruins after this
 
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VinylVol said:
Nah, we're in. Jimmy Dykes already has us in before Mizzouri, and a win kept us in. Unless we lose bad in game 1, we're in. Our resume is just that much better than most other bubbles teams. They were saying our resume was better than Witchita State and theyre an 9 seed right now. And we beat them, so i dont see how we could get shafted here.
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Keep in mind we're talking about a group of stuffy, grumpy, holier-than-thou old codgers making the picks & decisions. The only way it would be a group worse than them is if they let the congress & senate pick the teams! Anything can happen! I think we are in though ...
 
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Tennessee is in a very precarious situation. Sure, all Tennessee has do to is keep winning, but to think they'll get to Sunday is a pipe dream. If Tennessee loses the first game in the SECT, 19-12 and the decrease in RPI to go along with it..Tennessee is out. If Tennessee wins one and loses one, still 20-12, RPI doesn't change much from where it is now and it's still verrry close.

That's just Tennessee....one or two conference tourney champ upsets in the smaller conferences can hurt Tennessee badly by taking one of those last spots.

I think Tennessee's poor performances early in the season create a "have to win" situation at the end...and they did well beating some good teams. The last Georgia loss is what is keeping us on the bubble.

We will all be crossing fingers on Sunday after the tourney.
 
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I say we win the SEC tourney and get in and leave no doubt and Definitely don't leave it up to the opinion of the NCAA selection committee....
 
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Larkin said:
Tennessee is in a very precarious situation. Sure, all Tennessee has do to is keep winning, but to think they'll get to Sunday is a pipe dream. If Tennessee loses the first game in the SECT, 19-12 and the decrease in RPI to go along with it..Tennessee is out. If Tennessee wins one and loses one, still 20-12, RPI doesn't change much from where it is now and it's still verrry close.

That's just Tennessee....one or two conference tourney champ upsets in the smaller conferences can hurt Tennessee badly by taking one of those last spots.

I think Tennessee's poor performances early in the season create a "have to win" situation at the end...and they did well beating some good teams. The last Georgia loss is what is keeping us on the bubble.

We will all be crossing fingers on Sunday after the tourney.
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Honestly, I think this is right. A second loss to AL, with Ole MIss already sweeping us and on the bubble themselves, and I think we are out. We need to get past AL, in my honest opinion.
Has anyone heard where they moved Baylor after that beating they gave KU?
 
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They ought to let Lunardi pick the 64 and skip the committee BS. He does a lot more research than the blockheads on the committee. I'm sure the committee members pay pretty close attention to his 64.

We do need to win our first tourney game and get to 20 wins.
 
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armchair said:
They ought to let Lunardi pick the 64 and skip the committee BS. He does a lot more research than the blockheads on the committee. I'm sure the committee members pay pretty close attention to his 64.

We do need to win our first tourney game and get to 20 wins.
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LOL we damn sure weren't saying that about Lunardi last year haha. I'd just like to beat Bama's ass and not worry about it.
 
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BigOrangeCrush32 said:
I say we win the SEC tourney and get in and leave no doubt and Definitely don't leave it up to the opinion of the NCAA selection committee....
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Exactly. Am I the only thinking we have a good shot to win the tourney? I mean we beat the top two teams in the sec in the last two weeks, just beat a really solid mizzou team and have tons of momentum. Yes we lost to Georgia but I would lay money if we saw them a third time we would handle them. This team is clicking really well right now and anything is possible
 
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Who knows exactly what we need. For teams on the bubble it's always a bit of a guessing game. I think to be safe, we have to win two games in the SEC tourney. Anything less than that and we are no lock to make the field. That being said, the fact that the committee places a lot of emphasis on the last ten games and at worst we'll be 8-2 in those games does help us.
 
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Ertel said:
Exactly. Am I the only thinking we have a good shot to win the tourney? I mean we beat the top two teams in the sec in the last two weeks, just beat a really solid mizzou team and have tons of momentum. Yes we lost to Georgia but I would lay money if we saw them a third time we would handle them. This team is clicking really well right now and anything is possible
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The fact that we lost to Georgia twice tells me Tennessee isn't consistent enough to win the SEC tourney.
 
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Larkin said:
The fact that we lost to Georgia twice tells me Tennessee isn't consistent enough to win the SEC tourney.
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Or maybe we just don't match up well with UGA? The fact that we have been in almost every game tells me we have a shot.
 
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Nashville gets more of a home-court advantage in Nashville than anyone else (probably even Vanderbilt) for the SECT.

They play much better with a big fan base there to back em up.
 
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Larkin said:
The fact that we lost to Georgia twice tells me Tennessee isn't consistent enough to win the SEC tourney.
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UT was consistent enough to beat Florida, Missouri, and curbstomp Kentucky.

UT is just a bad matchup with UGA. There's about seven teams that can win the SEC tourney
 
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Larkin said:
The fact that we lost to Georgia twice tells me Tennessee isn't consistent enough to win the SEC tourney.
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I kinda agree. I love the enthusiasm, but people are forgetting that in our recent hot stretch, we've had some pretty good breaks go our way. If any of those 4 OT or buzzer-beater type games go the other way, it's over. Granted, they DIDN"T!!! But we are still a team that needs to take the floor each game with a healthy knowledge that it could all end today lol
 
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Does Belmont go if they lose? The commentators act like they don't. In which case it doesn't matter
 
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ShowSomePride said:
Nashville gets more of a home-court advantage in Nashville than anyone else (probably even Vanderbilt) for the SECT.

They play much better with a big fan base there to back em up.
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Vandy won't have anybody there. They had less than a 1k at a game there vs mtsu ealier in the year
 
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The fact that we went on a 6 game win streak while beating the two best teams in the SEC makes me believe we are consistent enough to win the SEC tourney, or at least enough games to get an NCAA bid.
 
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