Lunardi just said after the game

[orangelo]

Lunardi is not the selection committee.

No he’s not but if you don’t think his word has weight you are sorely mistaken

 

[Jxn Vol]

He looked like he knew he wasn’t making sense. Almost like he had a gun trained on him off camera.
Like a hostage.

 

[SDV]

Even argued we didn’t finish 2nd in the league, pointing out that technically we “tied for 2nd.”
That statement alone discounted his entire argument imo.

What’s his beef against us? Is there history?

 

[Voltopia]

If there was a jackass tournament, Lunardi would definitely be a 1 seed.

 

[UTK]

If Kentucky gets a higher seed no one could ever deny pure bias at this point.

 

[BenGrimm]

What’s his record for being correct on such things?

I saw him say it and it made no sense. If resume and and head to head don’t matter then why play the games?

 

[omghulkhands]

If Kentucky gets a higher seed no one could ever deny pure bias at this point.

IMO that’s why he has UK and Duke ahead of us. He knows the committee will favor them.

 

[eVOLve]

We need a @ list for all the selection members on twitter so we can do what Volnation does and get our team seeded where they belong!

 

[ZZ13]

Good grief, folks. Quit cluttering up this beautiful day with Threads about a wannabe peon Lunardi. Enjoy the next few hours and just wait and watch what the real committee does.

 

[LadyinOrange]

If there was a jackass tournament, Lunardi would definitely be a 1 seed.

Undefeated champion, even.

 

[OHvol40]

His reasoning and comments were some of the dumbest crap I have ever heard from an analyst.

He didn’t even give a reasoning, he basically just said “because that’s the way it is.” He can’t even explain himself because there is no explanation.

 

[Salvare]

He also said there's no way Purdue could be dropped because it would require them to redo the whole bracket. As if it were impossible to have multiple brackets depending on results.

 

[Thorp32]

Lunardi is on average about 52% correct on seeding teams. Not much better than a guess. He is simply trying to sell soap digging the vols

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

Lunardi (paraphrased) ~ "I said Auburn and Kentucky were better than Tennessee since the beginning of the season, and I have no reason to change my mind now even though Tennessee has a 3-1 record against them."

 

[JohnMcA60]

Auburn shouldn’t be a 2. They have been awful in February. They are on the downslide

 

[SouthKnoxVol70]

Joe Lunardi is the type of dude that makes you wanna punch him right in the mouth . Bet your sweet arse he would have put KY as a #1 if they would have been SEC Champs .

 

[FranklinVFL]

2nd in regular season (one behind the regular season champs

3-1 vs UK and UA
2nd most quad 1 wins in nation
No losses to teams outside of quad 1
SEC Tournament Champions

I mean…what more do you have to do?

 

[eVOLve]

We won head to head twice. Lunar do is a tool

 

[Vol49er]

Lunardi (paraphrased) ~ "I said Auburn and Kentucky were better than Tennessee since the beginning of the season, and I have no reason to change my mind now even though Tennessee has a 3-1 record against them."

People will think this is a joke but it’s seriously what he said

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

He knows he can say that and get thousands of hits from VolTwitter. Don’t give that ass wipe the clicks.

 

[Delmar]

Lundari yes, but you can't lump all of ESPN in with him. Most everyone else so far today says we're a 2.

Exactly. Can’t lump all of them together. Seth Greenberg who I respect a lot more than Lunardi asked why we aren’t a 1 seed. Our resume is better than a couple of them.

 

[onevol74]

What’s his record for being correct on such things?

I saw him say it and it made no sense. If resume and and head to head don’t matter then why play the games?

That was exactly what I was thinking. Why in the hell do we play the games if they preset the seeds?

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

that Tennessee is still a 3 seed. Also said that they have been behind in the pecking order all year to Auburn and Kentucky and Tennessee’s head to head wins against them “really doesn’t matter”. Just blows my mind the disrespect UT is getting.
Nevermind that TN’s resume is now better in every way than any other team in the SEC

We can’t worry and fret over that just go play our game and things will take care of themselves. I agree, but we just need to use it as motivation and take care of business.

 

[Maxwell865]

I’m still confused at why Michigan is even on the bubble. They are 17-14 with 2 ranked wins the whole season and a handful of bad losses. Texas A & M (23 wins) has 2 top 15 wins in the past 3 days

 

[ReggieJohnsonFan]

When I checked this morning before the game, UT was # 8 in both Ken Pom and NET. For Lunardi to say categorically that UT is # 3 seed without question is ridiculous.