Lunardi said he would have made TN a 2 seed

[VolDaddy61]

He's getting that smoke from his lame @$$ explanation of the seeding....to late to back track now.

 

[golfballs]

 

[golfballs]

He really is an idiot.

This isn’t about Villanova. Who we played in our 3rd game of the season. More relevant… It’s about Kentucky who we beat twice in the last month. Auburn who we beat. And Duke who we are undeniably better than. This guy is such a clown. He needs to quit talking and just go away

 

[tnutater]

Yeah, that makes no sense. He said very clearly that according to "his metrics" we were behind both AU and UK, and that the committee would "certainly" not put us over Duke. It's such a sham. Nothing to do now, but play with a chip on our shoulder. I would rather be where we are as a 3 seed than where Duke is as a 2.

I wonder if Vegas sets the seeds.
Both AU and KY have better odds of winning it all than UT.
I did not count but there might be 9 teams with better odds, Duke being one of those.
Makes as much sense as any other explanation we have been fed.

 

[VolPack22]

Villanova deserved to be a 2 seed. Duke is the one that didn’t deserve it. Lunardi is an idiot. He must have gotten blasted by everyone and this is his way of trying to appease everyone.

 

[DC_Vol]

He really is an idiot.

This isn’t about Villanova. Who we played in our 3rd game of the season. More relevant… It’s about Kentucky who we beat twice in the last month. Auburn who we beat. And Duke who we are undeniably better than. This guy is such a clown. He needs to quit talking and just go away

He’s so condescending. No discussion of the other 2 seeds…Duke being the most obvious issue.

He could make it all go away by saying what is likely the truth: sorry, the committee had already made their picks on 1-15 last week, and they weren’t going to change it based on the outcome of the SEC tournament.

 

[pasadenavol]

Still a douche bag... He's having to back track his lame comments from the past two weeks...

 

[greenbacknative]

He said yesterday it didn't matter that we won the tourney. But today he's backtracking..things that make you go Hmmmmm.

 

[feathersax]

Villanova over Tennessee - "Legit because of head to head."

Auburn, UK over Tennessee - "Head to head doesn't matter."

He's too chickens*** to really take a side. He should have just said the committee decided a week ago (maybe even a month ago) that a 3 was our ceiling and it sucks but that's the truth. Him trying to justify it made it worse because you can tell he KNOWS what there isn't anything logical to say to defend it and it gets down to special treatment/committee made up their minds before the SECT.

That sort of contradiction reminds me of certain politicians.

 

[sechamp2012]

Lunardi is talking out of both sides of his mouth to appeal to every possible audience. He defended Tennessee as a 3, and now says they deserve a 2 and that is where he'd have them if he had a vote.

IMO he does that because he goes home every night and pinches himself and is amazed at the job that was gifted. This one-time St Joe staffer just can't believe this no-loss assignment. He will do anything to appease the ones that have given him this podium. His job is to protect them.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

We have a legit argument for a 2 seed but lets also be honest and not make up crap. In this article, Lunardi did not say the head to head with Villanova was the deciding factor. He said he had no problem with us being the spot right behind Villanova who beat us head to head. Villanova is one spot behind us in NET rankings and has a solid resume. I think he is right. If we were one spot above Villanova they would have a much stronger complaint than we do. That does not explain Duke being ahead of us. The other issue is that, yes, we are playing great at the end of the year. The selection committee has stated flat out that they do not look at trends, right or wrong, meaning winning early is just as relevant as winning late. My biggest issue with Duke is they have not beaten anyone in the top 20 since before Thanksgiving, but that is irrelevant in the stated criteria. The biggest issue should be the vast difference in NET rating between us and Duke, which I thought was a stated factor in selection. Either way, the truth is a high 3 is not really different than a low 2. The worst scenario is we cry about it and get put out early. We are in a better spot than Duke. And Villanova got screwed with us as there 3. Hard to beat any team twice, especially one as hot as we are, and who played one of their worst games of the year against you the first time with multiple freshmen early in their first year.

No, but he is still employing a double standard when it comes to whether H2H matters or not. He threw in the Villanova H2H in a tweet in an attempt to shut everyone up like it was a mic drop moment. He wouldn't be getting crapped on about it if he hadn't said on national television Sunday that us going 3-1 against UK and Auburn "doesn't matter". That was the exact phrase he used. The Villanova comparison is almost a strawman because hardly anyone is complaining about them, it's Duke and to an extent UK. He kept pointing out we "tied" for 2nd in the SEC and said it like it was a knock against us but never mentioned the team we tied for 2nd with......Kentucky....who we went 2-1 against....