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#377
#377
5-3 is probable but 4-4 is very possible over next 8.

Ky is a FF team
Auburn is toss up. Could be the game that puts us at projected 5-3 or 4-4
Ark at TBA is toss up
Ark away is L.

Tonight at MSU is a tossup.
 
#378
#378
Imo there is only one for sure L the rest of the way, and it’s the away game at Arkansas. The rest are very winnable.
 
#379
#379
Tonight is the biggest game of the year, imo. A win is huge. Probably, almost guarantees a double bye in the SEC Tourney and another potential Quad 1 win and moves UT firmly into a 4th seed in "The Big Dance". A loss will not be catastrophic, but will make everyone of the above scenarios, just a little harder to achieve. If UT wins and takes care of Vandy @ TBA, then the UK game becomes the biggest game of the year, next week
 
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#380
#380
The Dog said:
Tonight is the biggest game of the year, imo. A win is huge. Probably, almost guarantees a double bye in the SEC Tourney and another potential Quad 1 win and moves UT firmly into a 4th seed in "The Big Dance". A loss will not be catastrophic, but will make everyone of the above scenarios, just a little harder to achieve. If UT wins and takes care of Vandy @ TBA, then the UK game becomes the biggest game of the year, next week
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I would tend to agree with everything you said, except that the UK is also the biggest game of the year lol. I think there is only one “biggest” game and I do think this might be it. Your first game post-ORN injury. A win virtually guarantees you a Double Bye. A win also allows you to play with house money the rest of the way and makes the UK and Auburn games nice resume boosters but not a “must win.”

All that being said, a loss doesn’t kill you but at some point we need to string together a nice little win streak and what better time to do that than now.
 
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#381
TheMookieMonster said:
I would tend to agree with everything you said, except that the UK is also the biggest game of the year lol. I think there is only one “biggest” game and I do think this might be it. Your first game post-ORN injury. A win virtually guarantees you a Double Bye. A win also allows you to play with house money the rest of the way and makes the UK and Auburn games nice resume boosters but not a “must win.”

All that being said, a loss doesn’t kill you but at some point we need to string together a nice little win streak and what better time to do that than now.
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The next game is always the biggest game. But win tonight and Saturday against Vandy, then the UK game becomes a battle for 2nd in the SEC and another Quad 1 win
 
#382
#382
The Dog said:
The next game is always the biggest game. But win tonight and Saturday against Vandy, then the UK game becomes a battle for 2nd in the SEC and another Quad 1 win
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Yeah, true. I just don’t care that much about the UK game right now. I think it’s big but a loss to a Top 3-5 team will never hurt you. A loss to MSU wouldn’t be awful but a win can really relieve a LOT of pressure down the stretch.
 
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#383
TheMookieMonster said:
Yeah, true. I just don’t care that much about the UK game right now. I think it’s big but a loss to a Top 3-5 team will never hurt you. A loss to MSU wouldn’t be awful but a win can really relieve a LOT of pressure down the stretch.
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Yeah, right now UK is at least a 2 seed, probably a 1 seed. So a loss wouldn't hurt at all, even @TBA, but a win will be gigantic. Plus, nothing gives me as much joy as busting the Mildcats a$$, in basketball
 
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#385
#385
TheMookieMonster said:
Yeah, true. I just don’t care that much about the UK game right now. I think it’s big but a loss to a Top 3-5 team will never hurt you. A loss to MSU wouldn’t be awful but a win can really relieve a LOT of pressure down the stretch.
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Yea, a win tonight just makes things “easier” if you will.
 
#386
#386
This was an impressive win but I’m still worried about our non-Fulk/JJJ/Plav bigs. Aidoo showed the most to me personality. I guess you probably can’t do the Bailey/Powell thing with Aidoo and BHH but I would be tempted to
 
#387
#387
Lankykong said:
This was an impressive win but I’m still worried about our non-Fulk/JJJ/Plav bigs. Aidoo showed the most to me personality. I guess you probably can’t do the Bailey/Powell thing with Aidoo and BHH but I would be tempted to
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I wanna see data tomorrow, but sure feels like outside the first 3 minutes our double post lineups didn’t go much, and our small ball was effective…now a major issue is staying out of foul trouble with that lineup, but still.
 
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#392
#392
bleedingTNorange said:
Liked what he did, didn’t try to do too much offensively which is a blessing for this team…I would throw him out there in more 4+1 lineups…let him block shots, try and get rebounds, garbage put backs.
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Yeah, the only thing I didn't like was that 15 foot jumper, early in the shot clock. Although, if he hit it, it would have been nice
 
#394
#394
The Dog said:
Yeah, the only thing I didn't like was that 15 foot jumper, early in the shot clock. Although, if he hit it, it would have been nice
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Didn’t like the result but like that he was open and had the confidence to take it. Showed me he makes those in practice as Barnes didn’t sit him.
 
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#397
#397
Ok, we sit at

We face Vandy, KY, @AR, @MO, AU, @GA, AR. I think we lose to both KY and AU. We don't match up well against either. I think we split with AR. That leaves Vandy, GA, and MO. I think we win 2 of those three. Even if we win one of those I pegged as losses, that puts us at 17-6 8 -3 20-10 or 21-9, 11-7 or 12-8. Does that put us at a double bye?
 
#398
#398
InVOLuntary said:
Ok, we sit at

We face Vandy, KY, @AR, @MO, AU, @GA, AR. I think we lose to both KY and AU. We don't match up well against either. I think we split with AR. That leaves Vandy, GA, and MO. I think we win 2 of those three. Even if we win one of those I pegged as losses, that puts us at 17-6 8 -3 20-10 or 21-9, 11-7 or 12-8. Does that put us at a double bye?
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Losing the double bye is extremely improbable, now, outside of a total collapse (doing worse than 4-3 in our last 7). We have a 2-gm lead and the tiebreaker over our two closest opponents in the standings (Florida and MSU). LSU is 3 back and we split with them. Bama is 3 back and owns the H2H tiebreaker, but the odds of Bama running the table and us losing 3 games is extremely slim.

TL;DR version: we just about have a top 4 seed locked up.
 
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#399
InVOLuntary said:
Ok, we sit at

We face Vandy, KY, @AR, @MO, AU, @GA, AR. I think we lose to both KY and AU. We don't match up well against either. I think we split with AR. That leaves Vandy, GA, and MO. I think we win 2 of those three. Even if we win one of those I pegged as losses, that puts us at 17-6 8 -3 20-10 or 21-9, 11-7 or 12-8. Does that put us at a double bye?
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You feeling better now about surpassing 19 wins?
 
#400
#400
So I was right about a top 10 team.
They will finish 3-1 after Sat. Split the two games with Arky, Beat Papa Bruce, Best UK.
 
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