Official Rankings Thread

#51
#51
bleedingTNorange said:
have faith.

you know as well as anyone that this team can play as well as anyone on a given night. LSU didnt exactly look like world beaters either.
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We play in their house.
They play pressure defense 40 minutes.
If USCjr had stuck with it we might have had 40 turnovers.
 
#53
#53
calban said:
We play in their house.
They play pressure defense 40 minutes.
If USCjr had stuck with it we might have had 40 turnovers.
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im just saying cal, you know as well as anyone on this board this team can turn it on when they choose.

if the team that showed up in the o-dome shows up, we'll be just fine wed.
 
#54
#54
calban said:
Probably immaterial.
From what I watched tonight the run ends Wednesday.
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Either way, at least this team fought its way back from a disappointing early season. Might thoughts are they win Wednesday to set up a season finale showdown with Vandy.
 
#56
#56
Should we beat LSU, how much might the RPI jump. If its jumped 13 with a road win over a crappie USCe team. Then it should jump pretty good against a 69 RPI LSU. Right?
 
#57
#57
utvolz98 said:
Should we beat LSU, how much might the RPI jump. If its jumped 13 with a road win over a crappie USCe team. Then it should jump pretty good against a 69 RPI LSU. Right?
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Should jump by about the same for beating LSU as for beating SoCar. At this point in the season opponents RPI have less affect from game to game. So beating LSU might be worth 1 or 2 more points than beating SoCar. UT's RPI only moved 11 places for the win itself. The last 2 slots were from what other teams did, so can't really figure that variable into it. But beating LSU should get us into the high 70's or very low 80's.
 
#58
#58
utvolz98 said:
Should we beat LSU, how much might the RPI jump. If its jumped 13 with a road win over a crappie USCe team. Then it should jump pretty good against a 69 RPI LSU. Right?
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win @ LSU we should be about 75-80
win vs Vandy we should be about 60-65

JMO.
 
#61
#61
bleedingTNorange said:
it wont be worth 10-15?

but ole miss was worth 8?
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Then Vandy should be worth about the same. Opponents RPI doesn't have that great an effect this late in the season. It's like putting water in a pool. You really notice the first few gallons as they go in the pool. By the time you get the end, a gallon here or there makes little difference. Vandy's winning percentage will be averaged in with 29 others. It can't really change UTs RPI too much, though it may may recover the SOS hit they took from paying SoCar tonight.

I think the 8 point jump UT got against Ole Miss was partly from other games outcomes. We should know by tomorrow. Rpiforcast has had UT at about 76 for winning out for a bit now. If Vandy is worth more than 10+ that projection for winning out will have to change drastically.
 
#62
#62
zansdad said:
Then Vandy should be worth about the same. Opponents RPI doesn't have that great an effect this late in the season. It's like putting water in a pool. You really notice the first few gallons as they go in the pool. By the time you get the end, a gallon here or there makes little difference. Vandy's winning percentage will be averaged in with 29 others. It can't really change UTs RPI too much, though it may may recover the SOS hit they took from paying SoCar tonight.

I think the 8 point jump UT got against Ole Miss was partly from other games outcomes. We should know by tomorrow. Rpiforcast has had UT at about 76 for winning out for a bit now. If Vandy is worth more than 10+ that projection for winning out will have to change drastically.
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gotcha.

only 1 way to find out for sure though, and thats win out.

Let's do this vols!!!
 
#66
#66
bleedingTNorange said:
im just saying cal, you know as well as anyone on this board this team can turn it on when they choose.

if the team that showed up in the o-dome shows up, we'll be just fine wed.
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(sunday) That was my post game face.
Tendency to focus on the negative.
A lot of positives.
Getting better at regrouping and getting stops when needed.
McRae will be a beast next year.
Golden will be a very good PG.
Don't think I care for the 4 guard solution to losing Hall though. Too weak on the boards.
 
#67
#67
calban said:
(sunday) That was my post game face.
Tendency to focus on the negative.
A lot of positives.
Getting better at regrouping and getting stops when needed.
McRae will be a beast next year.
Golden will be a very good PG.
Don't think I care for the 4 guard solution to losing Hall though. Too weak on the boards.
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Haha I figured it was just a post gane negative nancy, glad to see you're back.

Our boy McRae has REALLY stepped up, more than I think either of us had even hoped.

I've been going back and forth on that 4 guard lineup. I think it's telling how CCM feels about his defense with miller and yemi out there. He rather play 4 guards and stokes or maymon than have miller or yemi out there getting lost.

Simple fact. I think if Tennessee wants to make its biggest capable run they need to get Hall back ASAP.
 
#68
#68
according to this RPI we are 89

if we jump 11 per win then we will move up 22 spots with two more wins. Leaving us at 67 and the SEC tournament to go. It's a long shot, but NCAA hopes are not dead.

StatSheet RPI
 
#69
#69
pualsline said:
according to this RPI we are 89

if we jump 11 per win then we will move up 22 spots with two more wins. Leaving us at 67 and the SEC tournament to go. It's a long shot, but NCAA hopes are not dead.

StatSheet RPI
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Rpiforcast.com has UT projected at around 75 if they win out. All wins are not equal and the further you move up the less jump you get for an individual win.
 
#70
#70
zansdad said:
Rpiforcast.com has UT projected at around 75 if they win out. All wins are not equal and the further you move up the less jump you get for an individual win.
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We're jumping from a 90 to the 60 range.
There is a lot more parity in that range and it is easier to advance.
Check the difference in rpi between 1-26 and between 51-100.
It's a lot easier to move 51 to 100.
 
#71
#71
calban said:
We're jumping from a 90 to the 60 range.
There is a lot more parity in that range and it is easier to advance.
Check the difference in rpi between 1-26 and between 51-100.
It's a lot easier to move 51 to 100.
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Rpiforcast.com has had UT in the mid 70s for winning out for quite some time now and it still does today. I am not saying it is right or wrong, but if it cannot make a prediction base on the possibilities of 2 games I think I am going to quit going there. We will see.

Personally, I just don't see beating Vandy at home being that much a boost, but hopefully we get to find out.
 
#72
#72
lol i was just listening to jimmy hyams on 990 and he said the vols took a hit in the rpi for just playing usc.he said they moved up 10 spots after beating ole miss and then fell back to 109 after beating usc.he said he got his info from cbs rpi.he is right about the 109 that is what it shows but they havent updated it since about 2 weeks ago.lol breaking news from hymas gotta love it.
 
#73
#73
Had the South Carolina game been at home, he'd be correct in that our RPI would have dipped a little due to the hit to our strength of schedule. But, the most-recent game against South Carolina helped us a little, because it was on the road. The Gamecocks aren't bad enough to erase all of the gains of winning a game on the road.
 
#74
#74
we jumped about 10 spots after beating the game cocks and he said we fell 10 spots lol.someone should tell him about rpilive and then he wouldnt be giving out info from 2 weeks ago lol poor guy.
 
#75
#75
What makes it worse is that Hyams talks with a tone of knowing what he's talking about. They even have him on the air down here, not often, but I hear him every few months or so. The local sports station will bring Hyams on as a brief guest and make him out to be knowledgeable about UT sports.
 
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