Ole Miss/Auburn winner should be our focus!

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cloftonftw5 said:
If we win our first game, and Miss St wins their first 2...obviously it sets up in a semifinal, would this be an elimination game? Or would Miss St already be in, I saw in a few places that they just need to win 1.
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Mississippi State would pretty much already be in.

As for the topic, Ole Miss is a decent team sitting on the fringe of the bubble who could give Tennessee problems. The first game was at TBA, and it wasn't a blowout. I think Tennessee would win that game, but it would be close.
 
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zansdad said:
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When you have started a thread that the majority of regular posters on a message board find absurd, drop Nazi into your response. It will either kill the thread as people run from being associated with the term Nazi, or it will become a flame war about the term Nazi and it's usage. <--- I just made all that stuff up. Please, no imagination Nazis
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:lolabove: :good!:
 
#28
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GO BIG ORANGE said:
There is way too much talk about us playing Mississippi State/Vandy and how our future will play out based on the outcome of that game.

If we aren’t focused and ready to go against Ole Miss/Auburn we can back our bags early and head home!

Need to stay focused on the task at hand and that the next game!

Go Vols!
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Actually its the basketball teams focus. None of us play so our focus is irrelevant.Just sayn
 
#30
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cloftonftw5 said:
If we win our first game, and Miss St wins their first 2...obviously it sets up in a semifinal, would this be an elimination game? Or would Miss St already be in, I saw in a few places that they just need to win 1.
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There's pretty much 4-5 SEC teams vying for 2 "available" slots left.

The SEC is most likely going to get 5 teams in, and Kentucky, Florida and Vandy have locked up 3 of them.

That leaves Bama, UT, Ole Miss, and Miss State battling for the last 2. Bama's matchup most likely gives them the best shot at 1 (probably only need one game in the SECt to clinch), and UT's route may go through State and Missy for the last one.
 
#31
#31
cloftonftw5 said:
If we win our first game, and Miss St wins their first 2...obviously it sets up in a semifinal, would this be an elimination game? Or would Miss St already be in, I saw in a few places that they just need to win 1.
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If mst beats georgia and vandy they are a lock
 
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MemphisCanes said:
There's pretty much 4-5 SEC teams vying for 2 "available" slots left.

The SEC is most likely going to get 5 teams in, and Kentucky, Florida and Vandy have locked up 3 of them.

That leaves Bama, UT, Ole Miss, and Miss State battling for the last 2. Bama's matchup most likely gives them the best shot at 1 (probably only need one game in the SECt to clinch), and UT's route may go through State and Missy for the last one.
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Because of the fact that Alabama will most definitely get in (even if they do lose to USC-East), and that Mississippi State most likely only needs to beat Georgia, it's very possible that the SEC gets six. It could very well be that Alabama and Mississippi State solidly get in and Tennessee and Ole Miss are fighting for a sixth spot. Mississippi St losing to Georgia would throw a wrench in that, though. They have to beat Georgia.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
There's pretty much 4-5 SEC teams vying for 2 "available" slots left.

The SEC is most likely going to get 5 teams in, and Kentucky, Florida and Vandy have locked up 3 of them.

That leaves Bama, UT, Ole Miss, and Miss State battling for the last 2. Bama's matchup most likely gives them the best shot at 1 (probably only need one game in the SECt to clinch), and UT's route may go through State and Missy for the last one.
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Wasn't it you who said awhile back you don't drop 3-4 seeds with 1 loss?

Bama is the first 9 seed according to matrix, a loss is not gonna put them outside 12.

They are in even with a loss. SEC has 4 locks...uk, Florida, Vanderbilt and bama.

Tennessee Mississippi state and Mississippi are all fight for spots.
 
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GatorsGators said:
Because of the fact that Alabama will most definitely get in (even if they do lose to USC-East), and that Mississippi State most likely only needs to beat Georgia, it's very possible that the SEC gets six. It could very well be that Alabama and Mississippi State solidly get in and Tennessee and Ole Miss are fighting for a sixth spot. Mississippi St losing to Georgia would throw a wrench in that, though. They have to beat Georgia.
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I could see 6, but it's a big stretch, IMO. Ole Miss, UT and MSU are in the same half of the bracket.

Ole Miss beats Auburn, UT beats Ole Miss and MSU loses to Vandy, then UT loses to Vandy, MSU goes.

Ole Miss beats Auburn, beats UT, MSU loses to UGA, Missy goes.

Ole Miss and MSU meet up, the winner goes.

If UT gets two wins, UT goes.

There are other variables that can play in to get 6 bids, LSU knocking off Kentucky or something bonkers.
 
#36
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Simple solution. Beat em all. Win the Tourney. Let everybody else figure out who got in and who didn't. As SEC Champs we'll be in. Nuff said. :)
 
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MemphisCanes said:
I could see 6, but it's a big stretch, IMO. Ole Miss, UT and MSU are in the same half of the bracket.

Ole Miss beats Auburn, UT beats Ole Miss and MSU loses to Vandy, then UT loses to Vandy, MSU goes.

Ole Miss beats Auburn, beats UT, MSU loses to UGA, Missy goes.

Ole Miss and MSU meet up, the winner goes.

If UT gets two wins, UT goes.

There are other variables that can play in to get 6 bids, LSU knocking off Kentucky or something bonkers.
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I still think miss st needs one win and they're in, that seems to be the consensus.

That leaves an opportunity for Tennessee to win their 2 and also be in.

Add that to the 4 locks and I see it very possible SEC gets 6 teams

This is all contingent obviously one miss at winning 1, and Tennessee winning 2 though.

There's also been talk UT can get in with just one win. They'd need some help but it is supposedly a possibility.
 
#38
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The SEC getting 6 depends a lot on how the bubble holds up. Mid-tier conferences like C-USA, Pac-10 (lol), MVC or A-10 having rouge teams win the conference tourney would put any 6 bids hopes to rest.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
I could see 6, but it's a big stretch, IMO. Ole Miss, UT and MSU are in the same half of the bracket.

Ole Miss beats Auburn, UT beats Ole Miss and MSU loses to Vandy, then UT loses to Vandy, MSU goes.

Ole Miss beats Auburn, beats UT, MSU loses to UGA, Missy goes.

Ole Miss and MSU meet up, the winner goes.

If UT gets two wins, UT goes.

There are other variables that can play in to get 6 bids, LSU knocking off Kentucky or something bonkers.
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In the Ole Miss vs. MSU scenario, if Ole Miss won, both teams would get in, undoubtedly. Mississippi State isn't missing the tournament with two wins in it.

The other scenario in which the SEC gets 6 is if Tennessee beats Ole Miss and Vanderbilt/MSU; and MSU beats Georgia.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
The SEC getting 6 depends a lot on how the bubble holds up. Mid-tier conferences like C-USA, Pac-10 (lol), MVC or A-10 having rouge teams win the conference tourney would put any 6 bids hopes to rest.
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Wins by bottom-tier teams could knock some of the fringe tournament teams into the NIT, but I think it's very possible the SEC gets 6. Not a stretch by any stretch of the imagination.
 
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I'm not trying to get into another "so, you're saying there's a chance" debate. Out of the 94 brackets on the matrix, only 5 have the SEC with 6 teams in. That's a far outside shot if I've ever seen one.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
I'm not trying to get into another "so, you're saying there's a chance" debate. Out of the 94 brackets on the matrix, only 5 have the SEC with 6 teams in. That's a far outside shot if I've ever seen one.
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That's because most don't have Tennessee in. Give Tennessee 2 more wins and then recount how many would have 6 SEC teams in.
 
#43
#43
I agree completely OP, can't win it all if you don't win the first one! Also, for you Nazi's out there, he was clearly talking about the team being focused and not the fans. GO VOLS!
 
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GO BIG ORANGE said:
There is way too much talk about us playing Mississippi State/Vandy and how our future will play out based on the outcome of that game.

If we aren’t focused and ready to go against Ole Miss/Auburn we can back our bags early and head home!

Need to stay focused on the task at hand and that the next game!

Go Vols!
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yeah i hope Ole Miss and Auburn go into like 12 overtimes and burn their legs up.
 
#45
#45
The committee doesn't look at it conference by conference, it's individual teams...if Tenn and Miss St show strong enough in the conference tourney, then they'll both be in.
 
#46
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GO BIG ORANGE said:
Good lord did I bring out the Volnation message board Nazi’s or what!

Just hope that the team isn't being patted on the back and told over and over about how beating Vandy in the 2nd round will assure the NCAA bid. Lack of focus has been to the detriment of this team multiple times this season and with us so close to reaching a goal many never thought possible for this team it was an issue I wanted to discuss.
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I think Cuonzo has been conditioning the team all year by never being too high after a victory or too low. We will have had a week to get the Vandy win out of our system and lock in on the tournament.
 
#47
#47
I'm sure it's been said, but Ole Miss has 18 wins. They win this next game, we're in a dogfight. Of course we can take them, but we will be playing a very well motivated team, which is always dangerous.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
I'm not trying to get into another "so, you're saying there's a chance" debate. Out of the 94 brackets on the matrix, only 5 have the SEC with 6 teams in. That's a far outside shot if I've ever seen one.
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That's because Tennessee and Ole Miss currently don't have a good enough profile to get in. However, the bracket sets up for a possible elimination game between the two. By the end of the SECT, I think most brackets will have six in.
 
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#50
GO BIG ORANGE said:
There is way too much talk about us playing Mississippi State/Vandy and how our future will play out based on the outcome of that game.

If we aren’t focused and ready to go against Ole Miss/Auburn we can back our bags early and head home!

Need to stay focused on the task at hand and that the next game!

Go Vols!
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Are people serious with this ****?
 
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