People not very confident in us for next year.

#28
#28
getyopopcornready said:
LOL at Murray State in the top 25

So a 2nd round Murray State team losing 3 seniors is more impressive to him than an elite 8 Tennessee team losing 3 seniors? ok..
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Murray had a solid recruiting class last year and another solid one coming in this year. I'm not too surprised by it
 
#31
#31
I love how they selectively take into account recruiting classes making up for senior losses, such as UNC. A team who went 16-16 and loses Deonte Thompson, Marcus Ginyard, and possibly Ed Davis (NBA) is expected to be a top 15 team while a team that went 28-9 and loses 3 players as well is unranked, all because they're bringing in the #3 class in the country?

Or what about an OSU team, whom we beat, losing 33% of its scoring with the departure of Evan Turner alone? But wait they have the #2 recruiting class in the country.

The one who really gets me is Nova. The writer mentions some obsecure PG who's never had the chance to play, because he was behind Reynolds (only the 2nd leading scorer in Nova history) and Stokes, and a center who hasn't played meaningful minutes because of Hepatitis B. However, they're ready to breakout! Great reason for a top 6 ranking. Or Purdue who loses 2 starters and is expected to be better than this past year? Wow! I can understand still being ranked, but better despite losses is an odd concept.

Depsite losing 3 starters, I thought a deep tourney run would gain us some recognition and respect. But yet again the media shows their ignorance and bias nature. No worries...they keep doubting we keep winning. FWIW, I get much greater joy out of making analyst look like idiots every week then getting the recognition we deserved in the first place.
 
#32
#32
I would love to see an explanation of how Georgetown will be a top 20 team if Greg Monroe goes pro.
 
#33
#33
People...it's Sports Illustrated. What's the first thing that comes to mind of what that company produces? I bet you it's not sports related at all...Enough said.
 
#37
#37
Its quite laughable....we will be ranked in the top 25 before the season starts
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#38
#38
QuickdrawMcVols said:
For one thing, I'm not worried about next year cause with the new fast paste offense... the vols should be find.
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What is this new fast paste offense? Is it like the glue substance kindergartners use or is more of like a spackle of some sort? Tell me more....:eek:lol:
 
#41
#41
Heebs said:
Luke Winn isn't a basketball guy.
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Well that much is obvious. Hopefully he's not paid to write on basketball either. Assuming no Selby (which seems to be the most likely thing at this point), it's still hard not to peg the Vols somewhere between 15-20.
 
#43
#43
I've lost respect for Winn. UT under Pearl has finished the regular season in the top 25 almost every season he's been at Tennessee and now after the best season in school history, we are not a top 25 team??
 
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#45
#45
Preseason basketball rankings in April...someone's gotta find another use for his right hand. Anyhow, with if the watered-down 96-team NCAA tournament materializes, some of us won't give a rip regardless of ranking.
 
#47
#47
It's not really suprising to me... We're Tennessee. We never get respect, and in my opinion, thats a good thing. We have a chip on our shoulders and will keep proving others wrong.
 
#48
#48
I don't know if we'll be a top 25 type team or not ( I would guess we'll be a 20's type team), but I know that we will be a dangerous team. That's been a consistent calling-card for us in the Pearl era. I hope eventually we can transition into sustaining our successes into a whole campaign.
 
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