Really bad day for SEC Basketball

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Arkansas flatten by Oklahoma
Mississippi State lost
Missouri annihilated by Kansas
Kentucky losing to 3-4 Notre Dame
LSU is losing to Georgia Tech
 
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golfballs said:
Tennessee will have to win more games than they should if they want a top 4 seed the way our competition is playing
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I don’t think so. Our non conference schedule is ridiculous. Bama has beaten Gonzaga, Georgia and OM have beaten Memphis, LSU will still have a very good record…
 
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VolGee4 said:
I don’t think so. Our non conference schedule is ridiculous. Bama has beaten Gonzaga, Georgia and OM have beaten Memphis, LSU will still have a very good record…
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Agree. SEC is still doing well overall compared to most years even if they are having a bad day. Auburn won again and is a good win, Arkansas is still a good win and Oklahoma was their first loss, Alabama is a good win, LSU is a good win, and Ole Miss is pretty good.

Verdict is still out on UK and Miss State. Florida was doing well until they lost to an 0-8 Texas Southern team. Not sure how that impacted their RPI.
 
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LSU is pulling away and is going to beat Georgia Tech now. Alabama plays a very good Houston team tonight.
 
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As others have said, all that matters to me is Tennessee won. But, one bad day of basketball does nothing to impact the strength of the conference. Auburn also flattened Nebraska which no one has mentioned. That was just Arkansas’s first loss, too.

We’re still going to have a brutal conference slate. These are good teams.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I don’t think so. Our non conference schedule is ridiculous. Bama has beaten Gonzaga, Georgia and OM have beaten Memphis, LSU will still have a very good record…
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Yes and we’ve lost to the two best teams we’ve played. The SEC won’t get much credit when they’re beating up on each other after losing to mediocre OOC teams. And we’re going to lose some games in the SEC
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
As others have said, all that matters to me is Tennessee won. But, one bad day of basketball does nothing to impact the strength of the conference. Auburn also flattened Nebraska which no one has mentioned. That was just Arkansas’s first loss, too.

We’re still going to have a brutal conference slate. These are good teams.
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Not just one bad day. Florida lost to Texas freaking Southern earlier this week. Also Nebraska is garbage and Arkansas hasn’t played anyone with a pulse before today. The point is the conference slate is brutal. Can’t improve your league strength of record in conference play. It comes against OOC opponents and bad losses hurt
 
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golfballs said:
Not just one bad day. Florida lost to Texas freaking Southern earlier this week. Also Nebraska is garbage and Arkansas hasn’t played anyone with a pulse before today. The point is the conference slate is brutal. Can’t improve your league strength of record in conference play. It comes against OOC opponents and bad losses hurt
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I’m not worried. We played Villanova, have Arizona, and still play Texas. Those three games are good enough to carry our RPI and SOS. We just need to focus on winning games in conference play because it’s going to be tough.
 
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golfballs said:
Yes and we’ve lost to the two best teams we’ve played. The SEC won’t get much credit when they’re beating up on each other after losing to mediocre OOC teams. And we’re going to lose some games in the SEC
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UNC will be a 20+ win team. The SEC has plenty of quality wins this year. Not worried.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I’m not worried. We played Villanova, have Arizona, and still play Texas. Those three games are good enough to carry our RPI and SOS. We just need to focus on winning games in conference play because it’s going to be tough.
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That’s what I said. We’ll have to win more in conference. We’re projected 13-5 by Ken Pom and the 5th most likely loss is at Miss St. not great they’re losing to teams like Minnesota and Colorado St
 
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golfballs said:
That’s what I said. We’ll have to win more in conference. We’re projected 13-5 by Ken Pom and the 5th most likely loss is at Miss St. not great they’re losing to teams like Minnesota and Colorado St
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13-5 would be very good for Tennessee in the SEC. I would take that right now.
 
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LibertyVol said:
13-5 would be very good for Tennessee in the SEC. I would take that right now.
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I would too. Because I know our conference is good. So when it comes to seeding time I’d love to get credit. But the league won’t get the credit it deserves when it’s losing to bad OOC teams
 
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golfballs said:
I would too. Because I know our conference is good. So when it comes to seeding time I’d love to get credit. But the league won’t get the credit it deserves when it’s losing to bad OOC teams
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The thing is when SEC teams play out of conference we need them to win. I still can’t pull for Kentucky.
 
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golfballs said:
Because the ACC is the worst it’s been in nearly a decade
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I’m still not worried. I counted 8 top 50 KenPom wins for the conference, including #1. Probably get another tonight. We have a chance at another 3 OOC.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I’m still not worried. I counted 8 top 50 KenPom wins for the conference, including #1. Probably get another tonight. We have a chance at another 3 OOC.
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Yeah it’s weird in cases like Alabama and Florida. Wins against Gonzaga and Ohio St, but losses to Iona and Texas Southern…
 
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