SEC Tournament - what do you want TN to do?

[NighthawkVol]

North Carolina was the 4th seed at the reveal last year and only lost once more in their conference finals. I don’t think the conference tournament results mattered.

They matter when Tennessee loses, but not when Tennessee wins. Try to keep up.

 

[VolGee4]

They matter when Tennessee loses, but not when Tennessee wins. Try to keep up.

Yea, they didn’t matter in 2022 either when we won the tournament. But looking back at the data and last year’s top 16 reveal, UNC never lost another game until their conference finals. They were already locked into the 4th before that. We lost another one in the regular season although we did beat beat several ranked teams.

 

[TMvol10]

The committee has shown that winning some games in the conf tournament can help if you are a bubble team but it rarely impacts seeding. We’ve had great showings in the tourney and it hasn’t moved us on the seed line. I’m in favor of getting rest and being healthy. Maybe we can do that while winning it all or maybe it happens when losing the first game. I want us to win as much as possible but no matter what result we get, player health is numero uno.

 

[FranklinVFL]

This is silly. Why would anyone root for their team to lose?

Because the big prize starts the next weekend.

And our lack of depth wants me to have them maximize their rest and get their legs back under them.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Individuals spewed the same nonsense about tanking the SEC tournament in baseball last season. Save your arms, get them rest yada,yada,yada.

Well Vols won SEC tournament and then took the National Championship, shows how much arm chair fans really know...

Last year’s baseball team:
Tons of talent
Dominant throughout the season
Deep team with high quality players

This year’s basketball team:
Tons of talent
Wildly inconsistent on the court
Only have 9 scholarship players and do not go deep in the bench

Apples and oranges comparison

 

[VolCalls]

Because the big prize starts the next weekend.

And our lack of depth wants me to have them maximize their rest and get their legs back under them.

Do you think you know better than the coaches - for them to take it easy and not try to win the thing? I 100% guarantee the coaches aren’t thinking that, and neither are the players.

Would you say the same thing if this were football - skip the SEC Championship Game vs Alabama, per se, in order to be rested for the CFP?

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Why is this even a question. I want to see them win every time they step on the court. So I want to see them win the SECT and Ncaa tournament. Now. If I had to pick. Gimme the natty, but I want to win them all.

 

[hUTch2002]

Maybe. It’s all speculation, but many said later that if Tennessee had won a couple in the SECT, we take the 1 seed since UNC lost to NC State.

Seems like the committee said something about the SEC tournament not factoring in last year but I don’t specifically remember.

 

[Lankykong]

Do you think you know better than the coaches - for them to take it easy and not try to win the thing? I 100% guarantee the coaches aren’t thinking that, and neither are the players.

Would you say the same thing if this were football - skip the SEC Championship Game vs Alabama, per se, in order to be rested for the CFP?

Cal has explicitly said he was thinking that in some of the years at UK

It would have been better for some schools to have rested in their CG for seeding reasons, but it’s a different situation as most will miss the playoffs when they lose

 

[cgrish]

This is silly. Why would anyone root for their team to lose?

I thought the same team, I want us to win the tournament, however, I don't think we will. Too much inconsistency in offense. If we could somehow bring our a game throughout the tourney we could win it all.

 

[lastlapuncle]

How dumb to even ask.Win all four.That's all!

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

As oh Billy from AN would say, "win the toonament"

F it! It would be great if we do

 

[VolCalls]

Go win the thing but if they don't then go out early. The worst scenario is to play till Sunday only end up with a second place trophy.

Disagree. Every game in the SECT is another Quad 1 opportunity and a chance to improve our standing on the S-Curve.

 

[VolCalls]

Sometimes even through the second weekend.

I don’t believe Duke has ever played in a regional held in the state of North Carolina.

 

[knoxvol52]

I don’t believe Duke has ever played in a regional held in the state of North Carolina.

Usually in New Jersey or New York if they play in the East bracket. I fi believe though Duke played in FF in Charlotte the year Arkansas won the title. Grant Hill led that team in the final...I could be incorrect though.

 

[VolCalls]

Remember that time we won the SEC tournament and it didn’t improve our seeding any?

The committee mostly finalizes brackets on Friday. They don’t admit it, but years of evidence shows that is true.

The simple fact is, if the totality of the SEC Tournament games mattered for March Madness seeding, fans would care a lot more about what happens in this tournament.

But this nonsense basically makes it an exhibition

If fans didn’t care and it’s nothing more than an exhibition the ticket prices wouldn’t be what they are and the seats wouldn’t be full every session.

 

[VolCalls]

Usually in New Jersey or New York if they play in the East bracket. I fi believe though Duke played in FF in Charlotte the year Arkansas won the title. Grant Hill led that team in the final...I could be incorrect though.

You are correct - Charlotte hosted the FF in 1994. My point was that the idea Duke gets placed in a regional every year right in their backyard is false.

 

[knoxvol52]

You are correct - Charlotte hosted the FF in 1994. My point was that the idea Duke gets placed in a regional every year right in their backyard is false.

Which is also correct...

 

[cardvolfan]

Last year’s baseball team:
Tons of talent
Dominant throughout the season
Deep team with high quality players

This year’s basketball team:
Tons of talent
Wildly inconsistent on the court
Only have 9 scholarship players and do not go deep in the bench

Apples and oranges comparison

Actually, Tennessee baseball started off 4-5 in conference play, which caused some angst. They did right the ship and went 18-3 thereafter, but not dominant the first third of conference play.

 

[Hulavol]

As oh Billy from AN would say, "win the toonament"

F it! It would be great if we do

This is hilarious !

Nicely done.

 

[Hulavol]

The last several years the SECT hasn’t seemed to have an impact on the seeding.

I wonder if this year- given that this season’s SEC is one of the toughest leagues in history - if winning the conference might really make a difference - I suspect it might.

So as Jake Taylor would say, “Well, then there’s only one thing left to do. Win the whole f***ing thing.”

 

[sami]

I don’t believe Duke has ever played in a regional held in the state of North Carolina.

I was kind of being facetious. I always forget the damn colored font, whichever one you're supposed to use.

 

[OneManGang]

Ask BP how well winning the SECT worked for Aubrin last time.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Do you think you know better than the coaches - for them to take it easy and not try to win the thing? I 100% guarantee the coaches aren’t thinking that, and neither are the players.

Would you say the same thing if this were football - skip the SEC Championship Game vs Alabama, per se, in order to be rested for the CFP?

Never said I knew better than the coaches. Just giving my opinion in a fan forum.

And yeah, SECC is much less important now.

 

[Orange Navy]

Don't tank, play hard.

Just make sure that Boswell, Dubar, and Phillips get 20+ minutes per game. That way we can say we gave it our all. Give the starters a little rest (obviously they will still play a lot of minutes) and we get a better feel for what have on the bench leading into the NCAA tourney.