Should Tennessee be a 1 seed?

#76
#76
Hulavol said:
This is impressive work- I had no idea the number one seeds won that often. This proves that the seeding helps, but it’s also a testament to the idea that number one seeds are usually the elite - and thus winning the whole thing.
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I forget the exact stat now but, when picking your final 4, the sum of their seeds should be 5 or less based on historical results which showed this occurred something like +80% of the time. Having said that, parity continues to increase in the game and that sum may have risen in recent years given how much "madness" is happening.
 
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#81
#81
Let's get through Alabama and Auburn and not overlook anyone else. Kentucky can still be a mean animal at Rupp.
 
#82
#82
They have a favorable schedule with Auburn a little down, plus playing Arky and Bama only once both a home. I love the 10 man rotation and the backline power. They must win as a team with no dependable high scoring player, also no weak, shouldn't be on the court, player. I hope these 2 factors, plus a shut down defense, make up for that fault.
 
#91
#91
Chris4Vols22 said:
I can't imagine Barnes & Co having the same mentality; that would be a big problem.
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Don’t worry. Barnes doesn’t care at all about the mid-season AP ranking. I’d rather not give the opposing fans the additional edge. Like at Sanford Stadium a couple of months ago.
 
#95
#95
bleedingTNorange said:
I don’t think us being ranked 1 vs. 2 changes the outcome of that game, but to each their own.
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I think they wouldn’t have been as motivated had they been #1 instead of us. Also Ainge should have shut his mouth before and idiot TN fans shouldn’t have been dialing Stetson’s digits. Billboard material is a thing IMO. But to each their own.
 
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#96
Thunder Good-Oil said:
I think they wouldn’t have been as motivated had they been #1 instead of us. Also Ainge should have shut his mouth before and idiot TN fans shouldn’t have been dialing Stetson’s digits. Billboard material is a thing IMO. But to each their own.
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Uga was motivated for that game for a lot of reasons.
 
#100
#100
Lemme see how we do against Alabama first.

Of all the games left on our regular season schedule, I think that one brings the most tournament-like, "one-and-done"-ish, player-testing pressure to perform and win. Need to see how our younger players respond to that.

Then we should know a little more about this team.
 
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