Tennessee bubble watch containment thread

#55
#55
As a 11 we'd draw either:
Murray st
Notre dame
Gonzaga

2nd round:
Michigan
Baylor
Marquette
Georgetown


None of those teams scare me. Baylor does the most but jmo
 
#58
#58
LibertyVol said:
Did not play Kentucky, Vandy or Florida twice. The West side of the league sucks and has sucked for quite some time. Tennessee deserves to be in. Heck, I will even say that Bama deserved to be in last year.
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A golden rule of VN - That shalt not say anything good about bama!
 
#59
#59
8 or 9 seed would be death sentence in the 2nd round. I'd much prefer a 10 or 11 seed. Weak field after the top 5 teams or so.

This could be a huge year for the Cinderellas.
 
#60
#60
BigPapaCat said:
8 or 9 seed would be death sentence in the 2nd round. I'd much prefer a 10 or 11 seed. Weak field after the top 5 teams or so.

This could be a huge year for the Cinderellas.
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Yea, and the VOLS are missing a slipper for the big dance
 
#61
#61
If Mississippi State gets in, we all should be pissed. If we played them right now, on any site, we would win. What have thay done that shows they're better? Haven't they lost the lost five out of seven or something like that?
 
#64
#64
bleedingTNorange said:
I do not want to catch a play in game!!!
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We won't. Play-ins are for the 2nd or 3rd team out of a Mid-Major conference. If you're not worthy of a 12 seed of higher you won't make the field out of a Major conference.

Vols issue is RPI. We got to get a RPI in the 60's or its NIT. First round win over Ol' Miss or Auburn won't get us there. Need a second round win over Vandy or Miss St. to get RPI where it needs to be. Best circumstance would be second win over Vandy on neutral floor, then I think we're in.:)
 
#65
#65
we want to play vandy again in the tourney we really need miss st. to lose and we need to root for an xavier loss as well. if those two happen and we win even one game in the SEC tourney i think were in. GBO!!
 
#66
#66
I believe the VCU win last night helped us, now we need a Xavier loss. Then we just have to take care of business in the first SEC game. If Xavier wins, I believe we will have to down Vandy or MSU to get there.
 
#67
#67
1974Vol said:
We won't. Play-ins are for the 2nd or 3rd team out of a Mid-Major conference. If you're not worthy of a 12 seed of higher you won't make the field out of a Major conference.

Vols issue is RPI. We got to get a RPI in the 60's or its NIT. First round win over Ol' Miss or Auburn won't get us there. Need a second round win over Vandy or Miss St. to get RPI where it needs to be. Best circumstance would be second win over Vandy on neutral floor, then I think we're in.:)
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And yet in the first field of 68 tourney both USC and Clemson played in play-in games. UT is still very much in the running to have to play an extra game.
 
#68
#68
VolPride14 said:
If Mississippi State gets in, we all should be pissed. If we played them right now, on any site, we would win. What have thay done that shows they're better? Haven't they lost the lost five out of seven or something like that?
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We'll likely get the chance to prove it. If Vandy chokes in the tourney, like usual.
 
#70
#70
One of the best things going for Tennessee is that everyone is talking about us right now. That pub does help even if the committee says they ignore it. Also, we're a bubble team that is trending upward and not downward. If we can win 2 games in SEC tourney, I think we have a 90-95% chance of making it.
 
#71
#71
Work left to do: Mississippi State, Tennessee


It's not often you'll see a team move to lock status after a loss to Ole Miss, but Alabama has officially accomplished that very feat this week. Why? Because, like Cincy and UVa above, while Bama doesn't exactly have the most overwhelming profile in the world -- 20-10 overall, 9-7 in the SEC, 3-5 vs. the top 50, etc. -- it does have three nonconference wins over current tournament teams (Wichita State, Purdue and VCU), a top-35 RPI, a top-20 SOS, and a top-50 nonconference slate. Ask yourself: If Alabama loses to South Carolina in the first round of the SEC tournament Thursday, would it fall below the current crop of bubble teams on the S-Curve? The answer is no. The Crimson Tide are in.

Mississippi State [21-10 (8-8), RPI: 60, SOS: 77] Ending your season with wins at South Carolina and at home vs. Arkansas isn't exactly the greatest feat in the world, but those wins were exactly what Mississippi State needed. The Bulldogs had previously lost their last five and appeared to be coming apart at the seams. Losses in either or both games last week may have done them in. Instead, they held on to get two wins. That's the good news. The bad news is that this profile took a major knock in that five-game losing streak; its RPI and SOS numbers are all marginal at best, and it finished 8-8 in the SEC, 6-7 away from Starkville, 3-4 against the RPI top 50 and 8-8 against the top 100. A first-round loss to Georgia on Thursday could spell trouble, but for now, Rick Stansbury's frustrating bunch appear to have righted their ship.

Tennessee [18-13 (10-6), RPI: 75, SOS: 40] It is now time to take the Vols' at-large chances seriously. Quite frankly, though the NCAA eliminated the official "last X games" criteria two years ago, it won't be able to look at UT's 8-1 record in its last nine games -- with the only loss coming at Alabama -- and not be impressed. Clearly, this is a different group with mid-season enrollee Jarnell Stokes in the mix, one that owns a season sweep of the long-since-locked Florida Gators. The RPI has crept down into reasonable territory (it's still high, but not as high as it used to be), and while a 3-10 road/neutral record is prohibitive, four top-50 wins is more than many bubble teams can boast. It will be interesting to see how the committee handles this team, which has in the course of two months morphed from an obvious rebuilding effort to the No. 2 seed in the SEC tournament. At least one win in New Orleans is likely a must (especially because it will come against the winner of Ole Miss-Auburn), and a strong showing in the semifinals might help too. A lot could happen around the bubble line this week of course, but it looks like two wins would be enough. Who woulda thunk it?

College Basketball Bubble Watch - Champ Week means there's a whole lot of sweating going on along the bubble line - NCAA Men's Basketball - ESPN
 
#72
#72
i hope we get to play vandy again so we can see what Coach Balding has to say when they lose. Bc if we win that one were not going to the NIT
 
#73
#73
I'd rather get MSU. They're backing in to the tournament and a loss to us gives us the 5th at-large from the SEC and MSU will be NIT bound.

I'd like to see Northwestern bow out early in their tourny as well.
 
#74
#74
My head says, I'm ok with it even if we go to the NIT. After the last two months, I believe people are beginning to forget that this really is a rebuilding season. CCM has just done such a great job, that the players forgot and started playing at next years expectations.

My heart says..... "Screw all the naysayers". Win the SEC Tourney and leave no doubt that we belong in the NCAA Tourney! We aint skeert of no cats! :rock:
 
#75
#75
UTodd01 said:
I'd rather get MSU. They're backing in to the tournament and a loss to us gives us the 5th at-large from the SEC and MSU will be NIT bound.

I'd like to see Northwestern bow out early in their tourny as well.
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The thing is... If Mississippi State beats Vanderbilt they would have to have righted the ship, right?

Also... There is no set amount of bids for any conference. The SEC could get six if both MSU and Tennessee play well in the tournament.
 
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