Tennessee is number 6 in this week's AP Poll

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I thought we should’ve held at 5! Winning rivalry game at Rupp scoring 103!?!?! The Tuesday USC game was ugly, but Houston got destroyed by Kansas, so I think we should be above them. We can still play into #1 seed line so GBO
 
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beachvol23 said:
I thought we should’ve held at 5! Winning rivalry game at Rupp scoring 103!?!?! The Tuesday USC game was ugly, but Houston got destroyed by Kansas, so I think we should be above them. We can still play into #1 seed line so GBO
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KU lost to KState last night, so if UT goes 2-0 this week as it should, we're back in the top 5.
 
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Clad in Big Orange said:
Really good, despite the home loss. That was a damage mitigating win at Rupp. Hope the Vols realize you don't often get to survive a bad performance like that without it leaving a mark. It's all about what they do with it going forward.
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South Carolina is now ranked #15 In the latest AP poll And Kansas Is ranked 4th which Just lost to Kansas state.
 
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beachvol23 said:
I thought we should’ve held at 5! Winning rivalry game at Rupp scoring 103!?!?! The Tuesday USC game was ugly, but Houston got destroyed by Kansas, so I think we should be above them. We can still play into #1 seed line so GBO
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Probably would've if the Cats didn't lose to Florida last Tuesday.
 
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beachvol23 said:
I thought we should’ve held at 5! Winning rivalry game at Rupp scoring 103!?!?! The Tuesday USC game was ugly, but Houston got destroyed by Kansas, so I think we should be above them. We can still play into #1 seed line so GBO
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Hopefully. Those last 4 SEC games are brutal. UT could win all 4 or go 2-2.
 
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I want to see the men play with a revenge mindset at SC. Bring the same Rupp swagger and I like our chances. We made SC look like the best defensive team in the history of basketball when the truth is the Vols couldn’t have shot worse if they were trying to perform a comedy skit.
 
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hatingbamaisawayoflife said:
LEts just take it one game at a time and let everything take care of itself.. doesnt matter where we are feb 6th
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Yes, top 10 will be fine. We need to remember the seedings are done before the conference tournaments. We are not moving from 3 seed to a 1 seed because we won the SEC tournament. That was proven last season by UT and TAM. The work needs to be complete by the end of the regular season.
 
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Prayivm3rcy said:
Hopefully they have learned to stay aggressive on offense instead of just watching the Knecht show
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It's great to have a talent like Knecht, but I think, as you said, the rest of the team got lazy waiting for him to go off with another 30+ point game. If the team stays aggressive like they did against Kentucky, they can beat anyone on their schedule.
 
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That SCjr and Mississippi St games could very well cost us a #1 seed.....you just can't lose those games. ESPECIALLY the home game
 
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volfanstuckinga said:
That SCjr and Mississippi St games could very well cost us a #1 seed.....you just can't lose those games. ESPECIALLY the home game
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Happens in a marathon of a season. A few top ten teams have lost to unranked opponents. Actually more so than us. As it stands right now, we've only lost to 1 unranked team.
 
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volfanstuckinga said:
That SCjr and Mississippi St games could very well cost us a #1 seed.....you just can't lose those games. ESPECIALLY the home game
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Looking at the 5 teams ranked in front of us and comparing their “bad” losses to ours based on Kenpom rankings, I think it’s interesting.

#1 UConn lost to (60) Seton Hall

#2 Purdue lost to (50) Northwestern,
(46) Nebraska

#3 UNC lost to (38) Villanova, (125) Georgia Tech

#4 Kansas lost to (68) UCF, (135) West Virginia, (72) Kansas State

#5 Houston lost to (30) TCU

#6 Tennessee lost to (42) Mississippi St, (44) USCjr

*I know that Kansas lost to K State after the latest rankings, so I’ll add Marquette.

#7 Marquette lost to (57) Providence, (60) Seton Hall, (49) Butler


*Arizona, Duke, and Illinois are the other 3 teams ranked next. All three have worse losses than we do.

I think we are fine.
 
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StoneColdStunner said:
Looking at the 5 teams ranked in front of us and comparing their “bad” losses to ours based on Kenpom rankings, I think it’s interesting.

#1 UConn lost to (60) Seton Hall

#2 Purdue lost to (50) Northwestern,
(46) Nebraska

#3 UNC lost to (38) Villanova, (125) Georgia Tech

#4 Kansas lost to (68) UCF, (135) West Virginia, (72) Kansas State

#5 Houston lost to (30) TCU

#6 Tennessee lost to (42) Mississippi St, (44) USCjr

*I know that Kansas lost to K State after the latest rankings, so I’ll add Marquette.

#7 Marquette lost to (57) Providence, (60) Seton Hall, (49) Butler
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Now, put up our losses😏
 
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The funny part is right as these polls hit Kansas the team that pushed us down a spot lost Monday to unranked Kstate lol. Also, as I post this Clemson is leading UNC. Taking care of business this week gets us back up 1-2 spots at least.


Update UNC lost. So if we win out this week we are at worst number 4 next tuesday
 
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StoneColdStunner said:
Looking at the 5 teams ranked in front of us and comparing their “bad” losses to ours based on Kenpom rankings, I think it’s interesting.

#1 UConn lost to (60) Seton Hall

#2 Purdue lost to (50) Northwestern,
(46) Nebraska

#3 UNC lost to (38) Villanova, (125) Georgia Tech

#4 Kansas lost to (68) UCF, (135) West Virginia, (72) Kansas State

#5 Houston lost to (30) TCU

#6 Tennessee lost to (42) Mississippi St, (44) USCjr

*I know that Kansas lost to K State after the latest rankings, so I’ll add Marquette.

#7 Marquette lost to (57) Providence, (60) Seton Hall, (49) Butler


*Arizona, Duke, and Illinois are the other 3 teams ranked next. All three have worse losses than we do.

I think we are fine.
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The road game I get......although it shouldn't have happened against MSU....it wasn't them playing well....it was us playing like garbage. And home games to me are must wins and we seemed more focused on UK than USC that night. My point is without those 2 losses, imagine how firmly entrenched we would be as a 1 seed. We'd also have a HUGE lead in the SEC race
 
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