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#52
#52
GoobieVol said:
SEC will be lucky to get 3 in this year. 4 at the very, very most...
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Not so sure. Right now I'd say Florida and Missouri are locks.

After those 2, there are 5, yes, 5 SEC teams on the bubble (if you count us). Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

If all of those teams finish their season strong, it's not impossible that they could all get in, giving the SEC 7 tournament teams. Unlikely as hell, I know, but more than 4 wouldn't surprise me one bit. There are too many SEC teams on the bubble. Some of them will get into the tourney.
 
#53
#53
GoobieVol said:
SEC will be lucky to get 3 in this year. 4 at the very, very most...
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I think four is likely. Florida is a lock, and I just think three of Mizzou, UK, Ole Miss, Alabama and Tennessee make it, odds of which are in order.
 
#54
#54
cncchris33 said:
In the end, I don't think we were as close as we thought last year. As fans, we wanted to focus on the addition of Stokes and the late season run, but the committee was more interested in the entire body of work.

This season, the SEC is as bad or worse, and we don't have a midseason addition to offset our early season struggles. We do have fewer bad losses and another hot streak going.

I still wouldn't feel good without a 3-1 finish and a 1-1 tournament record, at the minimum.
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Considering UT got a #1 seed in the NIT, I think they were very close. It's not the exact same committee, but the NIT and NCAA are now ran by the same people. One is an extension of the other. Tennessee getting the #1 seed shows just how close they were last year.
 
#55
#55
SCowlsVOL said:
If we win out is it even a gaurantee that we get the double bye.?? I want nothing to do with the bye.
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This still confuses me. People do realize that the byes this year are really no difference than they have been in the past. Still play on Fridays. Still play the same seeds. Maybe if people thought of the Wednesday night games as what they really are, play in games for 11-14, then it wouldn't be such a big deal.

The only way a double bye comes into effect is if you are a 3 seed or a 4 seed and one of the teams that plays Wednesday night beats the 5 or the 6 seed and then beats you. If you cannot beat one of the worst 4 teams in your conference after they have played twice on back to back days and are now playing the 3rd game in 3 days... well it probably wasn't really the double bye's fault. :salute:
 
#58
#58
LittleCat said:
It could be as low as two or as many as 4 or 5. Hard to say right now.
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I was actually getting ready to post something similar. For all the crap the SEC has gotten, they realistically could actually he as many as 6 in. Florida, Missouri and Ole Miss are pretty much in, and then you have UK, UT and Bama all on the bubble. If all 3 win out their regular season, or win a few at the SECT it's not impossible for the SEC to end up with 6 teams in.
 
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#59
zansdad said:
Considering UT got a #1 seed in the NIT, I think they were very close. It's not the exact same committee, but the NIT and NCAA are now ran by the same people. One is an extension of the other. Tennessee getting the #1 seed shows just how close they were last year.
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My opinion is based on the final BPI results from last season. Nine teams ranked above Tennessee, all with better overall records, didn't make it. No one below Tennessee made it in as an at-large bid.

It's not really worth debating as last season has come and gone. Point being, I feel much better about our current resume than last year's.
 
#60
#60
cncchris33 said:
My opinion is based on the final BPI results from last season. Nine teams ranked above Tennessee, all with better overall records, didn't make it. No one below Tennessee made it in as an at-large bid.

It's not really worth debating as last season has come and gone. Point being, I feel much better about our current resume than last year's.
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Completely irrelevant, but I'm over ESPN making up their own damn stats, such as BPI.
 
#61
#61
bleedingTNorange said:
Completely irrelevant, but I'm over ESPN making up their own damn stats, such as BPI.
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I was going to say something similar to this. I am not real sure the committee really cares about BPI. Why would they use a metric that basically is the same as the NCAA invented RPI with some "ESPN tweaks".
 
#62
#62
bleedingTNorange said:
I was actually getting ready to post something similar. For all the crap the SEC has gotten, they realistically could actually he as many as 6 in. Florida, Missouri and Ole Miss are pretty much in, and then you have UK, UT and Bama all on the bubble. If all 3 win out their regular season, or win a few at the SECT it's not impossible for the SEC to end up with 6 teams in.
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WHAT are you smoking???????? First Florida is the only lock at this point. We will be lucky to get 4 in. 5 would be incredible.
 
#63
#63
Bballvol said:
WHAT are you smoking???????? First Florida is the only lock at this point. We will be lucky to get 4 in. 5 would be incredible.
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Eh, I somewhat agree with him, except I would downgrade Ole Miss to the "could be in" category. Mizzou has basically done enough, assuming they don't lose to Ark at home - they beat Illinois, UF, VCU, etc. and their RPI is 43.

If UK beats Ole Miss and UF, and Bama beats Ole Miss and UF, and we win out in the regular season, then that would be 5 teams that are very likely to get in. Yeah, it's not easy to beat UF, but we just did. If Ole Miss wins against UK or Bama, they could get in instead of them, still giving the SEC 5 representatives.
 
#64
#64
Lankykong said:
Eh, I somewhat agree with him, except I would downgrade Ole Miss to the "could be in" category. Mizzou has basically done enough, assuming they don't lose to Ark at home - they beat Illinois, UF, VCU, etc. and their RPI is 43.

If UK beats Ole Miss and UF, and Bama beats Ole Miss and UF, and we win out in the regular season, then that would be 5 teams that are very likely to get in. Yeah, it's not easy to beat UF, but we just did. If Ole Miss wins against UK or Bama, they could get in instead of them, still giving the SEC 5 representatives.
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And if .... And if...... And if.......
The SEC is down. Selection day will prove it.
 
#67
#67
Bballvol said:
Considering we would most likely be the fifth team in right now and that depends on us really finishing strong....take your orange colored glasses off and look at it realistically.
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So you just said above SEC will be lucky to get 4 in and now you're saying 5?

I didn't say the SEC will get 6, I said COULD, it's obviously a long shot. And I'm really not sure how me saying that is orange glasses I'm talking about the SEC more than I am
Tennessee.

Florida is in, and Missouri barring losing every game the rest of the way is in. Ole Miss has a very easy schedule so like Missouri unless they collapse completely they're in.

That leaves UK, Bama and Tennessee. UK and UT are both projecred in by a lot of people right now. If Bama goes 3-0, UK goes 2-1 or better, and UT goes 3-0 it's not the least bit unlikely that all 6 would be projected in the dance.

Like I said, is it likely? No. Do I think it'll happen? No. However, you acting as if I'm saying something completely impossible and ridiculous is simply uneducated.
 
#68
#68
bleedingTNorange said:
So you just said above SEC will be lucky to get 4 in and now you're saying 5?

I didn't say the SEC will get 6, I said COULD, it's obviously a long shot. And I'm really not sure how me saying that is orange glasses I'm talking about the SEC more than I am
Tennessee.

Florida is in, and Missouri barring losing every game the rest of the way is in. Ole Miss has a very easy schedule so like Missouri unless they collapse completely they're in.

That leaves UK, Bama and Tennessee. UK and UT are both projecred in by a lot of people right now. If Bama goes 3-0, UK goes 2-1 or better, and UT goes 3-0 it's not the least bit unlikely that all 6 would be projected in the dance.
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Like I said Florida is in. The rest is up in the air. We will be lucky to get 4....5 maybe if ut wins out. 6 no way it happens. Ut is in if they win out otherwise they need help they probably don't get. 6 is a pipe dream.
 
#70
#70
Bballvol said:
Like I said Florida is in. The rest is up in the air. We will be lucky to get 4....5 maybe if ut wins out. 6 no way it happens. Ut is in if they win out otherwise they need help they probably don't get. 6 is a pipe dream.
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Just see what happens. Jesus Christ, you are acting like BTO just sh** on your grandma's grave. He was just saying 6 is possible, that's all.
 
#73
#73
GOATeric14berry said:
UK and bama are in a bad position having to play Florida still
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By being on the bubble, that's actually a perfect position to be in because nobody is going to get you higher points than a win against Florida. It's either hit a homerun when it counts or strike out and lose the game baby! These other teams have to set on the bench and watch :p
 
#74
#74
Shaun1985 said:
By being on the bubble, that's actually a perfect position to be in because nobody is going to get you higher points than a win against Florida. It's either hit a homerun when it counts or strike out and lose the game baby! These other teams have to set on the bench and watch :p
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Yeah, UK has a legitimate chance to beat UF if Florida's players don't come back.

Also, most of my if's were mutually exclusive (like the Ole Miss games), so either Ole Miss or Kentucky/AL should make it. I think 4 teams is likely, though Ole Miss has been playing poorly enough to make 5 possible.
 
#75
#75
Bballvol said:
Like I said Florida is in. The rest is up in the air. We will be lucky to get 4....5 maybe if ut wins out. 6 no way it happens. Ut is in if they win out otherwise they need help they probably don't get. 6 is a pipe dream.
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If you haven't noticed, you're just repeating yourself, rather than refuting his points.
 
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