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MoCo_Vol said:
That 18-0 run was how good this team can play.

JJJ and Shack both had huge blocks, Awaka grabbed a few big rebounds, DK finishing at the rim and kicking out great passes for big 3s by ZZ & JJJ just beautiful stretch of us fully clicking on both ends.
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I actually texted my friend during the run "Is this really happening in a Sweet 16 game with Tennessee?"
 
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Also this is just me, but this EE feels a little....more special? I get it an EE is an EE, but the 2010 team was a #6 seed and got a fortunate upset to help them get to the S16 and we did legit beat #2 seed Ohio St.

But this team was the outright SEC Champion, was in the conversation to the last week for a #1 seed, has been mentioned as a legit FF team all season. The only "hiccup" was the SECT egg but even still the SECT was clearly worthless this year so who cares? Add in the storyline about the team and Barnes getting over the hump and this one just feels better.

Again not really trying to take away from the 2010 run, but this team really deserves this.
 
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It's meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but I love how ESPN ranks us 7th out of 8 teams remaining in the field. Continue to prove the doubters wrong. I can't even call them doubters. I guess I'd just call them morons
 
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Hank Patrowski said:
It's meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but I love how ESPN ranks us 7th out of 8 teams remaining in the field. Continue to prove the doubters wrong. I can't even call them doubters. I guess I'd just call them morons
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Man I don’t even want to give it a click but it’s crazy at least two of Alabama, nc state, or Illinois is above us since we beat all of those teams!
 
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Vol49er said:
Man I don’t even want to give it a click but it’s crazy at least two of Alabama, nc state, or Illinois is above us since we beat all of those teams!
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They have Illinois at #3 and NC St. at #4. Alabama is the only one behind us at 8. That's bad enough, but putting Duke and Clemson over us? I think they're buying too much into the sudden ACC hype.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Also this is just me, but this EE feels a little....more special? I get it an EE is an EE, but the 2010 team was a #6 seed and got a fortunate upset to help them get to the S16 and we did legit beat #2 seed Ohio St.

But this team was the outright SEC Champion, was in the conversation to the last week for a #1 seed, has been mentioned as a legit FF team all season. The only "hiccup" was the SECT egg but even still the SECT was clearly worthless this year so who cares? Add in the storyline about the team and Barnes getting over the hump and this one just feels better.

Again not really trying to take away from the 2010 run, but this team really deserves this.
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This team’s run is legit. If we make a Final Four, we will have faced the highest-seed possibly in every round. A 15, 7, 3, and 1. No other team has had to do that in this tournament except NC State.

It’s just funny, because we have had some truly great draws because of major upsets in year’s past, where the path to the Final Four was set to be very manageable, and we couldn’t do it. Now, with the hardest path we have ever faced, we are 1 win away. March is weird.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
This team’s run is legit. If we make a Final Four, we will have faced the highest-seed possibly in every round. A 15, 7, 3, and 1. No other team has had to do that in this tournament except NC State.

It’s just funny, because we have had some truly great draws because of major upsets in year’s past, where the path to the Final Four was set to be very manageable, and we couldn’t do it. Now, with the hardest path we have ever faced, we are 1 win away. March is weird.
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Nc state played 14 seed Oakland so they haven’t faced the highest seed possibility either, and they’ll be facing 4 seed Duke in the elite eight. Clemson has faced highest possible so far but won’t in the elite eight.
 
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Watching Bilas, Greenburg and the other two goofs on College Gameday. If you listen to them, Purdue is the second coming of the Lakers and we have no shot tomorrow. Questioning if we have enough “firepower” to stay with Purdue. And the Purdue PG is one of the 3 best point guards in the country. Not one word about ZZ. Not sure they’ve paid attention to the defense that UT plays. They gonna find out tomorrow.
 
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Delmar said:
Watching Bilas, Greenburg and the other two goofs on College Gameday. If you listen to them, Purdue is the second coming of the Lakers and we have no shot tomorrow. Questioning if we have enough “firepower” to stay with Purdue. And the Purdue PG is one of the 3 best point guards in the country. Not one word about ZZ. Not sure they’ve paid attention to the defense that UT plays. They gonna find out tomorrow.
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It’s to be expected. They are trying to write the redemption narrative in real time for Purdue. This is what they want.
 
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Delmar said:
Watching Bilas, Greenburg and the other two goofs on College Gameday. If you listen to them, Purdue is the second coming of the Lakers and we have no shot tomorrow. Questioning if we have enough “firepower” to stay with Purdue. And the Purdue PG is one of the 3 best point guards in the country. Not one word about ZZ. Not sure they’ve paid attention to the defense that UT plays. They gonna find out tomorrow.
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I think athletically we have the potential to overwhelm their guards with Mashack and ZZ.
 
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Hank Patrowski said:
It's meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but I love how ESPN ranks us 7th out of 8 teams remaining in the field. Continue to prove the doubters wrong. I can't even call them doubters. I guess I'd just call them morons
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What’s crazy is I think we’ve had to face the highest seeded teams possible to get here too.
 
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