This should stop the NCAA talk

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This team is not making the NCAA tournament. Other than Florida, we can't win a road game so we won't win out. Guard play is too inconsistent.
 
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Not necessarily. If we finish on a 4 game winning streak, this game is as forgotten as our last loss. Most postseason predictions were predicated on us finishing 5-0 or 4-1, and some number of potential wins in the conference tourney. Well, there goes the one game cushion we might have had. This game just made winning the rest an absolute requirement and winning at least two in the conference tourney. That puts us in the discussion, but not necessarily in the the big dance. We have no room for error now.

Feel free to reserve the right to determine whether winning the last four and two in the tourney is possible. Personally, I don't see it happening, but it is possible.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Not necessarily. If we finish on a 4 game winning streak, this game is as forgotten as our last loss. Most postseason predictions were predicated on us finishing 5-0 or 4-1, and some number of potential wins in the conference tourney. Well, there goes the one game cushion we might have had. This game just made winning the rest an absolute requirement and winning at least two in the conference tourney. That puts us in the discussion, but not necessarily in the the big dance. We have no room for error now.

Feel free to reserve the right to determine whether winning the last four and two in the tourney is possible. Personally, I don't see it happening, but it is possible.
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I don't trust this team on the road. They got to play LSU, who's like Bama.

It's obvious they have to win out now.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Not necessarily. If we finish on a 4 game winning streak, this game is as forgotten as our last loss. Most postseason predictions were predicated on us finishing 5-0 or 4-1, and some number of potential wins in the conference tourney. Well, there goes the one game cushion we might have had. This game just made winning the rest an absolute requirement and winning at least two in the conference tourney. That puts us in the discussion, but not necessarily in the the big dance. We have no room for error now.

Feel free to reserve the right to determine whether winning the last four and two in the tourney is possible. Personally, I don't see it happening, but it is possible.
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Unfortunately, Alabama was one of the teams we couldn't lose to as far as RPI goes.
Best we can finish regular season now is 86-92 (approx)
think they'd pull a Bama(2011) on us if we finished 5th in conference now.
Have to win the SEC tourney or NIT bound.
 
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cam,skylar and jordan went 2-20 today.i dont think we could beat anyone when those 3 put up numbers like that.
 
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Win out and make it to the SECT championship game and I think we are in. Hopefully.
 
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mtvols said:
This team is not making the NCAA tournament. Other than Florida, we can't win a road game so we won't win out. Guard play is too inconsistent.
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I am so relieved to know that we have fans who start posts like this to punish people who begin to become excited about a UT team. Keep up the good work! Just please don't talk to my kids about Santa Claus. Jeez.
 
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mtvols said:
This team is not making the NCAA tournament. Other than Florida, we can't win a road game so we won't win out. Guard play is too inconsistent.
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You post this as though you are annoyed that this team even still had a slim chance at this point. I know everyone has their own opinion, but your thread title and post annoyed me. jmo.:glare:
 
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mtvols said:
This team is not making the NCAA tournament. Other than Florida, we can't win a road game so we won't win out. Guard play is too inconsistent.
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Translation:
"Yes! Tennessee lost! This means I'm right and we don't have a shot at the NCAA Tourney! Screw the team doing well, I'm right!"
 
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Every team in the SEC still has a chance, by winning the SEC Tourney. As they say, It ain't over 'till the fat lady sings...
Winning out and 3 wins in the SEC tourney and we still get in the NCAA IMO. A win over Vandy would be huge.
 
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utvolfan16 said:
I am so relieved to know that we have fans who start posts like this to punish people who begin to become excited about a UT team. Keep up the good work! Just please don't talk to my kids about Santa Claus. Jeez.
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Please don't tell me there is no Santa Claus! An I have seen the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy before...
 
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Guys very simple. We said 4-1 and winning 2 gets us in, well there's our 1 lose now we have to win out and win atleast 2 to be a bubble team. Nothing has changed as to how we make it in, the loss just came a bit sooner than we wanted.

I know this was a rpi boost opportunity, but still win out and win 2 in sec t you are bubble IMO, win 3 and you're in.
 
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granted, this team doesn't look good enough to make the NCAAT judging only by today's performance... it was atrocious, no doubt.

BUT, they really aren't completely out of it if they finish 4-1 in their last 5 games... and win 2 in the SECT.
 
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Even after today's performance, I fail to understand why so many are saying we have no chance to get in. It even sounds like the op has his heart set on the nit. News for ya, we still have a chance. Maybe not much of one, but it's there.
 
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