Why put down CM or his team? = They handed Oregon their only loss and Illinois had only lost to 2nd ranked Baylor at that point in the season - both teams were highly ranked when they lost to Missouri. I prefer to think the Vols are that good -
Illinois lost to Baylor by 13 and to Missouri by 3. The Vols 20 point beatdown was impressive - more impressive than the final score. I hope CM takes his team into the NCAA and does well. I prefer Barnes ball to to CM's but CM is a very good coach with a team that is not blessed with 5 stars coming of the bench. Isn't it better to feel great about what the Vols did in COMO because they faced a quality coach and team? Because that's exactly what happened.-- Missouri is the only SEC team with key wins vs Power 5 ranked opponents.
THE BRACKETS ARE CRAZY AT THIS POINT
The SEC appears to be very weak & Missouri's win over Oregon & Illinois are bright spots.
I hope we are in a class with Gonzaga and Baylor and now that we've moved to the 2 seed line in Bracketology we see those 2 with Kansas, Villanova, Wisconsin, Houston, and Texas as the top 8 seeds.
Right now the Vols, Missouri (4) Arkansas (6), Florida (8) , and LSU (10) are in with Ole Miss on the bubble from the SEC. The Vols will face Missouri again, Florida twice, Arkansas at home, and LSU, Ole Miss and Auburn away. It's odd enough not seeing KY twice as critical games for a rise in the rankings. UGA looked terrible in their first loss to Miss State a 5-3 team.
The BIG seems loaded with 10 teams in. Michigan, MSU, OSU, Iowa, Rutgers, Illinois, Purdue, N'western, Minn, & Wisc.
The Big 12 has Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas, Baylor, and WVa all highly ranked with 2 1seeds and a 2, 3, and 4 seed
The ACC - FSU 5, Duke 6, Clemson 6, NC State 10, UNC 6, VA Tech 9, VA 6, Lville 7, & Syr 10 - 9 teams with a 5 as their top seed WIERD.
The PAC has 5 seed Oregon, Colorado, UCLA, STANFORD, and USC on the bubble
Our game with Kansas should tell us what we need to know about our Final Four or NC chances. Beyond that the SEC is a mystery with KY falling off a cliff and the situation in Florida. Perhaps Missouri, Arkansas and Florida are the toughest games we face outside of Kansas since the game with Gonzaga was cancelled.