UTEP has officially turned into not a bad loss

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UTjonez said:
We jumped 6 or 7 seven spots with a win over Ole Miss I don't think it will be the boost that you think it will be. don't forget bama is 9-11 and just got throttled by AU.
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You get more credit for road wins than home wins, ole miss was at home.
 
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And for the 3rd year in a row we are having to depend on others to make it into the tournament. As weak as college basketball is this year especially in the SEC this should even be a discussion at this point.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
And for the 3rd year in a row we are having to depend on others to make it into the tournament. As weak as college basketball is this year especially in the SEC this should even be a discussion at this point.
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We don't depend on others. We very much control our own destiny.
 
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Come on..UTEP isn't a bad loss? This is a team most thought had the talent coming into the season for a deep tournament run, and now losing to Utep is acceptable.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
Come on..UTEP isn't a bad loss? This is a team most thought had the talent coming into the season for a deep tournament run, and now losing to Utep is acceptable.
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Who has said it was acceptable?

There's a difference between yor personal opinion of what a bad loss is, and what the NCAA committee considers a "bad loss".
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Who has said it was acceptable?

There's a difference between yor personal opinion of what a bad loss is, and what the NCAA committee considers a "bad loss".
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If losing to a so called "UP" Vanderbilt football team with a bad Tennessee football team is considered unacceptable and should never happen......then the UTEP loss is unacceptable with the level of talent our men's basketball team has.....damn the NCAA committee's opinion or not...because if we lose anymore...it sure will be.
 
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DERELICK_MY_VOLS said:
If losing to a so called "UP" Vanderbilt football team with a bad Tennessee football team is considered unacceptable and should never happen......then the UTEP loss is unacceptable with the level of talent our men's basketball team has.....damn the NCAA committee's opinion or not...because if we lose anymore...it sure will be.
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Ok let me try this again...


WHO SAID THE LOSS WAS ACCEPTABLE? You can say damn the NCAA committees opinion if you want, but at the end of the day their opinion is the one that matter when it comes March, not yours or mine.

As long as UTEP keeps their RPI in the double digits, it will not be viewed by the NCAA committee as a bad loss, that's all this thread is saying. It's not making excuses, or saying the loss was acceptable, it's simply stating a fact as it relates to how the selection committee views wins and losses.
 
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Mount LeConte said:
It was a terrible loss even if the RPI nerds don't think so.
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Yes, it was a bad loss to us as fans. Losing to UTEP should never happen.

However, BTO's right about it not looking as bad now to the committee. We obviously need for UTEP to keep on winning.
 
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To be fair, Xavier is now outside 50 (51) so not technically a good win.The
RPI giveth, ...
 
#42
#42
Lost their best scorer and two other players and team played better. Must be nice to have a good coach.


Says a lot about CCM that in his "best" season, we still have to hope losses don't turn into bad losses to avoid missing the tourney. Real high ceiling as a coach.
 
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whocaresgobobcats said:
Lost their best scorer and two other players and team played better. Must be nice to have a good coach.


Says a lot about CCM that in his "best" season, we still have to hope losses don't turn into bad losses to avoid missing the tourney. Real high ceiling as a coach.
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This is incorrect. We control our own destiny, we take care of business and it won't matter what our opponents do, we will be in. However it doesn't hurt to have one less bad loss on the resume.
 
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PackersVols91 said:
I recognize there was no excuse to lose to them, but with their victory over Louisiana Tech, they are now up to 86 in the RPI with a 15-6 record. If we can just avoid any more losses to teams in the 100's range, we should be fine for the tourney.
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aTm is a stunning 156 rpi, that one won't go away.
 
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#48
Lol. Lots of basketball left to play before rpi of other teams matter.

UTEP is officially and will always be an unexceptable loss.

This is the Univeristy of Tennessee. Not university if Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Mocs, out
 
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UneducatedGuess said:
Lol. Lots of basketball left to play before rpi of other teams matter.

UTEP is officially and will always be an unexceptable loss.

This is the Univeristy of Tennessee. Not university if Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Mocs, out
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