What seed will Men Vols get?

What seed willl Vols get?

  • 2 (are you insane?)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 3

    Votes: 29 8.7%

  • 4

    Votes: 172 51.3%

  • 5

    Votes: 90 26.9%

  • 6 (are you insane?)

    Votes: 18 5.4%

  • I don’t care. What’s the BaseVols score

    Votes: 26 7.8%
  • Total voters
    335
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#51
#51
Volstylexx said:
I argued with folks all day on this one—solid three-seed. Metrics say we're a 3. We've earned a 3. No one from behind us has done anything to bump us. Seven quad one wins. No quad 3 or 4 losses. Three top 10 wins (only Baylor can make that same claim). Two wins over top 5 teams (both will be one seeds).
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All true…BUT..there is a “committee” involved. They don’t just go to KenPom and plug teams in. Old men in a dark smoky room will put us more than likely as a 4….
 
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#52
#52
1973Vol said:
I chose a 5 seed based on loss of Zeigler, lack of offensive consistency and now turnover margin... just not the team that started the season. Almost time to shift focus to baseball. Go Vols!
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Yet that hypocritical and stupid committee will tell you none of that matters and then bracket the exact opposite. What actually matters is:

1. name on the jersey
2. Conference strength
3. Seasonal record
4. Everything else

In that order
 
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#53
#53
TNRazor said:
I just saw that and was shocked. I just don't see it without without ZZ
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Well last year he stated we were a 3 no matter of outcome on Sunday in SEC championship last year and he was rite no matter what people say about the man he is usually rite on the money
 
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#54
#54
volfeeva said:
Just read that Vandy is in the " Last 4 out" to make the tournament. They've won 10 of their last 11 games, beat Kentucky 2x. How can you exclude a team like that who seems to be peaking and playing their best ?
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They’ll go with the seasonal record excuse. Also-they’ll use the excuse they did last year for us when they said the conference tournament doesn’t matter. As for player injuries, Jerry Palm said in an interview that this is no more than 1 seed line for the committee. This was in context to ZZ injury.
 
#55
#55
UTFanHades said:
We were a 3 entering the conference tournament. Lunardi, the other bracketologists, and the committee itself all said last year that we didn’t get a bump as tournament champ because they don’t consider the tournament in bracketing. I realize they’re completely hypocritical but by their own logic last year, we’re a three seed.
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Lunardi was an outlier last year and appears to be again this year (most other brackets have us as a 4). He is uncanny in his ability to predict (people even think he may have a mole on the committee). If he slides us after the conference tourney finals and before the official announcement, we know we are screwed.
 
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Tenacjim said:
Lunardi was an outlier last year and appears to be again this year (most other brackets have us as a 4). He is uncanny in his ability to predict (people even think he may have a mole on the committee). If he slides us after the conference tourney finals and before the official announcement, we know we are screwed.
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He’s definitely got an insider
 
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#59
#59
UTFanHades said:
Yet that hypocritical and stupid committee will tell you none of that matters and then bracket the exact opposite. What actually matters is:

1. name on the jersey
2. Conference strength
3. Seasonal record
4. Everything else

In that order
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You left off #5. Any BS we make-up to support our “narrative”
 
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#62
#62
The seed doesn’t matter whether it’s a 3 or a 4. The 5 or 6 seeded team we will play in the second round, if we even win the first game, will be the same caliber of opponent. Ultimately Mizzou beat us yesterday because they have 3-4 guys who can score and shoot pretty consistently even when contested, whereas we don’t have really anybody but maybe Vescovi who score 15 points night in and night out. Josiah misses a few shots yesterday and immediately stops looking for his shot. It’s really ridiculous. If he just contributes 12 points yesterday it would’ve nearly made the difference, but he just gave up looking for his shot. Vescovi can’t freaking do it all by himself. Proud of the way Key and Mashack stepped up yesterday, but the rest other than Vescovi really let us down. Round of 32 and out unless we can turn something around this next week of practice.
 
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#63
#63
Volstylexx said:
I argued with folks all day on this one—solid three-seed. Metrics say we're a 3. We've earned a 3. No one from behind us has done anything to bump us. Seven quad one wins. No quad 3 or 4 losses. Three top 10 wins (only Baylor can make that same claim). Two wins over top 5 teams (both will be one seeds).
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It's a what have you done for me lately kind of a world.
 
#66
#66
Vols 19-3 in Nov, Dec, and Jan and 5-7 in Feb-March. CBB is so average right now they may sneak in as a 3 seed, but I believe they’ll land on a 4 spot and no TN fan should complain.
 
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#67
#67
If history (and very recent performance) is any indicator, it doesn’t matter. Regardless of what seed we get. It’ll probably be an early exit, possibly immediate.

This team hasn’t payed like a tournament team for the most part down the stretch. Injuries have hurt, but let’s be real: to say this Volunteers squad is inconsistent is an understatement of epic proportions. Well, we ARE fairly consistent when it comes to the NCAA tournament (unfortunately). Without that SEC tourney championship last season, we’d still be wandering in the wilderness for a championship run of any real note of any variety in men’s basketball, conference or NCAA.

It’s tough to win it all in March, so gotta keep that in mind. But wow. This is a terrible way to stumble into the NCAA tournament. I’d love to see our guys overachieve for once in the Big Dance.
 
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#68
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Chad F said:
If history (and very recent performance) is any indicator, it doesn’t matter. Regardless of what seed we get. It’ll probably be an early exit, possibly immediate.

This team hasn’t payed like a tournament team for the most part down the stretch. Injuries have hurt, but let’s be real: to say this Volunteers squad is inconsistent is an understatement of epic proportions. Well, we ARE fairly consistent when it comes to the NCAA tournament (unfortunately). Without that SEC tourney championship last season, we’d still be wandering in the wilderness for a championship run of any real note of any variety in men’s basketball, conference or NCAA.

It’s tough to win it all in March, so gotta keep that in mind. But wow. This is a terrible way to stumble into the NCAA tournament. I’d love to see our guys overachieve for once in the Big Dance.
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I agree, totally would love to see our guys overachieve in the Big Dance. For me, with the way the team has been playing that’d be Sweet 16 or better.

Barnes should change things up and start Uros. I know he’s awful at the FT line but we need his size and toughness. I think if he starts and plays with that nasty mean attitude we could win a couple 2-3 in the tourney.

Go VOLS!
 
#70
#70
Kas232323 said:
And nowhere do we ‘deserve’ an 8 seed. Pal. Nowhere….. seeding is t based on a month. And coincidentally….. we were without 3 of our best players for the majority or that month. Facts help with reading comprehension. Pal…..
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I take that to mean that U-T figures to beat any 9 seed or lower, and lose to any 7 seed or higher.
 
#73
#73
When are the point guard on campus tryouts this week. Without ZZ, UT will hold a 5th seed, barely win game one and the out of tourney after 2nd. Can’t finish a game strong, turnovers are killers, inconsistent play by a few experience players and no experienced point guard means it’s baseball time in Tennessee
 
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#74
#74
Without the Zig, I don't see us as a Top-16 type of team.

Perhaps playing some smaller non-upper half SEC teams will make players like Key, Awaka, Uros look better.

But, without strong guard play, teams rarely go far in March.
 
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