You remain at #11 in USA poll

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#4
Sort of funny that the West seems to be dominating the East in the SEC, yet the East has the highest rankings. The SEC tourney should be interesting. I don't know why LSU is not ranked higher. I still maintain that they are a Final Four team.
 
#5
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i think it's because they beat up on each other...Bama, ARk and LSU are every bit as good as TN, UK and UF....especially right now. the knock on Bama and Ark i think is that they aren't great on the road. wouldn't suprise me a bit if one of those teams won the conference tourney.

 
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(jakez4ut @ Feb 27 said:
i think it's because they beat up on each other...Bama, ARk and LSU are every bit as good as TN, UK and UF....especially right now. the knock on Bama and Ark i think is that they aren't great on the road. wouldn't suprise me a bit if one of those teams won the conference tourney.
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My thoughts exactly...I look for Bama or Arkansas to win it--big and physical
 
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(TBALLVOL @ Feb 27 said:
Sort of funny that the West seems to be dominating the East in the SEC, yet the East has the highest rankings. The SEC tourney should be interesting. I don't know why LSU is not ranked higher. I still maintain that they are a Final Four team.
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Good point. Looks like Florida and UT were somewhat overrated, and Bama and Ark a little underrated.

Its all about peaking though, and Bama and Ark are peaking at the right time. But they also have more to play for, being on the bubble.
 
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(oklavol @ Feb 27 said:
Good point. Looks like Florida and UT were somewhat overrated, and Bama and Ark a little underrated.

Its all about peaking though, and Bama and Ark are peaking at the right time. But they also have more to play for, being on the bubble.
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How is UT overrated? Because we've won 20 games and lost 5? I'll agree that Ark and Bama might be underrated though.
 
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(oklavol @ Feb 27 said:
Good point. Looks like Florida and UT were somewhat overrated, and Bama and Ark a little underrated.

Its all about peaking though, and Bama and Ark are peaking at the right time. But they also have more to play for, being on the bubble.
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Somewhat agree.

I think Florida deserved plenty of respect. Two months ago.

I think Arkansas and Alabama are playing better and getting their respective acts together.

A question of timing. Florida on the way down, the others on the way up. big game for you this week. Do not underestimate Kentucky's desire to beat you at your house. They do that, and they are in for sure.
 
#10
#10
i think KY will be a very tough game.....and while i think your right about Bama and Ark stock rising, and UF stock going down, i think UT's right not is holding even....after going up huge last week.

a win on Wed would go a long way to solidify thier spot in the tourney as a 3 seed....and depending on what they do from here on out, there's still a shot at a 2 seed....
 
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(Orangewhiteblood @ Feb 27 said:
How is UT overrated? Because we've won 20 games and lost 5? I'll agree that Ark and Bama might be underrated though.
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How? UT has about the 5th best talent in the league. Pearl is a great coach obviously, but that doesn't change the fact that UT is weak rebounding.
 
#12
#12
yeah, but given the overall record and the wins against UF, TX, UK sweeps over USC, UGA....you can't call UT overrated, if anything they were underrated at years beginning....given expectations vs. results.
 
#13
#13
I'm not saying UT is overrated now.

But losing to Ark. and Ala. last couple of weeks revealed some weaknesses I think everyone was hoping had went away.

I think UT is rated about where it should be, on the edge of the top 10.

I think a top 10 team would came away with a victory there. Not to mention, the Florida game, that game was close enough to go either way, granted numerous bad calls and home cooking.
 
#14
#14
i'll agree with that assessment...i think we thought you were talking about TN as a full body of work....

It does make you wonder though, given UF's plight the past month, how good a win was it when it's all said and done, esp, when a team like Bama, who is supposed to be not as good as you handed it to us last week and and then goes and beats UF too....

I think more than anything, it's Ark and Bama just making thier case...as you said earlier, both were/are bubble teams and need wins like that more than we needed, or even UF needed too, than we do.
 
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(jakez4ut @ Feb 27 said:
It does make you wonder though, given UF's plight the past month, how good a win was it when it's all said and done...
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Ask a beat up,banged up, bunch of Volunteers how good a win Florida was. I think they'll tell you right quick that UF is an extremely solid club...
 
#16
#16
oh i know, and i think it's still a HUGE win, it has to be considering everthing.....but i'm just speaking on what some of the folks outside the fan base might think....

i mean you have to look at that way....UF has not been very good lately, and when committees get together, you never know what is going to affect what....

Someone for TN might say, TN swept Florida, once when UF was 2 and again on thier court when they're ranked 12.

And someone else could look at like, well, UF got swept by USC, lost to Bama and Ark and got swept by TN...that's 6 conf. losses, all in the last month.

that's all i'm saying.

in conference, and esp as a TN fan, you can't not look at it but anyting but a HUGE win...cause it was to us.
 
#17
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(jakez4ut @ Feb 27 said:
oh i know, and i think it's still a HUGE win, it has to be considering everthing.....but i'm just speaking on what some of the folks outside the fan base might think....

i mean you have to look at that way....UF has not been very good lately, and when committees get together, you never know what is going to affect what....

Someone for TN might say, TN swept Florida, once when UF was 2 and again on thier court when they're ranked 12.

And someone else could look at like, well, UF got swept by USC, lost to Bama and Ark and got swept by TN...that's 6 conf. losses, all in the last month.

that's all i'm saying.

in conference, and esp as a TN fan, you can't not look at it but anyting but a HUGE win...cause it was to us.
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Sooooo... at this point you are rooting for Florida to finish strong?
 
#18
#18
yeah...you should know what i mean here...you guys got a lot of cred at the beginning of the year with those non conf. wins....and while both at the time looked really good, some of the shine on those W's has worn off...i mean your not going to trade them or anything, but when you start putting resumes together, those wins you were so proud of early on, don't serve as well as you'd of thought back then....

If UF keeps losing and gets bounced in rd. 1 of the SEC, there will be people out there in the committee that will look on the UF sweep by TN as one that they "should" hvae swept, not one that should garner any "special" attention...

but as stated, for us TN fans, it was a big deal to sweep UF this year.

and it will/would continue to grow in size should UF win out....except in the conf. tourney should they meet us again...
 
#19
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(jakez4ut @ Feb 27 said:
and it will/would continue to grow in size should UF win out....except in the conf. tourney should they meet us again...
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I have twice predicted Florida victories over UT this year and twice been wrong. Plus, right now, I just don't think Florida has its act together. Nonetheless, and I will probably regret saying this, I sure would like another crack at you.
 
#20
#20
i don't blame you. we won. but both games swung on plays you'd like to have back. the question then becomes do the gators have the mental toughness to make those plays in crunch time. to date, they have not shown that they can.

believe me, ever since we lost to you guys in football, i felt like we gave you one, and wanted another shot at it all year....Fortunately for you, in bball, you may get a 3rd shot at redemption THIS season....

for us in football, it may be a while before we get that....see, even when you guys lose, you win...i hate you gators!!!
 
#21
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(oklavol @ Feb 27 said:
How? UT has about the 5th best talent in the league. Pearl is a great coach obviously, but that doesn't change the fact that UT is weak rebounding.
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I understand where you're coming from, but we have beat some good teams this year and we have lost 4 games to good teams. I'm leaving out Oklahoma State. I agree that our talent level isn't as good as some others in the SEC too, but in the end, it's all about the win/loss record and 20-5 is pretty good....especially with this team. So I still don't think we're overrated.

In my mind, Florida is a good example of overrated. They were boosted all the way up to #2 for beating average teams and normally decent teams that were having an off year. We've worked for everything that we have right now and continue to win some big games. :twocents:
 
#22
#22
Bama Beats UF, UT and UK However we lost to UGA and USC once.... Also split with AK; LSU; and Ole Miss..... and they struggled at the beginning of the season... THe only thing limiting Bama will be that their depth is really bad... only have 2 bench players... will be exploited....
 
#23
#23
i think that will depend on the match ups Bama has in post season play....if they can shoot it like they did against us, they'll be a tough out for who ever they play.
 
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(jakez4ut @ Feb 28 said:
i think that will depend on the match ups Bama has in post season play....if they can shoot it like they did against us, they'll be a tough out for who ever they play.
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I seriously doubt they're going to shoot 76% in too many games.
 
#25
#25
me too, but they've shown they're capable of it, and they're playing pretty well right now....it's all about the "if's" right now.....IF this IF that...then anyone can win....
 
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