Official Bracket Watch Thread

#402
#402
With Kentucky being the #1 seed in the SEC tournament, what has to happen for us not to end up being an 8/9 seed other than us winning and TAM losing to Arkansas. Wondering if any other tiebreakers could help keep us out of 8/9 seed.
 
#403
#403
Can someone tell me why the heck Alabama is still considered a bubble team at 16-14 coming off a loss against alabama??
 
#404
#404
Sugaray13 said:
With Kentucky being the #1 seed in the SEC tournament, what has to happen for us not to end up being an 8/9 seed other than us winning and TAM losing to Arkansas. Wondering if any other tiebreakers could help keep us out of 8/9 seed.
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A&M has to lose 1 of their last 2, we gotta beat Auburn I think
 
#408
#408
What do we need to do to be the 5 or 6 seed in the SEC tourney? Is 5 even possible? Could end up with any number of ties for it with a win.
 
#411
#411
gofordrew said:
What do we need to do to be the 5 or 6 seed in the SEC tourney? Is 5 even possible? Could end up with any number of ties for it with a win.
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5 isn’t possible now for a number of reasons. Was technically possible before tonight’s games. Actually pretty sure we are 7 if we win at Auburn and 8 if we lose at this point.
 
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MtnVol said:
Yep, they apparently have the tie breaker over us. Best case to avoid the 8/9 is we beat AU and Arkansas beats A&M.
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A&M can be the 6th seed if they end up tied with State and Tennessee as they have the head-to-head win against both of them.
 
#417
#417
MtnVol said:
Yep, they apparently have the tie breaker over us. Best case to avoid the 8/9 is we beat AU and Arkansas beats A&M.
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That Ark/A&M game is now lose-lose. A&M wins and we get the 8 seed. Or Arkansas wins and remains on the bubble. I guess I’d rather Arkansas win and we beat them in the SECT?
 
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#420
#420
Devil's advocate, the results last night worked in our favor. Assuming Tennessee beats Auburn Saturday...

If Texas A&M wins, that will drop Tennessee to an 8 seed and lock Bama in as the 9 seed. Kentucky would then be the Friday opponent if Tennessee beats Bama.

If Arkansas wins things get more complicated. Tennessee is locked in as the 7 seed. Arkansas would be the 10 seed if Alabama loses at Mizzou, otherwise it would be Alabama. Florida gets the 2 seed if they beat UK OR LSU loses to UGA. Otherwise LSU gets the 2 seed.

The first scenario hurts Arkansas' resume, gives Tennessee a decent shot at a Quad 1 opportunity Thursday, and a chance of getting the SEC's biggest scalp Friday. The second scenario is nearly guaranteed to give Tennessee Quad 1 opportunities in their first two games plus there's a decent chance they get the opportunity to take out Arkansas head to head in a bubble battle.

The big takeaway is Tennessee is going to get a chance to make some noise in the first two rounds of the SECT. That wasn't a certainty prior to the results yesterday. Something else to keep in mind, I think everyone is conditioned to think facing Kentucky early in the SEC tournament is a bad thing. This is the one year where that probably isn't the case, especially when you consider they provide a top 10 quality win while being only the 30th best team per Kenpom.
 
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#424
BruinVol said:
If we win like we already have to win Ark can’t jump us anyway.
We will be well ahead of them imo

Their 8-10 isn’t getting in over 10-8 without a massive SEC difference
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On the surface I agree, but it’s been odd to me that they’ve been ahead of Tennessee even before last nights win...their computer numbers are much more favorable.
 
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#425
bleedingTNorange said:
On the surface I agree, but it’s been odd to me that they’ve been ahead of Tennessee even before last nights win...their computer numbers are much more favorable.
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It was all on those numbers and they won’t have that advantage if we win these upcoming games even if they win theirs
 
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