2025 SEC Tournament

#551
#551
cncchris33 said:
Not that I'm looking to defend the system that often drags these games out, but of the 4 games, one went to double OT, and two of the three others were 1-possession games that ended on buzzer-beaters. Even the Mizzou-MSU game was tight until the final minute. Point being, all the games were closely contested and those games take longer to play, unfortunately. And then you stack four of them on top of each other, and play the games an hour behind in CST, it can add up. This wouldn't be so much an issue if they were played in Atlanta and started at noon EST. With the westward expansion into Texas and Missouri, league belief is likely that Nashville is more centrally located, so I understand the move, but it does create a headache for teams in the eastern time zone.
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1) Nashville is just 1000x better as a host than Atlanta. You walk out of Bridgestone and you’re in the middle of the bars, honky tonks, and restaurants. And plenty of hotels. In Atlanta, you walk out to the MARTA. Anyone who has attended SEC tournaments regularly much prefers the setting in Nashville to Atlanta.

2) There were already plenty of teams in central time zone before the recent westward expansion. Alabama, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Miss St., Ole Miss, LSU, and Arkansas are all in CST. So 7 of the 12 teams before the 2012 expansion were in central. That’s a majority, if my math is correct.
 
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#552
#552
NighthawkVol said:
1) Nashville is just 1000x better as a host than Atlanta. You walk out of Bridgestone and you’re in the middle of the bars, honky tonks, and restaurants. And plenty of hotels. In Atlanta, you walk out to the MARTA. Anyone who has attended SEC tournaments regularly much prefers the setting in Nashville to Atlanta.

2) There were already plenty of teams in central time zone before the recent westward expansion. Alabama, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Miss St., Ole Miss, LSU, and Arkansas are all in CST. So 7 of the 12 teams before the 2012 expansion were in central. That’s a majority, if my math is correct.
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My comment on the westward expansion was less about the time zone and more about logistics. Travel from Austin, College Station, Columbia, and Fayetteville to Nashville is much easier (driving) than Atlanta.
 
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#553
I’m liking our updated KenPom metrics - being balanced can help us have a great run in the NCAA tourney. May have dropped to #3 defensive rating (narrowly trailing St. John’s and Houston) but have finally cracked top 20 offensive rating.
 
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#554
cncchris33 said:
My comment on the westward expansion was less about the time zone and more about logistics. Travel from Austin, College Station, Columbia, and Fayetteville to Nashville is much easier (driving) than Atlanta.
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Maybe. There isn’t a ton of difference between Nashville and Atlanta for most of the pre-expansion SEC and it was still in Nashville before expansion.

That said, I was there yesterday and Texas fans were nowhere to be found. Hardly any OU fans before they got knocked out. So if the reason for Nashville were those teams’ fans, it didn’t work.

But Nashville has been the primary host for most of this century now. It had nothing to do with adding TX/OU.
 
#555
#555
walkenvol said:
Once the field is set, I’d bet Texas would be favored over 10-15 and maybe more of the teams that are in. Texas has talent and they have nobody but themselves to blame for not making the field. They underperformed their talent level this season the most of any SEC team IMO.
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Just don’t understand NC being in over Texas unless it’s simply brand bias. NC is 1 and 12 in Quad 1 games with a #49 SOS. Texas is 7 and 12 in Quad 1 with a #19 SOS. Somebody explain that to me.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Maybe. There isn’t a ton of difference between Nashville and Atlanta for most of the pre-expansion SEC and it was still in Nashville before expansion.

That said, I was there yesterday and Texas fans were nowhere to be found. Hardly any OU fans before they got knocked out. So if the reason for Nashville were those teams’ fans, it didn’t work.

But Nashville has been the primary host for most of this century now. It had nothing to do with adding TX/OU.
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I'm not meaning to say that's why they initially chose Nashville. I'm just saying I understand why they continue to play it there. And I'd also argue that it being the primary location for much of this century (pre or post-expansion) is partly due to its central locality to the conference footprint. Certainly not the only reason, though.
 
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#557
Lunardi has put Vanderbilt into the first four games now and Texas the NIT awaits...
 
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#558
Delmar said:
Just don’t understand NC being in over Texas unless it’s simply brand bias. NC is 1 and 12 in Quad 1 games with a #49 SOS. Texas is 7 and 12 in Quad 1 with a #19 SOS. Somebody explain that to me.
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Now Lunardi says NC and Texas are both out due to some bid stealing but it’s very much up in the air.
 
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#559
99gator said:
I am alone in the wilderness on this, but I believe Florida can still jump Houston on the 1 line.

I don’t know how Florida could go 30-4 winning the conference tournament finishing with a 5-1 record vs. Auburn, Alabama and Tennessee with only one game being a home game and be behind them.

And I respect Houston and the Big 12. But, I think Florida would have a tremendous argument especially since that’s where two of Houston’s losses came from
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I thought this same thing earlier today, but then I think about Florida’s loss to Georgia two weeks ago, which surely dropped them a bit, while Houston has been dominant since the early seed reveal a month ago. I could see it going either way.
 
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#560
amaralfan1 said:
I like our chances in an Auburn rematch. Losing by two on the road in front of a packed house against #1 and no one has really talked about it. If the Vols get another shot at the Tigers, they'll win it.
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We have some Big Orange Magic going on with this year's squad!
 
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#562
Grant Nelson went down just now with a leg injury. Questionable to return. Big loss for Bamaif that’s the case.
 
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#570
I usually hope my team makes the Sweet 16 and anything beyond that is gravy.

I will be really, really disappointed if this squad doesn't make the Final 4
 
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#571
I know we should be considered for a 1-seed but I mean Florida is a 1-seed. I mean they just are. Either way, I’ll be fine with a 1 or a 2
 
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