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VolsAgainstTheWorld15 said:
Lots of lazy, overpaid people on the committee who can’t be bothered to adapt a bracket to results from earlier in the day. Heaven forbid they work one Sunday for a few hours.
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What an ignorant take. You have no idea the amount of hours put in by the committee members over a period of many months, and they aren’t paid for it, it’s a volunteer position in addition to their day-to-day jobs running multi million dollar enterprises known as collegiate athletic departments.
 
#24,179
#24,179
If we beat Florida and still end up a 2 seed, then the committee has lost all credibility from now on.
 
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VolCalls said:
What an ignorant take. You have no idea the amount of hours put in by the committee members over a period of many months, and they aren’t paid for it, it’s a volunteer position in addition to their day-to-day jobs running multi million dollar enterprises known as collegiate athletic departments.
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He was wrong about them being paid, but he’s 100% accurate on them being too lazy to take the results of the conference tournament into consideration for seeding. They could have set the brackets last night showing the SEC winner as a 1 seed and the runner up as a 2. No additional meetings or discussions would be required today. Just pure stupidity IMO.
 
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walkenvol said:
He was wrong about them being paid, but he’s 100% accurate on them being too lazy to take the results of the conference tournament into consideration for seeding. They could have set the brackets last night showing the SEC winner as a 1 seed and the runner up as a 2. No additional meetings or discussions would be required today. Just pure stupidity IMO.
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I guarantee you that’s what they’ve done. Otherwise Bubba Cunningham wouldn’t have said in a live interview yesterday, “there are six teams alive for #1 seeds.” This was before Alabama lost, so now there are five: Auburn, Duke, Houston, and I would surmise the winner of our game today. It’s easy to flip-flop two SEC teams in the bracket when you know where they’re going to definitively land for the opening rounds (us to Lexington and Florida to Raleigh, regardless of outcome) as well as the regions (winner gets #1 West, loser gets #2 Midwest).
 
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OrangeInKy said:
This is why it's so important that Tennessee wins, to show the absurdity of it all yet again. If the committee doesn't give a 1 to a team thats on the brink of being on the 1ine after beating 2projected 1 seeds back to back, then they lose credibility forever. Either these games matter, or they don't. If you don't reward a team for beating 2 top 5 teams in 2 days just because the timing isn't convenient, then blow it all up.
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Exactly
 
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VolCalls said:
I guarantee you that’s what they’ve done. Otherwise Bubba Cunningham wouldn’t have said in a live interview yesterday, “there are six teams alive for #1 seeds.” This was before Alabama lost, so now there are five: Auburn, Duke, Houston, and I would surmise the winner of our game today. It’s easy to flip-flop two SEC teams in the bracket when you know where they’re going to definitively land for the opening rounds (us to Lexington and Florida to Raleigh, regardless of outcome) as well as the regions (winner gets #1 West, loser gets #2 Midwest).
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How can you “guarantee”?
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
If we beat Florida and still end up a 2 seed, then the committee has lost all credibility from now on.
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And not only that, they have essentially admitted that the conference tournaments are meaningless (with regard to the highest seeds) after a long, grinding season. I want UT to win to get these kids a trophy, but at what cost if they are robbed of a 1 seed and then come out flat in the NCAA's after a couple of tough, emotional wins?
 
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VolCalls said:
I guarantee you that’s what they’ve done. Otherwise Bubba Cunningham wouldn’t have said in a live interview yesterday, “there are six teams alive for #1 seeds.” This was before Alabama lost, so now there are five: Auburn, Duke, Houston, and I would surmise the winner of our game today. It’s easy to flip-flop two SEC teams in the bracket when you know where they’re going to definitively land for the opening rounds (us to Lexington and Florida to Raleigh, regardless of outcome) as well as the regions (winner gets #1 West, loser gets #2 Midwest).
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And you would be wrong again. They have their bracket. Lunardi has made that clear and he’s the committee’s mouthpiece. Today is irrelevant which is sheer laziness on the committee’s part. Now in their defense, it’s a simple fix: move the championship game to Saturday.
 
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VolCalls said:
What an ignorant take. You have no idea the amount of hours put in by the committee members over a period of many months, and they aren’t paid for it, it’s a volunteer position in addition to their day-to-day jobs running multi million dollar enterprises known as collegiate athletic departments.
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I am well aware they aren’t paid for being in the committee. They are AD’s and high ranking university employees who are paid more than enough to make it through a stressful weekend of work on selection week.
 
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VolCalls said:
I can’t. But he can when they ask him the question on-air after the bracket reveal.
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What do you expect him to say? The reputation of the committee is truly garbage if he gets up there and admits what anyone paying attention already knows: the bracket was set last night. Committee members are going to go to their little conference room with the CBS cameras and paint the false picture that they’re dialed in on games today.
 
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sami said:
And not only that, they have essentially admitted that the conference tournaments are meaningless (with regard to the highest seeds) after a long, grinding season. I want UT to win to get these kids a trophy, but at what cost if they are robbed of a 1 seed and then come out flat in the NCAA's after a couple of tough, emotional wins?
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Good points. It would be ridiculous not to get a 1 seed with our resume and beating Auburn and Florida on consecutive days on a neutral floor. But I have a feeling we won’t get one even if we win. Florida could make it a moot point anyway. Should be a fun game today.
 
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VolCalls said:
I guarantee you that’s what they’ve done. Otherwise Bubba Cunningham wouldn’t have said in a live interview yesterday, “there are six teams alive for #1 seeds.” This was before Alabama lost, so now there are five: Auburn, Duke, Houston, and I would surmise the winner of our game today. It’s easy to flip-flop two SEC teams in the bracket when you know where they’re going to definitively land for the opening rounds (us to Lexington and Florida to Raleigh, regardless of outcome) as well as the regions (winner gets #1 West, loser gets #2 Midwest).
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So you’re sticking with Vols as a 1 with a win?
 
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#24,193
Don't believe Cooper Flagg plays again until the sweet sixteen if Duke makes it that far. Duke don't need Flagg to beat a scrub #16 seed and yes it's happened but Virginia didn't have no where near the talent Duke has this season. May play in round of 32 but I believe it depends on the opponent.
 
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#24,195
sami said:
You might be right that it would move in that direction, but none of those other teams had players meeting in hotel rooms to plan going to the same team. Players being drafted or traded for is a bit different than organizing with free agents to form a superteam. James couldn't win a title organically, so he had to go out and form a team to win.
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Then so did Kobe, Hakeem, Garnett, Pierce, Allen, Wade, etc. James is just a lightning rod for all that people hate about the current NBA.
 
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I know we are likely locked into the 2-seed, but records be damned I’m not sure how you could look at Tennessee beating Florida in the rubber match, unequivocally proving that that the Vols are the better team, and still give Florida the 1-seed.

The resume are just so dang similar. Beating a team 2 out of 3 should mean something.
 
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VolsAgainstTheWorld15 said:
And you would be wrong again. They have their bracket. Lunardi has made that clear and he’s the committee’s mouthpiece. Today is irrelevant which is sheer laziness on the committee’s part. Now in their defense, it’s a simple fix: move the championship game to Saturday.
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You’re 100% positive of that, huh? I’ll see you later if/when we win, then.
 
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