#6 this week

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vol94 said:
Indiana was favored over Purdue and ranked in top 20. TN has looked horrible the past few games so I don’t have any issue with #6.
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If Indiana was favored and beat Purdue, how does Purdue stay at number 1? Doesn't being an underdog to a 20th rank team give some sense to the fact you shouldn't stay at #1 if you lose?
 
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first time caller said:
If Indiana was favored and beat Purdue, how does Purdue stay at number 1? Doesn't being an underdog to a 20th rank team give some sense to the fact you shouldn't stay at #1 if you lose?
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If Purdue isn't #1, someone else has to be. Who would be your #1? Houston?
 
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first time caller said:
If Indiana was favored and beat Purdue, how does Purdue stay at number 1? Doesn't being an underdog to a 20th rank team give some sense to the fact you shouldn't stay at #1 if you lose?
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context matters.

Indiana was at home. It’s a rivalry game. And Indiana is one of the very few teams in the nation that can matchup with Edey.
 
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Our defense is good, our scoring will be what gets us in trouble this week. We better start scoring, or we could be looking at two losses this week
 
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VolBricks said:
TN can stay 5-6 for the rest of the season as far as I am concerned. The tournament is what matters and whether we are a 1 or 2 seed is irrelevant to actually winning the tournament
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Not sure if it’s already been mentioned, but actually it does matter. It’s not the end of the world, as we’ve never been a 1-seed before, but 1-seeds are significantly more likely to make it out of the first weekend and then get to the Final Four than 2-seeds. It’s like a 20-30 percentage point difference.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Iowa is killing it with the 2nd ranked offensive efficiency and 147th ranked defense. We are high up in KenPom because our defense is so much better and almost record setting. Obviously a team needs to score, but I don’t necessarily agree with your assessment.
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Iowa has lost 8 games.
 
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kckempf said:
You’ve never actually said who you think should be #1, so we absolutely have not “beat it to death”. If you can’t name anyone other than Purdue you never had a defensible argument.
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Well let's see...who was 3rd behind Purdue and Tennessee? Houston? Ok, Houston. Why? Because number 1 lost , number 2 lost. Number 3 jumps to one...final answer, Houston. Or was it Alabama at 3?...I don't really know. Point was, Purdue shouldn't be since they lost to 20th ranked Indiana. Guarantee if Tennessee lost to a , oh let's say, 20th ranked Kentucky, they would have fallen 4 spots. That's as defensible as I've got.
 
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first time caller said:
If Indiana was favored and beat Purdue, how does Purdue stay at number 1? Doesn't being an underdog to a 20th rank team give some sense to the fact you shouldn't stay at #1 if you lose?
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I’m not saying I agree with it, but I’m not upset about it. Purdue or Houston could be #1 one as not much separates the two teams. Zona is playing well so those Thais three teams are projected as #1 seeds in March.

It will sort itself out over next two weeks to see if TN is a true contender as we still have Bama, @ KY, and @ Auburn. If TN and Bama win their next two, then next Wed’ show down could be for the last projected one seed.
 
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first time caller said:
We've beat it to death.. let's move on..
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Good news is we are getting closer to post season. Hopefully our Vols offense will improve, they receive a 2 or 3 seed and made a deep run in March. It’s frustrating rt now but I still think Vescovi and JJJ will hit shots if they can get some rest.
 
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kckempf said:
That's silly. Purdue lost at home to unranked Rutgers, and any team that drops a home game they should win against an unranked team shouldn't be in the top ten. Arizona lost at home to Washington State so they're out too. Kansas had a three game losing streak including a 23 point home loss to TCU, plus they lost to a mediocre Tennessee team so they're clearly out. Iowa State couldn't put away Oklahoma State up 20 so they're out too. Baylor had a three game losing streak of their own so they're out. Gonzaga dropped a home game against a bad Loyola Marymount so they are also not elite. Alabama got destroyed by Oklahoma just last week. Here is my top ten, including only elite teams that have not suffered disappointing losses:

1 Nobody
2 Nobody
3 Nobody
4 Nobody
5 Nobody
6 Nobody
7 Nobody
8 Nobody
9 Nobody
10 Nobody
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What's silly is this post. Rutgers was ranked as of the time you posted this. They barely lost to Indiana on the road tonight. Best records and consistency keeps you at the top. If you beat a handful of good teams and drop one or two in 30 games you should not and win the rest of the games you should, you are in this year.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Texas and Kansas which both have more L’s than us and both we’ve beaten? Iowa State & Baylor with 2 more L’s? Ok then.
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We beat Texas at home and Kansas early. They are in a far better league which was proven in the SEC vs Big 12 Challenge by far and both have more quadrant 1 wins. They also haven't lost BADLY to 2 unranked teams. One of which was at home for us to a team Kansas beat. Both teams only have one more loss than us. Kansas also beat Texas.
 
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Not about rankings but is anyone else concerned with A&M? I haven’t seen any of their games but here their name mentioned often. I think they’re #3 in SEC?
 
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vegasvolfan said:
The way we are playing right now on a neutral court? Purdue, Indiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Florida, Auburn, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kansas St., Iowa St., Baylor, TCU, Texas. Knock me all you want on those SEC teams and Texas, but we got our butts handed to us by Florida who almost beat KY at home who also handed our butts to us at home. Auburn played their worst game of the year on the road and were some bad calls from possibly stealing it from us. I think Bama is simply better. Texas took our best offensive game of the season in Neyland and only lost by 11. Kansas has a horrible game against us at home, but I think they underestimated us. I don't see that happening again. You might wonder why not Houston, Virginia or UCLA. I don't think Houston or UCLA have really proven their worth yet. UCLA lost almost if not every game to teams still ranked. Houston's only big W is against Virginia whose only big W is against Baylor the 5th game of the season unless you include the Bama win. I guess you kind of have to, but Bama, Houston, Virginia, Tennessee and UCLA could be the most overrated teams in the country.
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Talk about alot of qualifiers. Texas was down 22 to us at one point- who cares if we won by 11? The committee certainly doesn’t.

If you look at it through the committee’s eyes, we have no bad losses. We have a few less Q1 wins than Kansas and Texas, but we have head to head and several more chances in our schedule.

I’m m not worried about how voters think now; it’s all about the committee and seeding now.
 
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Top 8 is fine with me. This team is questionable only because you never know which team you will see. If Hyde shows up anything is possible but if Jekyll's dressed, better shelter the women and children.
 
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vegasvolfan said:
What's silly is this post. Rutgers was ranked as of the time you posted this. They barely lost to Indiana on the road tonight. Best records and consistency keeps you at the top. If you beat a handful of good teams and drop one or two in 30 games you should not and win the rest of the games you should, you are in this year.
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Rutgers with 8 losses including one tonight against a disappointing 7-loss Indiana team? They’re clearly not going anywhere.
 
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Top 8 is fine with me. This team is questionable only because you never know which team you will see. If Hyde shows up anything is possible but if Jekyll's dressed, better shelter the women and children.
 
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vegasvolfan said:
We beat Texas at home and Kansas early. They are in a far better league which was proven in the SEC vs Big 12 Challenge by far and both have more quadrant 1 wins. They also haven't lost BADLY to 2 unranked teams. One of which was at home for us to a team Kansas beat. Both teams only have one more loss than us. Kansas also beat Texas.
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And the other 2? Lol.
 
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first time caller said:
Well let's see...who was 3rd behind Purdue and Tennessee? Houston? Ok, Houston. Why? Because number 1 lost , number 2 lost. Number 3 jumps to one...final answer, Houston. Or was it Alabama at 3?...I don't really know. Point was, Purdue shouldn't be since they lost to 20th ranked Indiana. Guarantee if Tennessee lost to a , oh let's say, 20th ranked Kentucky, they would have fallen 4 spots. That's as defensible as I've got. Is it dead now?
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Which goes with my point way back in the thread: for the pollsters, the most recent performance matters much more than body of work... until it suddenly doesn't.
 
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cgrish said:
Vandy doesn't have to be good to beat us when we play bad. We bring our a game, we can beat anyone in the country. We just don't bring our a game often enough.
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Yeah, but what about Wednesday morning beers? Those are important too.
 
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kckempf said:
Rutgers with 8 losses including one tonight against a disappointing 7-loss Indiana team? They’re clearly not going anywhere.
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Bro. Check the scoreboard. Rutgers were ranked. Kentucky, Florida, Vandy, and Colorado are not.
 
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vegasvolfan said:
Bro. Check the scoreboard. Rutgers were ranked. Kentucky, Florida, Vandy, and Colorado are not.
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Rutgers, with 8 disappointing losses now, and Indiana with 7. What are they paying these coaches for? Nobody knows how to get the job done.
 
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