According to Jay Bilas

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51. Tennessee Volunteers (Previous ranking: 47)

Why Tennessee can win: The Vols can get to the rim, and do a good job on the glass and getting to the free throw line. Jordan McRae can go for 30 in any given game.

Why Tennessee can lose: Tennessee plays hard, but does not shoot the ball well from the perimeter and is inconsistent on the defensive end.

Wins: Alabama (H), Kentucky (H), Florida (H), Missouri (H)

Losses: Oklahoma State (N), Georgetown (A), Virginia (A), Memphis (H), Mississippi (H, A), Alabama (A), Kentucky (A), Arkansas (A), Georgia (H, A)
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In his ranking the best 68 teams
 
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You copy that wrong?
Wins should include Wichita St , not Bama.
 
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VolsFan1998 said:
Witchita State was ranked when we beat them. So it should be a quality win....GBO....
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They're also an rpi 1-50 team.
Incidently, TN has the 2nd highest winning percentage among the bubble teams against rpi 1-50 teams.
VA is first, but the rest of their resume would gag a maggot.
 
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calban said:
They're also an rpi 1-50 team.
Incidently, TN has the 2nd highest winning percentage among the bubble teams against rpi 1-50 teams.
VA is first, but the rest of their resume would gag a maggot.
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Except for the arsewhoopin they handed us
 
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And yes, 8 points is officially a whoopin when it is greater than 20% of your point total. At that rate it would have taken a 9 minute UVA scoreless period for us to catch them.
 
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He actually moved us down from last week. We beat auburn on the road and Mizzou at home and people seem to think less of us...

I just don't get it. He also has UK like 10 spots above us. Pretty stupid from a guy I normally like
 
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I hope this team is hearing all this crap. I want them to come out destroy the SEC field so people like Bilas can eat there own crow.
 
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TBtheGBwiththeTD said:
He actually moved us down from last week. We beat auburn on the road and Mizzou at home and people seem to think less of us...

I just don't get it. He also has UK like 10 spots above us. Pretty stupid from a guy I normally like
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I still dont get all the "KY love" after we put a beatdown on them and then we beat Tex. A&M on the road, FL and Mizzou. KY beats FL in the last reg season game and all of a sudden they jump like 20 spots..... Geeez!
 
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1985Vols said:
I still dont get all the "KY love" after we put a beatdown on them and then we beat Tex. A&M on the road, FL and Mizzou. KY beats FL in the last reg season game and all of a sudden they jump like 20 spots..... Geeez!
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Agreed. Makes absolutely no sense. They are 4-3 post Noel. Including 2 losses to non bubble teams and a blowout loss to a certain big orange.
 
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BruinVol said:
More overall wins?

Higher rpi?

Finished 2nd in the league?


All those get them in ahead of us IMO.
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Our body of work vs. their body of work says otherwise. SOS and Top 50 wins counts more than what place you finish in your conference.
 
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1985Vols said:
Our body of work vs. their body of work says otherwise. SOS and Top 50 wins counts more than what place you finish in your conference.
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Perhaps that's correct but when the committee is looking for a reason to put the defending champion into the field that's plenty of ammo IMO.

I have argued this too much to do it again. I will leave it at this. I sure hope you are correct.
 
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BruinVol said:
More overall wins?

Higher rpi?

Finished 2nd in the league?


All those get them in ahead of us IMO.
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They have one meaningful win out of conference and that was Maryland, and it is a stretch that it is a meaningful win. They are 7-9 against Top 100; we are 9-9. Also, league records aren't as meaningful these days because of the unbalanced schedules- Kentucky played Auburn twice along with Florida. I really don't see how their résumé is better than ours. Historically, the committee has considered injuries. If they don't get in, you can also look at Noel's injury.
 
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Does Kentucky have a better road record than us? I know they have a bigger road win than us but overall do beat us in that area?
 
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