Joe Lunardi put Kansas ahead of us

#51
#51
I mean he technically still has us as a 1 seed, with what he said at the top of his last bracket update. He stated “Tennessee will reclaim a 1 seed over Kansas with a win on the road vs Florida.” It’s the same exact thing. If he still had us as a 1 seed in his bracket right now and we lose to Florida, we’d drop anyways. So just win, and you’re back on the 1 seed line. But it doesn’t really matter because Joe Lunardi isn’t all that accurate when it comes to seed lines, and February just started. Long ways to go.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Lankykong
#53
#53
kckempf said:
It has a lot less to do with our losses and a lot more to do with Kansas having 8 Q1 wins. A bunch of our Q1 opponents are at the end of the season, so I think we overtake them once we have "enough" Q1 wins.
Click to expand...
I know of a specific Q1 loss that Kansas has
 
#60
#60
Vols till I fall said:
How in the world does this clown have Kansas over us with their big win tonight?

We beat Kansas head to head, just beat Texas and have one less loss. Also, Kansas went on like a 3 game losing streak
Click to expand...
Loss to Colorado, Kentucky at home and Florida. We have been playing well, but #2 in the country? No way. We were just blown away by Kentucky at home. Florida game better be a wakeup call.
 
#63
#63
He was on ESPNU radio yesterday and he said Tennessee was the most vulnerable 1 seed. Of course he was right because that’s gone
 
  • Like
Reactions: Frozevol
#67
#67
OrangeBoro said:
Not sure I see staying on the 2 line either, 3 or maybe a 4 seed seems more appropriate
Click to expand...

I’m not ready to go that far yet. If you bounce back and win on Saturday, a 2-seed is still on the table. I don’t want to overreact about one game.

This is less about what seed we are and more just about my confidence in this team in March. Doesn’t matter if we’re a 1, 2, 3, or 4. From what I have seen so far this year, I’m just becoming my increasingly more skeptical that this team has the juice on offense to do anything special. Feels like another Round of 32 exit if this is the type of offense we’re going to get.

Hot. Cold. Scorching Hot. Frigid. Hot. Cold. Cold. On Fire. There is like almost no in between with this team.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Native Orange, Willy14, OrangeBoro and 1 other person
#68
#68
TennVols12 said:
I know of a specific Q1 loss that Kansas has
Click to expand...
We didn't really lay a good claim on that 1 seed tonight, though. I think we have 8 more Quad 1 games, which should be more than enough to satisfy anybody who is concerned about that criterion.
 
  • Like
Reactions: TennVols12
#70
#70
If people would take off the orange shades they would see that Lunardi was right.

UT may remain a 2 seed but in all probability will become a 3 seed when all is said and done. I am basing this on losing probably 3-4 more games before March.
 
#72
#72
TheMookieMonster said:
I’m not ready to go that far yet. If you bounce back and win on Saturday, a 2-seed is still on the table. I don’t want to overreact about one game.

This is less about what seed we are and more just about my confidence in this team in March. Doesn’t matter if we’re a 1, 2, 3, or 4. From what I have seen so far this year, I’m just becoming my increasingly more skeptical that this team has the juice on offense to do anything special. Feels like another Round of 32 exit if this is the type of offense we’re going to get.

Hot. Cold. Scorching Hot. Frigid. Hot. Cold. Cold. On Fire. There is like almost no in between with this team.
Click to expand...
If it were just one game I wouldn’t be concerned but unfortunately it more than one game. I agree with your skepticism in the tournament this team won’t last long, same as every other year under Barnes.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Native Orange
#73
#73
vegasvolfan said:
Loss to Colorado, Kentucky at home and Florida. We have been playing well, but #2 in the country? No way. We were just blown away by Kentucky at home. Florida game better be a wakeup call.
Click to expand...
We've had a few of those this season. Problem is that we keep hitting the snooze button and dozing back off.
 
#74
#74
orangemadam said:
If people would take off the orange shades they would see that Lunardi was right.

UT may remain a 2 seed but in all probability will become a 3 seed when all is said and done. I am basing this on losing probably 3-4 more games before March.
Click to expand...
Yep. We've got a good record, but it's built on weaker competition for the most part. UF is no world beater, but there's a definite step up in competition to end the season. The question that haunts me is are we legit or a paper tiger? Are our numbers a product of our suspect schedule or is it a true reflection of our capabilities? The UF performance might just have been an off night or like water, we may be on the way to finding our own level. What blows my mind is how we don't have just one guy having a bad shooting night. When it happens, it's everyone going cold at the same time. It's all or nothing with our roster. Not sure I've ever seen a team so in sync like that before.
 
  • Like
Reactions: orangemadam
#75
#75
Vols till I fall said:
How in the world does this clown have Kansas over us with their big win tonight?

We beat Kansas head to head, just beat Texas and have one less loss. Also, Kansas went on like a 3 game losing streak
Click to expand...


These Lunardi projections are way too early and I don't focus on this until the different conference tournaments begin in late February/ early March.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top