Official Bracket Watch Thread

#276
#276
VolGee4 said:
Don’t understand why Arkansas is 21 spots higher than us in the NET. They basically played Indiana, a decent Tulsa team, and an average TCU team in non conference. They do play LSU twice, but we get UK and Auburn twice. We would have 2 more wins with that schedule.

Their resume is actually pretty similar to ours with number of top KenPom wins. A team like Austin Peay should not inflate their rating because it’s still Austin Peay.
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Last year was the first year of the NET and it wasn’t a good year for showing it was used and Beneficial.

It appeared to me RPI was used more ladt
Year than NET and if that’s the case we aren’t good there either
 
#277
#277
BruinVol said:
Last year was the first year of the NET and it wasn’t a good year for showing it was used and Beneficial.

It appeared to me RPI was used more ladt
Year than NET and if that’s the case we aren’t good there either
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RPI isn’t any better when comparing the two.

We will play 22 games against top 100 NET teams. Arkansas will play 20. However, 12 of our games are against top 50 while Arkansas will play 6. We will have played 16 top 60 NET games as it stands right now.

Unfortunately we are 4-10 right now against top 60.
 
#279
#279
appyvol said:
If we win the last two I think we are in good shape. Problem is that's a very tall task.
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I wish I agreed and thought that was right all year but don’t now

I’d give it all up to beat Kentucky at rupp though.
 
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#283
#283
BruinVol said:
All year I have thought 10-8 was going to be enough and now I don’t think it’s
Even going to be close.

from looking at our NeT today I think it’s going to take 10-8 and making the finals to get into the dance

At Auburn was the end of a realistic shot imo
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I agree. That game is going to make me mad for a long time.
 
#285
#285
BruinVol said:
Much better RPI and 12 conference wins. Like it or not Conference record and standings make a lot of difference. They are winning their league now
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I wasn’t saying it to make a case for Tennessee, just stating that there isn’t necessarily a hard cut off with NET and getting into the NCAAT. The fact is that every year there’s typically 2-3 spots that are open, depending on what the committee decides to weigh more that year is what dictates who gets in. Right now you have a 18-11(6-10) Arkansas team projected in by a lot of folks, same for Purdue 15-14(8-10)...my point being that without knowing how those 8-10 teams vying for those final 2-3 spots finish it’s impossible to say what will and won’t be good enough.

My personal opinion, winning both and we are in, but that’s JMO.
 
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#290
#290
BruinVol said:
just don’t see it and don’t think we will even be close.
Beating Florida didn’t effect our NET at all and most of the bubble teams keep winning.
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I tend to agree with you here. UCLA has a worse NET but, as you pointed out, they're winning the Pac-12 and are on quite a heater right now. Tennessee, meanwhile, really needed to pull the game against South Carolina out and not give up such an huge lead against Auburn in order to be feeling "good" about Selection Sunday. I'm afraid that even a road win in Rupp and closing out the season decisively against Auburn won't exactly be enough to overcome generally weak conference play, so I think anything less than 20 wins sinks our boat.
 
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#292
Still a lot of ball to be played. We still play 2 teams for sure that are in the tourney, and would be resume builders, also in Nashville who knows what happens. Could play any combination of Florida, LSU, Auburn, Kentucky which would also boost a resume if we could beat 1 of those. I don't think we can beat KY tomorrow, but saying it's over now is not true. We still have a chance albeit a small one.
 
#294
#294
BruinVol said:
Not good. You’d like that number close to .500.
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Agree it could’ve been better, but that’s also 19 teams for 10 spots...Tennessee won as well, win again (@UK) and 6 more lose and you continue to move up. All we can do is win and see where the chips fall, could be enough and might not be.
 
#295
#295
bleedingTNorange said:
Agree it could’ve been better, but that’s also 19 teams for 10 spots...Tennessee won as well, win again (@UK) and 6 more lose and you continue to move up. All we can do is win and see where the chips fall, could be enough and might not be.
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Hope I am wrong but I have lost my desire to follow the games for the purposes of dancing

I just want to beat Kentucky because well I hate those bastards
 
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#297
#297
We obviously aren’t out until our last whistle of the SECT. It also would be about the most Tennessee thing ever to lose one or both of the next games and then win the tournament.

Three more wins...regardless of where they come puts us in position but needing help, 4 puts us in.
 
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#298
#298
Win these last 2 and win one in the tourney and we're on the fringe. But still not sure at that point.

I really feel like we left too many opportunities out there though to still get in. Golden opportunities blown on the road against USCe and AU. Should never lose to a team like A&M at home. And the Memphis game was one of the ugliest all year and still should have won. The up and down roller coaster ride was hard to watch this year, but I will say that some good things did happen this year.

Fulky and Pons both took a step this year, especially with their offensive games. They come back and just improve a little more and that's gonna go good with the rest of the young talent coming in and returning.

Many have been down on JJJ, and hes had an up and down year but I think injuries have played a part here more than we all know. I think he'll be much improved next year.

Vescovi is gonna benefit tremendously from a full offseason of workouts, getting stronger and learning even more of our offense.

Plavsic really didn't need to play this year, but we needed extra bodies at times. I think another season and he'll improve.

We'll lose Bowden but add the young guns and Bailey to next years team. Gonna be fun to watch with more scoring options on the floor. The one thing we've never had to worry much with concerning Barnes' teams is defense and next year we will be more of the same. Gonna be a fun year next year. Hopefully basketball and football!
 
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