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#676
#676
volgrad500 said:
I gotta say, I'm surprised at the 4 point bump. That coupled with Providence FINALLY losing, it was a good night! On to the next one.
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Got some help from NC st.
Be interesting to see if Nebraska jumps back in front on thursday with a win.
I was sweating Providence. what a game.
 
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#677
#677
volgrad500 said:
I gotta say, I'm surprised at the 4 point bump. That coupled with Providence FINALLY losing, it was a good night! On to the next one.
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All our remaining games are gonna be gold for about 3-4 spot bumps IMO.

Was definitely a good night bubble wise, could've gotten some more help RPI wise (NCST & WF), but won't complain.
 
#678
#678
calban said:
Got some help from NC st.
Be interesting to see if Nebraska jumps back in front on thursday with a win.
I was sweating Providence. what a game.
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Nc State lost, how did that help us?

Edit: nvm I assume you're talking about their RPI falling behind us. Them losing (along with WF) dropped us from 53 to 55 before our game though. If they'd have both win and we were at 53 we could've possible broke into the 40s.
 
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#685
#685
I thought we were supposed to wait until March and then shown the foolishness of our ways?
 
#688
#688
DeepSpringsVol said:
That tells me a win against Mizzou at home and they should be in the last 4 in again assuming they win the rest. Only because those from like 47-60 in RPI will more than likely lose games down their stretch runs too.
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As someone else said, simplest thing to say is 20 wins or more and we likely are in, including SECT.
 
#692
#692
bleedingTNorange said:
Agree.

Hoping we draw Virginia or Xavier like teams
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Well since Xavier is struggling to be a bubble team, I think we are safe there.....now we could be a low enough seed to give Virginia a chance at revenge but losing 4 of our past 6 even that is not likely.


Looking forward to the quest to try and make a run to be #69.
 
#693
#693
Like I said several games ago. We will continue to lose and we did. Two since I said that. Very, very tough now. We are on that thinnest part of the bubble that has not been kind to Tennessee or Martin.
 
#695
#695
Texas A & M is to Cuonzo this year what UGA was to Cuonzo last year. Those unbelievable losses to mediocre teams will be what keeps them out of the tourney. It's downright pathetic how horrible the SEC is and there are a ton of teams bunched up at 7-7 and UGA is 9-5. My God, you can't make this sh*t up.
 
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#696
#696
UT is now 2-10 in games decided by 10 points or less, 14-1 in games decided by more than 10 points, with the only loss being the beatdown in Gainesville. Hardly anyone wins ALL the close ones, but you sure as hell can't get away with losing 83% of them.

That's what's so frustrating. When we're right, we can play with anyone. We took Wichita State, who STILL hasn't lost a game, down to the wire on their home floor. That's impressive. But we can't beat a thoroughly mediocre Texas A&M team in two tries?
 
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#697
DowntownVol said:
UT is now 2-10 in games decided by 10 points or less, 14-1 in games decided by more than 10 points, with the only loss being the beatdown in Gainesville. Hardly anyone wins ALL the close ones, but you sure as hell can't get away with losing 83% of them.

That's what's so frustrating. When we're right, we can play with anyone. We took Wichita State, who STILL hasn't lost a game, down to the wire on their home floor. That's impressive. But we can't beat a thoroughly mediocre Texas A&M team in two tries?
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And that in a nutshell is coaching. When the game is tight down the stretch and you need your coach to draw up a play, Martin is not going to get it done for you. It is only a player making a play on his own like McRae has done numerous times that will bail Martin's incompetence out.
 
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#699
OrangeBalls said:
And that in a nutshell is coaching. When the game is tight down the stretch and you need your coach to draw up a play, Martin is not going to get it done for you. It is only a player making a play on his own like McRae has done numerous times that will bail Martin's incompetence out.
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I agree, however, you have to add that our players just can't get it done either. We have at least 2 games (and probably more) where our players could have overcome the coaching to win- both A&M games. I can argue we beat UF at home without missed layups, missed dunks, and 8 turnovers by a post player. If Barton makes a 3 or Maymon makes FT's, we win the first A&M game. If Stokes makes a FT, we win the second. Barton, who was clutch at Memphis, finally shows that he can do it at UT, and our coach calls a TO. Same old stuff.
 
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#700
VolGee4 said:
I agree, however, you have to add that our players just can't get it done either. We have at least 2 games (and probably more) where our players could have overcome the coaching to win- both A&M games. I can argue we beat UF at home without missed layups, missed dunks, and 8 turnovers by a post player. If Barton makes a 3 or Maymon makes FT's, we win the first A&M game. If Stokes makes a FT, we win the second. Barton, who was clutch at Memphis, finally shows that he can do it at UT, and our coach calls a TO. Same old stuff.
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If we had a coach that knew anything about what he was doing, I doubt either A & M game would've gone to the last seconds. We would've been up comfortably and not needing a player to hit a FT to win us the game. With Martin, he needs a big lead to win any game. If it's close, we're losing pretty much every game.

Maybe we should follow the baseball team more closely. They're at least winning. 7-0 after another sweep.
 
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