SEC Play

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

With SEC play coming up I figured I would make a thread just for it. I know it's early, but Lunardi has 13 teams in as of now. 9 teams #8 seed or higher.
SEC play is going to be brutal this year!

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

One other thing of note is SEC has 3 of the 4 undefeated teams left in NCAA men's Division 1 basketball.
Tennessee, Florida, and Oklahoma.
Drake being the only undefeated non-SEC team.

 

[livefaith]

Anyone wanna take a shot at the Vols SEC record. I'll start ... 14-4 SEC, 28-5 overall, #1 seed

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Anyone wanna take a shot at the Vols SEC record. I'll start ... 14-4 SEC, 28-5 overall, #1 seed

I'd say that is pretty damn close.
We beat Arkansas at home and get by Flordia on the road in a little over a week and I might be willing to go 15-3 in the SEC. Also wouldn't be shocked to see 13-5 either.
If Auburn doesn't win it, winner of SEC tournament this year could very well have 5 conference losses.

I'm feeling little optimistic tonight.
I'll go 15-3, 29-4 overall, with us losing to Auburn in SEC championship but still getting a #1 seed.

Edit: We play 31 games this year, so with a bye if we make it to the SEC championship game that is 3 more games and 34 games total.

So it would be 15-3 SEC, 30-4 overall because I have Auburn winning SEC championship.
(17-3 SEC if you count tourney wins .)

 

[TennesseeFan07]

I would take 12-6. That probably gets you a 1 seed. Winning on the road is going to be the hardest yet, in my opinion.

 

[RockyTopTexas]

I’ll be at the Texas game on the 11th
Last time it was ugly then had an awesome finish ! We lost by 1 I think

 

[orangemadam]

I would go with 12-6 also. SEC tournament is gonna be wild.
At least 5 teams could win that. May help a team or two in the seeding for big Tourny.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

I would go with 12-6 also. SEC tournament is gonna be wild.
At least 5 teams could win that. May help a team or two in the seeding for big Tourny.

All teams are playing in it this year, too.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I would take 12-6. That probably gets you a 1 seed. Winning on the road is going to be the hardest yet, in my opinion.

This is where I’m at also, zero slip ups OOC gives you right room in league play, 12-6 seems like a fair bar to set and as you said should have them in 1/2 seed talk.

 

[njvols]

I would take 12-6. That probably gets you a 1 seed. Winning on the road is going to be the hardest yet, in my opinion.

Agree. Our depth worries me a bit.

 

[tev.sm]

I would go with 12-6 also. SEC tournament is gonna be wild.
At least 5 teams could win that. May help a team or two in the seeding for big Tourny.

This is reasonable. We play 11 of 18 games against current ranked teams, 6 of which are on the road, which is nuts.

I’ll take 12-6 with no significant injuries going into the SEC tournament.

 

[therealitytheory]

Guess I'm looking past Arkansas, but going to Gainesville afterwards will obviously be our toughest test to date. Do we deserve our lofty rank and talk of a 1-seed and all that. That crowd will be off the carts nuts.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Guess I'm looking past Arkansas, but going to Gainesville afterwards will obviously be our toughest test to date. Do we deserve our lofty rank and talk of a 1-seed and all that. That crowd will be off the carts nuts.

A loss doesn’t mean we don’t/aren’t deserving of those things, not many teams are going into a Top 5 teams house and coming out with a W

 

[StarRaider]

All teams are playing in it this year, too.

when did all the teams not play? I know kensucky a couple of times because they were on probation... maybe another team or two. Are you thinking about the baseball tourney?

 

[livefaith]

Agree. Our depth worries me a bit.

With the insurance of Cameron Carr, and a solid backup in JP, we seemed to be poised for a final four. Now, one foul trouble game like Illinois and we're out.

 

[Lefteye]

I would take 12-6. That probably gets you a 1 seed. Winning on the road is going to be the hardest yet, in my opinion.

I’m here or 13-5. Outside for 7 and a 3 though. I’d be on cloud 9 w 4 or less losses.

 

[knoxvol52]

15-3 no worries ...

 

[Lukusw]

With the insurance of Cameron Carr, and a solid backup in JP, we seemed to be poised for a final four. Now, one foul trouble game like Illinois and we're out.

Seems like a wierd example since we didn't have Carr or JP and won that game.

 

[The Dog]

Seems like a wierd example since we didn't have Carr or JP and won that game.

Right, winning equals surviving and advancing, the opposite of "we are out"

 

[Volfan1000]

With SEC play coming up I figured I would make a thread just for it. I know it's early, but Lunardi has 13 teams in as of now. 9 teams #8 seed or higher.
SEC play is going to be brutal this year!

I think that we go 13-5 or 14-4 in SEC play.

 

[SN-A-C Orange]

Agree. Our depth worries me a bit.

However, I'll stick with my preseason guess of 13-5.

 

[Stoked]

I’m going with 12-6 the SEC is gonna be a gauntlet to get through

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

Hi

However, I'll stick with my preseason guess of 13-5.

I am going with 13 - 5 Also in sec play …

 

[livefaith]

Seems like a wierd example since we didn't have Carr or JP and won that game.

Buzzerbeaters vs unranked teams turn into heartbreaking losses deep in the NCAAT vs the elite teams. My point was that #1 we got multiples in foul trouble #2 We squeaked out a win, but by far the closest game of year. #3 Not in every game, but in 1 or 2 in the tourney, being able to pull up Carr or JP could save the win. Remember Car vs Creighton last year.

 

[VolsNetClippers2025]

Buzzerbeaters vs unranked teams turn into heartbreaking losses deep in the NCAAT vs the elite teams. My point was that #1 we got multiples in foul trouble #2 We squeaked out a win, but by far the closest game of year. #3 Not in every game, but in 1 or 2 in the tourney, being able to pull up Carr or JP could save the win. Remember Car vs Creighton last year.

But isn't that what Gainey, Dubar, and Boswell did lol?