SEC Play

#27
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DowntownVol said:
if you offered me 12-6 right now with no significant injuries going into postseason play, I'd happily take it
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I hear ya, but I’m sticking greedy till we’ve dropped a couple. 4-5 tops is my hope.. that SHOULD be good enough for a 1 this year
 
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#28
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I hope everyone understands, that there is no easy games in the SEC. Every game will be a challenge, we will drop some games for sure. 12-6 would be great. Our 3 point shooting will be the key.
 
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VolsNetClippers2025 said:
But isn't that what Gainey, Dubar, and Boswell did lol?
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I know that we had the horses to get that done on the road v an unranked team. That's not the point. We have to win 4 games in a row to reach a FF. Two of those will be against basically equal level (top 10) teams. To win 6 games means that we'll have to defeat 4 (top 10 & Top5) foes on neutral sites. One or two of those sudden death wars could put us in a foul trouble situation. Having the insurance of those 2 players (especially JPE) could make the difference in winning or losing on that one situation. I'm mostly concerned about having the bigs to win every game. The E8/FF will almost all have strong post play. That's what would make me feel a lot more confident in the run needed to win a NC.
 
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There were countless opportunities to play Dubar and Boswell in a few of these pre-conference games. I would feel more confident heading into SEC play if our experienced depth was more than 7 players.
 
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LibertyVolance said:
There were countless opportunities to play Dubar and Boswell in a few of these pre-conference games. I would feel more confident heading into SEC play if our experienced depth was more than 7 players.
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In a number of those Boswell was unavailable due to injuries and same for Boswell as well as personal reasons…not saying there weren’t a few games they could have squeezed a few more minutes for those guys, but they also haven’t been available for multiple games.
 
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Anti-shunshinepumper said:
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!

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I count 10 8 seed or higher on that list 13 total.

1 Auburn and UT
2 Alabama and Florida
3 Kentucky
4 A&M and Miss State
5 Oklahoma
6 Ole Miss
8 UGA
9 Arkansas
11 Texas Missou 11 (last 4 in)
Vandy first 4 out
LSU next 4 out.

USCe are the only ones not on the chart. That would be nuts but I don't think it works out that way these teams all have to play one another multiple times. Kinda crazy to thing the SEC is now a better basketball conference than the ACC we pretty much dominate all the sports that matter. Baseball, Football both sides of Basketball.
 
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pimo1 said:
I count 10 8 seed or higher on that list 13 total.

1 Auburn and UT
2 Alabama and Florida
3 Kentucky
4 A&M and Miss State
5 Oklahoma
6 Ole Miss
8 UGA
9 Arkansas
11 Texas Missou 11 (last 4 in)
Vandy first 4 out
LSU next 4 out.

USCe are the only ones not on the chart. That would be nuts but I don't think it works out that way these teams all have to play one another multiple times. Kinda crazy to thing the SEC is now a better basketball conference than the ACC we pretty much dominate all the sports that matter. Baseball, Football both sides of Basketball.
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I have a hard time seeing this many teams getting in. Some of these teams like Texas and Missouri will likely have 6-12 sec records or worse. Even though the conference is loaded, will the selection committee really give these teams the nod if they don’t get to 20 wins?
 
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Granted, some easy ones, but SEC teams are 125-2 at home this season. Texas and South Carolina both lost opening games to Ohio State and North Florida. Hovering around that 4-5 or 5-4 mark could win the conference if you hold serve or only have one slip up at home.
 
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LeannaVol said:
I have a hard time seeing this many teams getting in. Some of these teams like Texas and Missouri will likely have 6-12 sec records or worse. Even though the conference is loaded, will the selection committee really give these teams the nod if they don’t get to 20 wins?
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I agree totally but.. since every team in the SEC already has at least 10-13 wins getting to 20 isn't that impossible for most. 7-9 wins is enough for most teams to hit 20 wins and that's doable for at least 10-12 teams. I think it comes down to the top teams that play each other twice trading losses which pulls down the net rating overall? I think the SEC gets more teams in than any other conference but not 13 maybe 10-12
 
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LeannaVol said:
I have a hard time seeing this many teams getting in. Some of these teams like Texas and Missouri will likely have 6-12 sec records or worse. Even though the conference is loaded, will the selection committee really give these teams the nod if they don’t get to 20 wins?
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Yeah, I missed one when counting 8 and above.
I wasn't saying that many teams necessarily make the tournament in March. There will be some that under perform in SEC play.

That said, I think we break the record for most SEC teams in this year. Missouri is pretty good. Wouldn't surprise me a bit if they made the tournament come March. Illinois barely was able to beat them.
 
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The 16 college basketball teams with the toughest remaining strength of schedule (per ESPN BPI):

• No. 1 South Carolina
• No. 2 Ole Miss
• No. 3 Vanderbilt
• No. 4 LSU
• No. 5 Texas
• No. 6 Kentucky
• No. 7 Alabama
• No. 8 Texas A&M
• No. 9 Auburn
• No. 10 Oklahoma
• No. 11 Mississippi State
• No. 12 Arkansas
• No. 13 Georgia
• No. 14 Tennessee
• No. 15 Missouri
• No. 16 Florida

The grind begins in the SEC.

 
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tev.sm said:
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.
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You don't think we beat any ranked team on the road? Surely we beat 1. Probably drop another one we shouldn't tho, so that might get you to that 12-6. I'd like to think we are at least 13-5 good.
 
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I would just as soon Tennessee get hot in the SEC tournament and carry that into March.
 
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Anti-shunshinepumper said:
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.
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After today I believe we will be the only undefeated team. Drake lost, UF is at UK and OU is at Bama while we’re at home to Arkansas. Also, there are only 4 teams in the country with 1 loss outside of the SEC while the SEC has 3 unbeaten and 4 1-loss teams. I’ve never seen anything like it.
 
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#45
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Pretty safe to assume SEC will for sure get 10 teams in the big dance. The record for any conference is 11, would be nice to match that record.
 
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VolBalls33 said:
Pretty safe to assume SEC will for sure get 10 teams in the big dance. The record for any conference is 11, would be nice to match that record.
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For that to happen the middle of the conference is gonna have to beat up on the top some. I think 12-6 this year is the equivalent of 14-4 in the past.
 
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