The Official Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 9:00pm ET, ESPNU

#52
#52
GatorsGators said:
Because there are no "do-or-die" games in January. Even if UT loses this game, they'll still have six more road games, five of which will be against fellow bubble teams. 12-6 is the goal. Losing tonight makes going 12-6 more difficult, but it's still doable.
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This is the answer. This may be on the easier end of the rest of our road games, but we still have plenty more chances. We have to play well, but I think we can legitimately win the rest of our home games except UK.

At Ole Miss, at Vandy, and at LSU will be key as well.
 
#53
#53
GatorsGators said:
Because there are no "do-or-die" games in January. Even if UT loses this game, they'll still have six more road games, five of which will be against fellow bubble teams. 12-6 is the goal. Losing tonight makes going 12-6 more difficult, but it's still doable.
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Win tonight and you only need 1 of
ARK, GA, Ole Miss, LSU and FL road games.
Lose, you need 2.
much more difficult.
 
#55
#55
iKrager said:
I love when you do this. Why do you disagree? I supplied my reasoning (2-2 away games, 0-3 neutral site) at one point the committee will look at our resume and say we could never get a quality road win. Of course, if we lost this one game and ended up winning out (besides Kentucky) or some crazy 7 game win streak, the chances of getting in the tournament become slim to none.
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GatorsGators said:
Because there are no "do-or-die" games in January. Even if UT loses this game, they'll still have six more road games, five of which will be against fellow bubble teams. 12-6 is the goal. Losing tonight makes going 12-6 more difficult, but it's still doable.
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Pretty much this.

Between tonight, Vandy, LSU, and Ole Miss - maybe even Arkansas, I think there are enough opportunities that losing tonight won't torpedo our tournament hopes.

Instead, I think it should really be seen as a great opportunity to get a leg up with 3 SEC road wins.
 
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#56
#56
This is a tough one tonight. They just beat Bama at home a week ago the game after we got drilled by them.

KenPom has them as the 40th best team in the country and us 86th. (Based on ability alone).

This would be a big upset win for our Vols...if it were at home I'd say we'd be a push.
 
#58
#58
VolGee4 said:
This is the answer. This may be on the easier end of the rest of our road games, but we still have plenty more chances. We have to play well, but I think we can legitimately win the rest of our home games except UK.

At Ole Miss, at Vandy, and at LSU will be key as well.
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If we beat UK then I will go to school NAKED. :dance::salute::crazy:
 
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#60
#60
Ericvol2096 said:
This is a tough one tonight. They just beat Bama at home a week ago the game after we got drilled by them.

KenPom has them as the 40th best team in the country and us 86th. (Based on ability alone).

This would be a big upset win for our Vols...if it were at home I'd say we'd be a push.
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KenPom says at home we're a 1 point underdog to them.
 
#61
#61
So auntie how difficult was it getting espnu? I've heard it's a hassle getting the cable men to install it
 
#62
#62
iKrager said:
... We lose it, you can say good bye NCAA hopes. ...
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Is this crap starting already? Whyyyy?

How do people buy into the "who's in / who's out / who's on the bubble" lists when we are 4 games into our league schedule? This forecasting is ...
#1 Mathematically erroneous
#2 Ignores future runs, slumps, injuries, player development and "surprises".
#3 Is ALWAYS UNOQUIVICALY INNACURATE 100% of the time.

I appreciate level headed discussion about who MAY or MAY NOT make the NCAA. But this "must win or your out" business is just a steaming pile.

About 89,000 scenarios are possible for the Vols to make or miss the tourney after this game, win or lose.

Howzabout we enjoy the season as it goes and see what happens?
 
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#64
#64
GatorsGators said:
Because there are no "do-or-die" games in January. Even if UT loses this game, they'll still have six more road games, five of which will be against fellow bubble teams. 12-6 is the goal. Losing tonight makes going 12-6 more difficult, but it's still doable.
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if the Vols win 19 games it will be hard to keep them out...

aside from Arky away and kentucky all are winnable games

we might not go on a 5 game win streak but when you play great defense and limit turnovers you probably wont lose 3 in a row either.

i like our chances
 
#65
#65
I never thought id say this this year but I am excited to watch this team play. They compete their guts out.
 
#66
#66
Keep SC off the line and limit second chance pts and I think we get our 3rd road win of the yr. I'm expecting a big game from Rich. And I have a funny feeling we might have a Stella sighting.

Vols 64
SC 52
 
#67
#67
Lefteye said:
Keep SC off the line and limit second chance pts and I think we get our 3rd road win of the yr. I'm expecting a big game from Rich. And I have a funny feeling we might have a Stella sighting.

Vols 64
SC 52
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I'm calling for a sctop10 play from hubbs or
Stella as well as hubbs and Stella combining for 26
 
#72
#72
livefaith said:
Is this crap starting already? Whyyyy?

How do people buy into the "who's in / who's out / who's on the bubble" lists when we are 4 games into our league schedule? This forecasting is ...
#1 Mathematically erroneous
#2 Ignores future runs, slumps, injuries, player development and "surprises".
#3 Is ALWAYS UNOQUIVICALY INNACURATE 100% of the time.

I appreciate level headed discussion about who MAY or MAY NOT make the NCAA. But this "must win or your out" business is just a steaming pile.

About 89,000 scenarios are possible for the Vols to make or miss the tourney after this game, win or lose.

Howzabout we enjoy the season as it goes and see what happens?
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I was exaggerating just a tad.. Calm down, do you see what I'm getting at? A loss here makes it that much harder to get into the NCAA tournament. No where in my post did I mention last 4 in/ last 4 out. Here's my thinking, if we lose at South Carolina, it makes our resume that much worse thus harder to get into the tournament. I know as well as everyone else that one loss won't ruin the season. I was the person last year saying things will be ok after the Missouri loss.
 
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