UT's chance at March Madness

#202
#202
RPI dropped to 78, not as bad as I thought it would. As hard as it'll be, root for Memphis to win out lol, it will only help us.

A win over ole miss probably puts us back into the 50s.
 
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#205
bleedingTNorange said:
No we had been falling consistently because of teams we had played losing. Didn't check pregame, but a day or two ago we were around 52.
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Thanks for updating this. I got home late from the game and just got to looking at it. UT was 47 to start the day Friday and 78 at day's end. 31 spot fall. Home losses hurt. They need to get some road wins to offset this loss.
 
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#206
zansdad said:
Thanks for updating this. I got home late from the game and just got to looking at it. UT was 47 to start the day Friday and 78 at day's end. 31 spot fall. Home losses hurt. They need to get some road wins to offset this loss.
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You sure about the 48? I looked the last day or two and we were down into the 50s, maybe climbed back up some.

I think winning the next 2 puts us into the 40s.
 
#208
#208
If UT loses at home to Ole Miss then they're already in a hole. Then they go to Bama and to Ky. They could start out 0-3 in the SEC. They'll win at home over Miss St, but the Ole Miss game is big.

It sounds like Reese probably won't be back either. Martin said it was a "tough, legitimate" sprain. Sounds like he'll be out awhile.

Seems like this year we're destined for a lot of injuries. Miller, Maymon out all season it appears, Reese played only 1 game, McBee hurting and Golden with a hurt shoulder.
 
#209
#209
The SEC gets 5 teams in this year. Your biggest competition is Bama, who just lost to Tulane. Don't lose at home to anyone worse than Bama, and don't lose on the road to Auburn, USC, State, UGA, and you should be dancing. I'd bet more than a bit that Ole Miss stumbles during conference play too. You guys may not be able to sneak up to 3rd in the SEC, but the dance is in the cards.
 
#210
#210
Wichita State might be the gift that keeps giving. They win a huge game on the road against Bradley, great game btw. They did so without their best player Carl Hall.

They are now 14-1 (3-0) and are going to move up to about RPI 15 probably after this win. (funny I remember many saying they weren't good)

Looking like a VERY good win, on paper a better win than Memphis, Georgetown, Okie State and Virginia would've been.
 
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#214
#214
Good day for Tennessee. Wichita wins a good road game, now 14-1 looking like that's gonna be a great win.

And our worst loss was UVA, they're about to beat UNC, so looking like not a bad loss at all.
 
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#215
bleedingTNorange said:
Good day for Tennessee. Wichita wins a good road game, now 14-1 looking like that's gonna be a great win.

And our worst loss was UVA, they're about to beat UNC, so looking like not a bad loss at all.
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That's a good win for UVA, but UNC isn't even ranked. Everyone they've played this year that was good has beaten them even a suspect Texas team.
 
#217
#217
RPI is down around 93 after losing to Ole Miss. Not good but at least it's not in the 100's. UT has really put themselves in a tough spot again this year.
 
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#218
zansdad said:
RPI is down around 93 after losing to Ole Miss. Not good but at least it's not in the 100's. UT has really put themselves in a tough spot again this year.
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Unless this team finds some more offense and plays better defense, they're NIT bound.

If they don't bring the defensive intensity and the rebounding to every game they are giving themselves a very small chance at winning with the way they are offensively challenged.

The last two games their perimeter players have been exposed. Losing Maymon and Tatum from last year's team shouldn't have had that drastic of a change offensively for this team, but you have to wonder if the other coaches are starting to figure out Martin's tendencies more after being in the league more than a year.
 
#222
#222
Maybe the Vols can get on a roll, and beat a couple of the teams that beat them early.

Maybe that will help them gain confidence heading into the tournaments and become a bubble team.
 
#224
#224
Right now I see us going 11-7 in conference. With that and an OOC resume with only one good win we're going to need to do some damage in the conference tourney for me to feel comfortable.
 
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