UT's chance at March Madness

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SCowlsVOL said:
I think we have a chance to beat both teams at home to be honest. We play both at home. I assume a sold out game against fl. I think we can beat one of them. The next game is huge though.
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UT ticket office announced yesterday afternoon that there are still lower level seats available for the Florida game. I was quite surprised, but guess it has something to do with the late start time.
 
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After reading where Memphis, MTSU, are in, then Ole Miss is barely in, Alabama out, seems very small chance UT has any chance of making the field realistically without winning the tourney.(bleacher report).
 
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BruinVol said:
I am more worried about A&m than winning one of the 2 big home games. I would bet a large amount of money we beat either florida or Missouri. Decent shot at winning both IMO.
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Beat A&M and I think the chance increase of beating Florida. Beat Florida and I probably expect us to beat Missouri. Maybe it sounds simplistic, but I think we keep rolling the more pumped these guys will get and those being home games will be huge.

However, lose at A&M and I do worry about our mindset a bit.
 
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utfantilidie said:
After reading where Memphis, MTSU, are in, then Ole Miss is barely in, Alabama out, seems very small chance UT has any chance of making the field realistically without winning the tourney.(bleacher report).
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Well if it's on bleacher report it must be true.
 
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After our huge win over Kentucky, Joe Lunardi basically failed to give UT any credit for the w, instead just wanted to talk about how it put UK outside the bubble calling UT "average at best." Obviously he only looks at wins and losses and doesn't actually follow the teams he seams to be covering. If he were, he would have seen the transformation this UT team has went through, and how good they have looked the last few weeks.

Would have been nice to have at least gotten the respect of after him talking about how it hurt UK, how it helped UT, and if we stay hot, we could be a dangerous team. Joe sucks balls imo. GBO!
 
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Orange Blood n IL said:
After our huge win over Kentucky, Joe Lunardi basically failed to give UT any credit for the w, instead just wanted to talk about how it put UK outside the bubble calling UT "average at best." Obviously he only looks at wins and losses and doesn't actually follow the teams he seams to be covering. If he were, he would have seen the transformation this UT team has went through, and how good they have looked the last few weeks.

Would have been nice to have at least gotten the respect of after him talking about how it hurt UK, how it helped UT, and if we stay hot, we could be a dangerous team. Joe sucks balls imo. GBO!
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I missed that, he called us average at best? Lunardi is a moron wrapped in a douche bag! The two guys that did half-time Doug Gotlieb and Seth Greenberg showed a little love. They flat out said if we get to 20 wins and the way we finished the season would get us in contention for making the field.
 
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GoobieVol said:
I missed that, he called us average at best? Lunardi is a moron wrapped in a douche bag! The two guys that did half-time Doug Gotlieb and Seth Greenberg showed a little love. They flat out said if we get to 20 wins and the way we finished the season would get us in contention for making the field.
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Yeah, he said the loss hurt UK even more because it was a blowout against an average at best UT team. It should still be on the main college basketball page of ESPN.
 
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Sorry to burst the bubble of all those that love to throw out "ESPN hates us," but Andy Katz had this say this morning -

"The Volunteers have won four in a row, including the 30-point pounding of Kentucky last Saturday. If you're looking for an SEC tournament buster that could cause serious problems for bubble teams in the league -- and who knows maybe win the tournament -- then put Tennessee down. The SEC tournament is in Nashville and the Vols are clicking at the right time. This is exactly the type of team that could get hot over a three-day period in a conference tournament. The Vols have the size inside and can suddenly score (not resembling at all the team that lost to Georgetown 37-36 Nov. 30). The Vols have scored 88 and 82 points in the past two games."
 
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utvolz98 said:
Sorry to burst the bubble of all those that love to throw out "ESPN hates us," but Andy Katz had this say this morning -

"The Volunteers have won four in a row, including the 30-point pounding of Kentucky last Saturday. If you're looking for an SEC tournament buster that could cause serious problems for bubble teams in the league -- and who knows maybe win the tournament -- then put Tennessee down. The SEC tournament is in Nashville and the Vols are clicking at the right time. This is exactly the type of team that could get hot over a three-day period in a conference tournament. The Vols have the size inside and can suddenly score (not resembling at all the team that lost to Georgetown 37-36 Nov. 30). The Vols have scored 88 and 82 points in the past two games."
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Since you mentioned his name I think he was the one doing the half-time stuff with Gotlieb durting the KY game wasnt he?? They both were talking good about us
 
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utvolz98 said:
Sorry to burst the bubble of all those that love to throw out "ESPN hates us," but Andy Katz had this say this morning -

"The Volunteers have won four in a row, including the 30-point pounding of Kentucky last Saturday. If you're looking for an SEC tournament buster that could cause serious problems for bubble teams in the league -- and who knows maybe win the tournament -- then put Tennessee down. The SEC tournament is in Nashville and the Vols are clicking at the right time. This is exactly the type of team that could get hot over a three-day period in a conference tournament. The Vols have the size inside and can suddenly score (not resembling at all the team that lost to Georgetown 37-36 Nov. 30). The Vols have scored 88 and 82 points in the past two games."
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I just said Joe Lunardi disrespected us, didn't say the whole network did (although they do.) But Andy Katz usually does have good things to say about us, he's kind of like the Joe Schad of football for basketball.
 
#615
#615
Another great win! Lets see if we are REALLY tough and march into College Station, TX and beat the Aggies. The FL being at home is HUGE. Although we've had great success there, I just dont see us winning that game down in Gainesville. Lets go 3-1 and at least MAKE IT to the SECCG in Nashville! I think we're in then!
 
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GoobieVol said:
Since you mentioned his name I think he was the one doing the half-time stuff with Gotlieb durting the KY game wasnt he?? They both were talking good about us
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I'm not sure. I didn't hear halftime of that game...was watching it at a bar and didn't pay much attention to halftime.
 
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whocaresgobobcats said:
if OSU's RPI goes higher, UT's will ever so slightly. every hundredth of a point is needed.
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I don't think that's how it works, but maybe I'm mistake (Zans is the RPI expert). I think it may help our SOS, because a team we played won, but it's no bigger than say Presbyterian beating little sister of the blind iirc.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I don't think that's how it works, but maybe I'm mistake (Zans is the RPI expert). I think it may help our SOS, because a team we played won, but it's no bigger than say Presbyterian beating little sister of the blind iirc.
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Especially since we lost. If we had won, it'd help a bit more, I think.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I don't think that's how it works, but maybe I'm mistake (Zans is the RPI expert). I think it may help our SOS, because a team we played won, but it's no bigger than say Presbyterian beating little sister of the blind iirc.
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i didn't say it would have been a huge increase. but it helps if every team UT played in OOC wins
 
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whocaresgobobcats said:
i didn't say it would have been a huge increase. but it helps if every team UT played in OOC wins
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This is correct. Whenever a team UT played wins a game it helps their SOS and their RPI. At this point in the season it's not a huge change but like you say, ever little bit helps.
 
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