Haha the nail at the foul line was the nail in our coffin. I kid. Win at Mizzou and we still get the big boy spot
Kentucky now a 4 seed in bracketology
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He didn’t drop us so much as Texas A&M passed us. That’s the only team we were ahead of that’s now ahead of us. We beat LSU but they beat Auburn
Here is a 6 man live committee doing the entire committee work just the same way the real committee does it. They worked on it over 5 hours yesterday (I watched all 5 hrs)
They are currently in progress. They currently have Kentucky as a 3 seed #9 overall.
They are currently in progress. They currently have Kentucky as a 3 seed #9 overall.
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A&M was a 2 seed when the reveal was done, so it’s not as big of a deal, really. Same as them staying the same.
Looking at the top 16 on the 15th:
1 Auburn still 1.
2 Bama probably dropped a seed line.
3 Duke moved up a spot most likely.
4 Florida probably stayed about the same.
5 UT has maybe slid a little.
6 A&M probably down a little.
7 Purdue probably slipped some.
8 Houston probably moved up.
9 Iowa St. probably dropped some.
10 Kentucky probably stayed the same.
11 Wisconsin probably dropped a little.
12 Zona probably dropped a little.
13 Texas Tech probably climbed up some.
14 Michigan probably fell some.
15 Kansas likely dropped out of top 16.
16 St. John’s has moved up a bit.
Michigan St. wasn’t even in the reveal, but have been on an absolute tear, adding some big Quad 1 wins. They have definitely moved up to the top 16 and probably passed us.
But my point is, there hasn’t been that much movement, in the grand scheme of things, and just as many have likely moved down as moved up.
And who has played as tough of a schedule since the 15th as we have? 4 Q1 games, 1 Q2 and a Q3.
We should not have moved much either way.
Considering the quality of our wins, I think we are a three now. We have also played fine without JR.
Two straight losses from this point could drop us, especially if we play poorly. But our metrics actually weren’t that bad vs. Auburn, and we were lights out against LSU.
Trust me, I’d be very happy if we got 3. I don’t want to play Duke. I do worry TXAM, St. John’s and Michigan State have jumped us since the tournament reveal show. We shall see.
Can’t imagine A&M jumping us when they started out ahead of us.
Edit: you probably meant Tech.
I’d like to just win out.
Honestly, that is a good reason, at least until we show we can beat a good team other than UT without JR
I just want to remind everyone that while Lunardi gets all the fame for being on ESPN and whatnot he’s not generally all that good at this when compared to other bracket guys.
I’d suggest to just look at bracket matrix. It’s probably a better snapshot on where we are at.
I’d suggest to just look at bracket matrix. It’s probably a better snapshot on where we are at.
How many potential 3 seeds have a winning record against the current projected 1 seeds? UK is 2-1 (beat Duke and UF, lost to Auburn).
How many potential 3 seeds have a winning record against the 1 and 2 seeds at the reveal? UK is 5-3 against those teams (beat Duke, UF, A&M, and UT twice, lost to Auburn and Bama twice).
It’s gong to be up to the SC. I guess they can use Robinson’s injury to penalize us, if they want.
But our resume is superb.
How many potential 3 seeds have a winning record against the 1 and 2 seeds at the reveal? UK is 5-3 against those teams (beat Duke, UF, A&M, and UT twice, lost to Auburn and Bama twice).
It’s gong to be up to the SC. I guess they can use Robinson’s injury to penalize us, if they want.
But our resume is superb.
Something tells me arguing with someone that far off the mark was unproductive lol
We beat them and before that win they had lost 4 straight. #1 or not going 1 and 4 in your last 5 shouldn't even have them close enough to us to jump us.
The committee has a history of taking injuries into account (& they probably should). We only have 1 good win without JR (UT). Missouri would make 2. But I think we need a third (in SEC-T) to have a chance at retaining a 3 seed.
Or just relax the rule. I think that seems a bit more likely.
Given the number of teams increasing quite a bit in some of the power conferences, this is going to become unavoidable in the future anyways.
I wouldn't like to see Florida again - period! I think Florida is the best team in the SEC. I know, some may think me crazy. Really impressed with Golden's coaching job this year. Auburn has too many punks and immature antics to make a Final Four (we shall see)
But that was the game of the year earlier this year against your Gators.
The rule states that if a conference has 9 or more teams in the field, the matchup rules can be relaxed, meaning they can put teams playing each other much earlier than they could for conferences with 8 or fewer bids.
This is why the “bracket gurus” have some possible second round matchups between SEC teams. One I saw a few weeks back was UK as a 3 seed and Arkansas as an 11, meaning they could play in the second game, if Arkansas upset the 6 seed.
I don’t think they would put two SEC teams playing in the opening round, but anything after that could be fair game with the conference likely having 12 or 13 bids.
The Big Ten may be in the same situation with more than 9 teams projected into the field.
We've held on to a #3 seed for longer than we probably should have considering injuries and losses. I think a #4 seed is probably about right for this team.
Now, I do think we need to win one game in the SEC-T to secure on of the better #4 seeds.
Now, I do think we need to win one game in the SEC-T to secure on of the better #4 seeds.
Just needed wins at Texas and at Vanderbilt we were up 5 with 3:55 left at Texas and up 1 with 2 mins left and folded.
Those 2 wins would put us in contention for a 2 seed and 3 seed would been locked.
Also 3 losses at home is 1 too many really hate losing 2 games let alone 3 in a season at home.
Those 2 wins would put us in contention for a 2 seed and 3 seed would been locked.
Also 3 losses at home is 1 too many really hate losing 2 games let alone 3 in a season at home.