Arizona or Tennessee…who gets the last 1 seed?

[IowaMuse]

Purdue, UConn, and Houston have locked up 1 seeds. And really only 2 teams (Zona and Tenn) have a strong case for the other 1 seed. I think a win over KY next weekend propels the Vols to a 1 seed.

 

[TM2013]

Don't count out UNC. They will probably steamroll thru the miserable ACC tourney and lock up a 1 seed.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

If UT beats auburn, Alabama, sc and UK they have more impressive wins in conference n 2 weeks than Arizona has all conference season.

 

[Aike]

UT needs UNC to lose. UNC has that home win over UT, which the committee will use to justify giving UNC the one, unless they drop and are clearly farther down the seed line.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

UT needs UNC to lose. UNC has that home win over UT, which the committee will use to justify giving UNC the one, unless they drop and are clearly farther down the seed line.

Wouldn't surprise me if UNC loses at Duke.

 

[Aike]

Wouldn't surprise me if UNC loses at Duke.

They should. Duke is playing better than UNC right now.

 

[IowaMuse]

Yeah I don’t see UNC resume could vault them past either Tenn or Az. Not in a weak year for the ACC.

I think Tenn wins down the stretch will solidify their 1 seed. Assuming they beat USC and UK to close out the regular season.

 

[cbrwalt]

If Arizona gets a 1 seed, please send us out west as their 4 or 5 seed. I am not at all impressed with Arizona

 

[HenryMuto]

I will let you know in 2 weeks

 

[RMorris33]

Unfortunately the Vols are going to lose next Saturday

 

[JonathanW]

Now….it has to go to UT. More very good wins, and fewer not good losses than anyone outside those top 3.
But UT also has a very tough road, at USC, UK, then likely something like TAMU, UK, Alabama.
Arizona has the easiest chance to win 5 in a row. But unless UT losses 2, I wouldn’t give it to Zona.
I guess UNC if didn’t lose, and if UT lost 1 could take it, but would mean a win at Duke and a week later probably beat Duke again.

 

[Aike]

Yeah I don’t see UNC resume could vault them past either Tenn or Az. Not in a weak year for the ACC.

I think Tenn wins down the stretch will solidify their 1 seed. Assuming they beat USC and UK to close out the regular season.

UNC was 5th in the early reveal. The committee has tipped their hand.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

UNC was 5th in the early reveal. The committee has tipped their hand.

I dont get it. They beat Duke and UT. That's it.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

If one is looking at those two teams for any seed it’s a no brainer that Tn is better.

If that matters in the discussion.

 

[Aike]

I dont get it. They beat Duke and UT. That's it.

I don’t think UNC deserves it. But as of right now, both UNC and UT have 6 Q1 wins, and identical records vs. Q1/Q2. Throw in the H2H, and UNC gets the nod.

That could change with a really strong UT finish. But to be safe, they could stand for UNC to lose a game or two.

 

[rick64]

Zona has a couple of really bad losses.

 

[TheDude73]

Unfortunately the Vols are going to lose next Saturday

Unfortunately but fortunately.

 

[THE_HOOK]

With Barnes as coach, ut is meaningless in the tourney.

 

[Kamuka]

With Barnes as coach, ut is meaningless in the tourney.

I sorta hope UT gets it so it stings even more when they get bounced early. A back court of Ziegler and Vescovi isn't gonna make a deep run.

 

[cats2010]

UNC doesn’t have near as an impressive win on the road that UT has @rupp and @bama. Even a win at Duke doesn’t top either of those as Duke isn’t all that good IMO. Top 20 maybe but not a top 10 team nor top 10 talent. UK has top 5 talent!!!

 

[TNCatfanforever]

If WoooT doesn’t make the final 4 this year and or win the title most likely it will never happen.

 

[Montana81]

If it were today it would be Zona.

Zona: Net #3 Q1 8-3 Q2 5-2 Q3 8-1 Q4 2-0
Tenn: Net #5 Q1 6-5 Q2 6-1 Q3 6-0 Q4 5-0

The only real cases Tennessee has are the 1 Q3 loss for Zona and a 9-5 road neutral record vs zona’s 8-5. But i don’t know how much they even look at that anymore. I’d imagine they would weight the 2 extra Q1 wins heavier than anything though.

We could put the final nail in the coffin of Tennessee’s 1 seed chances with a win next weekend.

Tennessee is also at a disadvantage because the SEC refuses to move the final of the sec tourney to saturday. So that’s a potential extra Q1 game that won’t be counted.

And honestly i have my doubts about how much they committee looks at any of the sec tourney results, as none of the games have seemed to make much of a difference in recent years. Our league teams all seem to end up with whatever seed they were projected as before it even started.

 

[Rockford]

'Zona

B/c we beat UT Saturday and in the SEC Tourney.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Teams that I want UK to avoid in the tourney: Tennessee, UConn, and UNC. I think we're 6 to 8 points better than UNC, but I'd prefer not to get hosed by the refs in a UNC rematch ala 2017.