If we win out and the rest of the field remains pretty much where it is, what's our ceiling? Is a 1 seed out of the question at this point?
Hypothetically speaking...if we win out
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not buying it. If the Cats won out, they'd absolutely be in the conversation for a 2 seed. Poll rankings mean nothing.
ACC
BIG 10
Big 12
Big East
The winners of those conferences will be 1 seeds. We could get a 2. But if we win out, and the top of one of those conferences losses a bunch, maybe. Big IF.
BIG 10
Big 12
Big East
The winners of those conferences will be 1 seeds. We could get a 2. But if we win out, and the top of one of those conferences losses a bunch, maybe. Big IF.
I'm going to say a 2 is the ceiling, but if we keep playing like this it isn't going to matter.
I think to put a number of the games we win/lose and then figure out a seed based on it is silly.
It all matters what other teams around us do lol
It all matters what other teams around us do lol
Two short weeks ago I was so frustrated with this team, and this line of "winning out" thinking was laughable. Amazingly, and thankfully, we can now once again allow ourselves to think of think in those terms, that it actually is a possibility. That said, it will depend on those above us losing, and that seems to be happening a lot too. I also depends on how the NCAA perceives leagues like the Big 12 beating up on each other. With some bad losses on our resume, we could win out and still not get a one-seed, but this team convinced me the last five games (Kansas and Tennessee included) that some significant improvement has taken place. (The collapse at Tennessee was so out of character that you could attribute a young team being emotionally spent from Kansas as the cause of losing a 21-point lead--as such, I give us a pass on that and look at the first 15 minutes dominating them in Knoxville).
We have played some great basketball in this time span, and I will now be very surprised that it does not continue to trend upwards...and I love that we're back on the map! This TEAM is going to contend for the two championships in post season--we could not say that three weeks ago.
we still have 9 games remaining... if we go 9 - 0. (Counting SEC tourney)
We will be #1 seed. i'm not sure why people think other wise. None of the top 10 team will go undefeated rest of the season.
Statistically speaking we are around 10. That's now. If we win out, that'll put us near top 4 teams comfortably. The way we are killing teams, we are moving up extremely fast.
We will be #1 seed. i'm not sure why people think other wise. None of the top 10 team will go undefeated rest of the season.
Statistically speaking we are around 10. That's now. If we win out, that'll put us near top 4 teams comfortably. The way we are killing teams, we are moving up extremely fast.
There is no way that this team would feel they are 'unbeatable' after the LSU pummeling, the evaporation of lead at Auburn and the dismantling that UT put on us the last 25 mintues. This isn't last year who felt invincible after games like TAMU, Georgia and LSU.
It is possible, although unlikely... Just depends on the other teams, and we literally have to win out, I doubt any #1 seed has ever had 7 losses
I think a 2 seed would be our ceiling, but lots of teams need to drop some games for that to happen. A 3 seed is more likely.
I think we drop one on the road (A&M or Vandy most likely) and probably blow it in the SEC championship game (3 games in 3 days and short handed inside is a recipe for disaster). Go into the NCAA's with 8 losses and end up with a 4 or 5 seed.
I think we drop one on the road (A&M or Vandy most likely) and probably blow it in the SEC championship game (3 games in 3 days and short handed inside is a recipe for disaster). Go into the NCAA's with 8 losses and end up with a 4 or 5 seed.
