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Lunardi: Kentucky 3 Seed

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Just curious does anyone know what Pope’s best seed was at BYU? I’m curious with being at BYU he got the shaft and always played a higher seed in round 1 of the NCAA? To explain him never won a game?
 
A conference getting two 1s, two 2s, and two 3s would be BY FAR the most impressive seeding any conference has ever gotten in the tourney’s history.

Kinda weird how the exact same year when SEC football took a bit fat humbling and step down is when SEC hoops took an unprecedented step up. Almost like the sports gods knew things needed to be balanced out.
 
Just curious does anyone know what Pope’s best seed was at BYU? I’m curious with being at BYU he got the shaft and always played a higher seed in round 1 of the NCAA? To explain him never won a game?

He had two 6 seeds and lost to 11s.

To be fair, 11 seer ucla made the final four n 2021 and almost beat undefeated Gonzaga in said final four.
 
Just curious does anyone know what Pope’s best seed was at BYU? I’m curious with being at BYU he got the shaft and always played a higher seed in round 1 of the NCAA? To explain him never won a game?
He was a 6 seed who lost to an 11 seed both times he made the tournament.
 
The graphic looks to me like he is still ranking Texas A&M above Kentucky.

Can ANYONE with half a brain please explain the logic there?

Net Ranking:
Kentucky #12
Texas AM #16

Kenpom:
Kentucky #11
Texas AM #17

T Ranking:
Kentucky #15
Texas AM #25

SOS Ranking:
Kentucky #3
Texas AM #4

Q1 Record:
Kentucky 10-9
Texas AM 8-7

Q1A Wins:
Kentucky- 8
Texas AM- 5

Losses Outside of Quad 1:
Kentucky- 1
Texas AM- 2

Head-To-Head Matchup:
Kentucky beat Texas A&M by Double Digits

Can anyone at all please send this to Joe Lunardi and ask him to explain?
 
Kenpom:
Kentucky #11
Texas AM #17

T Ranking:
Kentucky #15
Texas AM #25

SOS Ranking:
Kentucky #3
Texas AM #4

Q1 Record:
Kentucky 10-9
Texas AM 8-7

Q1A Wins:
Kentucky- 8
Texas AM- 5

Losses Outside of Quad 1:
Kentucky- 1
Texas AM- 2

Head-To-Head Matchup:
Kentucky beat Texas A&M by Double Digits

Can anyone at all please send this to Joe Lunardi and ask him to explain?
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The graphic looks to me like he is still ranking Texas A&M above Kentucky.

Can ANYONE with half a brain please explain the logic there?

Net Ranking:
Kentucky #12
Texas AM #16

Lunardi doesn’t defend relative rankings. He only claims to correctly predict who gets in
 
Just curious does anyone know what Pope’s best seed was at BYU? I’m curious with being at BYU he got the shaft and always played a higher seed in round 1 of the NCAA? To explain him never won a game?
He was a 6 seed last season and lost to a 12 loss Duquesne team who played 1 game against a ranked team and finished 6th in the A-10.

I was in Pittsburgh for the Oakland game and the whole city was buzzing about Duquesne winning a tournament game. It was their first tourney win since 1969.
 
The graphic looks to me like he is still ranking Texas A&M above Kentucky.

Can ANYONE with half a brain please explain the logic there?

Net Ranking:
Kentucky #12
Texas AM #16

Kenpom:
Kentucky #11
Texas AM #17

T Ranking:
Kentucky #15
Texas AM #25

SOS Ranking:
Kentucky #3
Texas AM #4

Q1 Record:
Kentucky 10-9
Texas AM 8-7

Q1A Wins:
Kentucky- 8
Texas AM- 5

Losses Outside of Quad 1:
Kentucky- 1
Texas AM- 2

Head-To-Head Matchup:
Kentucky beat Texas A&M by Double Digits

Can anyone at all please send this to Joe Lunardi and ask him to explain?

I agree with all this. I just think the key factor might be health. We are missing Robinson. Whereas Wade Taylor did not play in their loss in Rupp and has been back and contributing since then (although, of course, their slump happened with him in the lineup too).
 
A conference getting two 1s, two 2s, and two 3s would be BY FAR the most impressive seeding any conference has ever gotten in the tourney’s history.

Kinda weird how the exact same year when SEC football took a bit fat humbling and step down is when SEC hoops took an unprecedented step up. Almost like the sports gods knew things needed to be balanced out.
The SEC tournament will literally be harder than the NCAA tournament.

Kentucky will play Georgia--a tournament team.
Alabama--a 2 seed (potential 1 seed even)
Florida--a 1 seed
Auburn or Tennessee--a potential 1 seed (I would assume a UT win over Auburn gets them back to the 1 line).

The last 3 rounds will basically be like watching the Elite 8/Final 4.
 
With having 8 wins over Top-15 teams which is more than any other team in the country & is tied for the most Top-15 wins in the history of college basketball for a single season. Then if we win the conference tournament. that would probably mean that we would get 2 more Top-15 wins for a total of 10 for the season an all time record. How could we not get a 2 Seed
 
My question for the day: do we want the worst 2-seed or the best/2nd best 3-seed? Just thinking about seeding locations and wondering if althea last 2-seed might mean playing out west, and if the best 3-seed might mean playing in a more preferential region (Midwest or south).

We know that the SEC is going to likely take 3 #1 seeds, Duke has the other. Does Duke take Atlanta, and the other 3 SEC go east/west/Midwest? Do they give Duke the eastm
 
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My question for the day: do we want the worst 2-seed or the best/2nd best 3-seed? Just thinking about seeding locations and wondering if althea last 2-seed might mean playing out west, and if the best 3-seed might mean playing in a more preferential region (Midwest or south).

We know that the SEC is going to likely take 3 #1 seeds, Duke has the other. Does Duke take Atlanta, and the other 3 SEC go east/west/Midwest? Do they give Duke the eastm
SEC won’t get more than two #1 seeds, Duke and Houston take the other two
 
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