Pretty Decent Week So Far For Our NCAA/SEC Seeding

[Eagles_Ball]

Unless you win two games in the SECT. That would be two more Quad 1 wins added to our resume

I think that's the only path to a 3 seed if we lost to Mizzou.

If we beat Mizzou, I still think we HAVE to win one SECT game to have a hope of a 3. But I think it's there.

 

[catsfanbgky]

If we lose to Missouri, we are locked in to the #8 seed.

As the standings are today :
#8 Seed - Play the winner of SC #16/MSU #9 then face #1 seed Auburn.
#7 Seed - Play the winner of LSU #15/Vandy #10 then face #2 Florida
#6 Seed - Play the winner of Oklahoma #14/Arkansas #11 then play Tenn. #3 seed
#5 Seed - Play the winner of Georgia #12/Texas #13 then play Bama #4 seed (If they lose to Auburn will be #4 win will be #3/ UT will be #4)

I think I would prefer the #6 seed. I know beating Tenn for a 3rd time will be tough, but as a #5 Georgia is a matchup nightmare.
The whole key is beating Missouri, if not, easier 1st round game, but then Auburn. No 8th seed please.

 

[catsfanbgky]

I think that's the only path to a 3 seed if we lost to Mizzou.

If we beat Mizzou, I still think we HAVE to win one SECT game to have a hope of a 3. But I think it's there.

If we beat Missouri, lock for 3 seed. may even get one anyway depending on who around us losses.

 

[fatguy87]

If we beat Missouri, lock for 3 seed. may even get one anyway depending on who around us losses.

Yeah. We have a better resume than a few teams ahead of us in NET.

Plus, a win against Missouri would vault us maybe into the top 10 in NET. We'd be on the 3-line with a strict seeding by NET ranking. Our Q1 win total would further solidify our position.

 

[HenryMuto]

Joey Brackets just showed Kentucky as a 4 seed on TV

 

[Eagles_Ball]

If we beat Missouri, lock for 3 seed. may even get one anyway depending on who around us losses.

I don’t see it that way. We are currently a 4 per Lunardi. I think that’s where we were the second JR was done for the year. If we beat Mizzou but lose to Vandy or OU or someone like that on Thursday I think it’s basically a wash. The one caveat, like you said, is who above us loses and when.

 

[Eagles_Ball]

Joey Brackets just showed Kentucky as a 4 seed on TV

It’s what the Tweet (in the post above) said this morning too.

 

[Eagles_Ball]

Yeah. We have a better resume than a few teams ahead of us in NET.

Plus, a win against Missouri would vault us maybe into the top 10 in NET. We'd be on the 3-line with a strict seeding by NET ranking. Our Q1 win total would further solidify our position.

I think everyone gets what you’re saying. I know I do. But I feel like you guys are just trying to ignore the fact that we aren’t that team. The committee will certainly seed knowing that JR is done. That’s why I think we gotta get Mizzou and one in the SECT, then I think we are definitely good for the 3.

 

[Wildcats1st]

For SEC Seeding:

Kentucky won
Miss State Lost
Vandy Lost
Ole Miss won (which is good AND bad for us, but means there's no scenario now that we potentially play on Wednesday, and could still get as high as the 6 seed if Ole Miss loses @ FL and we beat Mizzou).

For NCAA Tournament Seeding, looking at teams close to us in seed lines:

Kentucky won
Mizzou lost to OU (which is a double win because our win against them now looks even better)
Iowa State lost to BYU
Michigan has lost two in a row, including tonight to Maryland

Looking ahead:

Arizona (currently projected 4 seed) SHOULD lose AT KU on Saturday (in the Phog)
Michigan (currently projected 4 seed) SHOULD lose AT Michigan State on Saturday (in East Lansing)
Purdue (currently projected 4 seed) SHOULD lose AT Illinois on Saturday (In Illinois)
St. Johns (currently projected 3 seed) SHOULD lose AT Marquette on Saturday (In Milwaukee)

If we can just beat Mizzou on Saturday, we should be in an unbelievable position to get a 3 seed. But HAVE to go win.

I think we wanted Mizzou to beat ou. We don’t do too well when we play a team whose last game was a loss

 

[bucsrule8872]

I think we wanted Mizzou to beat ou. We don’t do too well when we play a team whose last game was a loss

True.

How many time this season have we been somebody’s “get right” game?

 

[catsfanbgky]

The "get right" thing I don't will play a part in this one, the BIGGEST factor is how much better they play at home. That is what concerns me. Yes they may be a little more fired up after dropping 2 in a row, but they are just a totally different team at home, either way if they had won or lost Wednesday, they would have been ready at home. JMO.

 

[Creed Bratton]

If we lose to Missouri the 3 seed is out the window, probably is already. Our combined quad 1 and 2 record isn't great compared to the 3 line teams, and losing Robinson absolutely will have an affect on our seed line. Pope should have kept that quiet until after the bracket was out.

I agree about Robinson. Let it seem he is day to day for at least another couple of weeks.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I agree about Robinson. Let it seem he is day to day for at least another couple of weeks.

Did anyone n the media bring this up like MJ or KSR?

I'm surprised they didn't because this allows the committee to drop UK if they want.

I'm assuming due to JR getting the surgery this week the staff felt it would have been impossible to keep under wraps another week and a half to selection show. Idk if that's the reasoning but hope it is.

 

[Wildcats1st]

True.

How many time this season have we been somebody’s “get right” game?

Too many but that’s the nature of a super league.

 

[Digger-Cat]

It's an 11am CST start, anyone think that gives us a bit of a break on the hostile environment issue?
Maybe Caleb Grill sucks at shooting before 7pm 😁

 

[fastpaste101]

I could be wrong, but I see us as firmly on the 3 seed line right now.

We were 10 in the SC reveal a few weeks back and have done nothing to hurt our resume. No bad losses. We haven’t lost a Quad 2 game since February 1st (14 days before the reveal). No Quad 3 or 4 losses.

Our only losses have been to Quad 1 teams.

We lost to Texas that night. Close game, on the road. Q1 loss. We destroyed Vandy at home. Q2 win. Lost a Q1A game at Bama. Won a close Q1 game against OU. Lost a Q1A game to Auburn. Beat the brakes off of LSU. Q3 win.

So where did we slip? We lost to good teams who were, by the metrics, suppose to beat us. We beat the teams we were suppose to beat.

And who else has caught fire and passed us up?

St. John’s maybe.

Michigan St. wasn’t even in the top 16, but they have been on a tear lately.

Wisconsin beat Purdue on the road, but they lost at home to Oregon. How does that compare to losing to Auburn or Bama? I think we win that comparison.

Also, look at Iowa St., who was a spot ahead of us and have had some worse losses.

Purdue was at 7, and they have lost to IU, Michigan St., and Wisconsin.

Michigan has fallen out of the top 16, I would think.

So, while we haven’t climbed any higher, we shouldn’t have slipped any either.

We will be a 3 or 4 seed when all is said and done. Probably a 3 seed, unless some other teams get hot. Of course, if teams below us get hot in the tourney, it’s probably at the expense of some teams above us, so it kind of balances out.

Good post. I think you are on the money here.