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    We are still in the NCAA hunt

    http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...age/1/sort/RPI

    RPI is at 55.

    We win Saturday to get back on track. Tough game with A&M- but a loss wont hurt our RPI. Then we have to win out to get in- SC, Tenn, @LSU. May have to grab a win in the SEC Tourney

    A P5 school with an RPI of 40 or better has not been left out of the NCAA Tourney since the expansion to 68 teams
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post

    A P5 school with an RPI of 40 or better has never been left out of the NCAA Tourney
    False: in 2001, the #40 team was left out. And guess who it was.

    http://www.basketballprospectus.com/rpi.php?y=2001

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    Can’t wait for these rebuttals...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quaoarsking View Post
    False: in 2001, the #40 team was left out. And guess who it was.

    http://www.basketballprospectus.com/rpi.php?y=2001
    It hasn’t happened since the field expanded to 68

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog1 View Post
    It hasn’t happened since the field expanded to 68
    Touche, but limiting the time frame to just this decade makes too small of a sample size to draw conclusions from, and anyway there's no guarantee we would've gotten one of the 3 extra bids had they taken 68 in 2001.

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    I told someone before the game that what we need are quality wins. A bad loss won't hurt us as much as not getting a quality win. We are still in position IF we win all the big games from here on out

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog1 View Post
    It hasn’t happened since the field expanded to 68
    my bad for not including that- but that team was 16-12, 7-9 in the SEC, and lost in the 1st round of the SEC Tourney. Not hard to see why they were left out
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    Is it safe to say we are in the NIT at the minimum?

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    We need vandy to keep winning, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    my bad for not including that- but that team was 16-12, 7-9 in the SEC, and lost in the 1st round of the SEC Tourney. Not hard to see why they were left out
    If we win out, we still can’t afford a first game exit in the tourney.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack Lambert View Post
    Is it safe to say we are in the NIT at the minimum?
    Yes, unless the wheels fall off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...age/1/sort/RPI

    RPI is at 55.

    We win Saturday to get back on track. Tough game with A&M- but a loss wont hurt our RPI. Then we have to win out to get in- SC, Tenn, @LSU. May have to grab a win in the SEC Tourney

    A P5 school with an RPI of 40 or better has not been left out of the NCAA Tourney since the expansion to 68 teams
    Our RPI is at 55 according to ESPN, which already accounts for our remaining schedule. Our actual RPI is at 70.

    There is virtually no way we can get our RPI down to 40 at this point. It just isn't going to happen. We are almost certainly out of the NCAA Tournament barring either winning out in the regular season and winning 2-3 in the SECT, or just winning the SECT.

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    If we make the NCAA tournament, I'll ban myself until the summer. It's not happening.

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    If we finish 4-1 and our SEC tournament draw includes rematches with UK and Auburn (which I think we have chances to beat), it could be done. Have to take one game at a time though. Have to start with pounding Ole Miss Saturday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
    If we make the NCAA tournament, I'll ban myself until the summer. It's not happening.
    When summer starts is kind of subjective. Today feels kind of like summer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
    If we make the NCAA tournament, I'll ban myself until the summer. It's not happening.
    I wouldn’t make that bet. Our team is talented enough to reel off the necessary wins to get there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...age/1/sort/RPI

    RPI is at 55.

    We win Saturday to get back on track. Tough game with A&M- but a loss wont hurt our RPI. Then we have to win out to get in- SC, Tenn, @LSU. May have to grab a win in the SEC Tourney

    A P5 school with an RPI of 40 or better has not been left out of the NCAA Tourney since the expansion to 68 teams
    We are out of it. There are not enough opportunities to dramatically improve the RPI. Not enough big wins. The Ole Miss and Vandy losses are killers.

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    Win out and beat auburn in sec tourney is probably our only shot.

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    We havent gone from 1st 4 out yesterday afternoon to completely out of it now I assure you. We simply need to win.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    We havent gone from 1st 4 out yesterday afternoon to completely out of it now I assure you. We simply need to win.
    We need Vandy and Missouri to keep winning and we need Arkansas and A&M to flounder down the stretch. It could happen too.

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