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    What do we have to do to get into the Big Dance?

    Commentators seemed to think we need to win out and win 2 in the SECT to be on the bubble (which I think is horseshit.) I think if we win out, take 1 or 2 in the tourney then we should be in. If we don't beat a good Tennessee team at the Hump, then I think we'd probably need to make the semi's of the SECT. Lose to USCe or LSU, and I think we'd have to win the whole thing to be in.

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    We have to win the next three, and probably one in St. Louis. The non-conference schedule is killing us, but we wouldn't be where we are if we hadn't don't it that way.

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    Cant lose to South Carolina or LSU probably. If we win out I think we are in. Anything in the tourney is close.

    If we win the other 2 (wont be easy) and lose to UT, we would need 1 or 2 in the tourney to make it

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    Winning out and reaching the semifinals of the SECT probably does it unless we're super unlucky with the bubble. 11-7 should give us a double bye, so that's just 1 win in St. Louis.

    Lose another regular season game, and it's probably win the SECT or out.


    Bart Torvik gives us around a 60% of making it if we win out but lose the first game in the SECT.
    http://www.barttorvik.com/teamcast.p...+St.&year=2018

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    I don't listen to folks like them. They don't know and are only guessing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quaoarsking View Post
    Winning out and reaching the semifinals of the SECT probably does it unless we're super unlucky with the bubble. 11-7 should give us a double bye, so that's just 1 win in St. Louis.

    Lose another regular season game, and it's probably win the SECT or out.


    Bart Torvik gives us around a 60% of making it if we win out but lose the first game in the SECT.
    http://www.barttorvik.com/teamcast.p...+St.&year=2018
    As long as we don't lose to USC at home and finish above .500 the next slate of games, I don't see how we don't get in.

    Losing to LSU on the road wouldn't be a bad loss.

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    We are in the tournament with 3 more wins.

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    They’re interviewing Lunardi about our chances on the sec network after the game that’s on now goes off.

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    My God.......how fun would March be. Turkeys and us finally back in the tourney......im getting teary eyed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Covercorner2 View Post
    Losing to LSU on the road wouldn't be a bad loss.
    It's not a bad loss per se, but we're still sitting with an RPI in the 60s and need to improve 15-20 spots. Missing an opportunity to improve our RPI @ LSU would be devastating.

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    This is what sucks about college basketball.

    It?s pretty easy with the eye test to see we are a tournament team and if it wasn?t for two terrible calls at Mizzou and Vandy, we are easily in.

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    Those announcers are the dumbest on the SEC network...and that's saying something.

    Howland has officially gotten us to the standard that stansbury set...on the bubble late. And just like durin the stans era it's what happened out of conference that has us squarely on the bubble instead of squarely in.

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    Win out + 2 in tourney.... they will take A&M and UK even if they don't win another game... UGA is the team we have to be worried about getting picked over us...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarius View Post
    We are in the tournament with 3 more wins.
    This is the correct answer. 11-7 and a top 5 finish in the SEC gets us in. End of story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leeshouldveflanked View Post
    Win out + 2 in tourney.... they will take A&M and UK even if they don't win another game... UGA is the team we have to be worried about getting picked over us...
    So we have to win 25 games? Holy shit.

    We won 26 games in 2004.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Covercorner2 View Post
    So we have to win 25 games? Holy shit.

    We won 26 games in 2004.
    He’s wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    This is the correct answer. 11-7 and a top 5 finish in the SEC gets us in. End of story.
    Yep. And finishing 11-7 in conf most likely gets us the double bye in the SEC tourney and thats a huge advantage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quaoarsking View Post
    Winning out and reaching the semifinals of the SECT probably does it unless we're super unlucky with the bubble. 11-7 should give us a double bye, so that's just 1 win in St. Louis.

    Lose another regular season game, and it's probably win the SECT or out.

    Bart Torvik gives us around a 60% of making it if we win out but lose the first game in the SECT.
    http://www.barttorvik.com/teamcast.p...+St.&year=2018
    11-7 4 seed we win

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    This is the correct answer. 11-7 and a top 5 finish in the SEC gets us in. End of story.
    Add 1 win in St. Louis & that's the correct answer. A loss in the 1st game would make us have to do some unnecessary sweating.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew View Post
    Add 1 win in St. Louis & that's the correct answer. A loss in the 1st game would make us have to do some unnecessary sweating.
    3-0 to finish and we are in. A Top 5 SEC team with the conference RPI is not getting left out.
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