Games today

[Bulldog1]

Who should we root for today?
Tennessee vs. Ole Miss
aTm vs. Vandy
Mizzou vs. UK... and the others?

Thanks.

[parabrave]

OM vs UT - OM never. plus we need UT to have a high RPI when we beat them/

[Bulldog1]

OM vs UT - OM never. plus we need UT to have a high RPI when we beat them/

Yea, I shouldn’t have put that one on there.

[Bulldog1]

Add Louisville vs. Virginia Tech
I think VT is a bubble team- need them to lose.

[AlmostPositive]

It's probably a little too fluid to waste a lot of energy pulling for one team or their opponent. The 8-7 logjam will resolve itself starting today... I think all the other games are trivial compared to us winning ours. Do that and nothing else will matter much.

[Covercorner2]

OM vs UT - OM never. plus we need UT to have a high RPI when we beat them/

If UT losing helps us finish 2nd in the SEC, I am hoping Ole Miss beats them.

I think that's more important than UT's RPI moving a couple of points.

[Barkman Turner Overdrive]

If UT losing helps us finish 2nd in the SEC, I am hoping Ole Miss beats them.

I think that's more important than UT's RPI moving a couple of points.

Closet rebel.**

[msstate7]

Tennessee is gonna be a tough game for us. They shoot 3s well, and have a nice inside game. They are good

[Ari Gold]

In the sec we need
Fla, Arkansas and Mizzu to lose.

Big 12 we need
Oklahoma, Baylor and Texas to lose

PAC 12 ,
We need Utah to beat USC

Acc
Maryland , Syracuse and Louisville need to lose

Big 10
Need Nebraska to get beat

[MarketingBully]

In the sec we need
Fla, Arkansas and Mizzu to lose.

I think there’s a good chance all those things happen.

[msstate7]

In the sec we need
Fla, Arkansas and Mizzu to lose.

Big 12 we need
Oklahoma, Baylor and Texas to lose

PAC 12 ,
We need Utah to beat USC

Mizzou and ark are two of our better wins. Do those teams spiraling hurt our resume?

[Ari Gold]

Mizzou and ark are two of our better wins. Do those teams spiraling hurt our resume?

Those teams are ahead of us to get in the big dance. We need teams ahead of us to lose as we keep winning.
They play their way out as we play our way in.

[JoseBrown]

Those teams are ahead of us to get in the big dance. We need teams ahead of us to lose as we keep winning.
They play their way out as we play our way in.

I like it. Sounds good to me! We control our own destiny, just keep winning Dawgs and you will be rewarded.

Unless you’re like PJ of course, and hoping for the NIT..**

[Bulldog1]

OM making a run on Tennessee

[Bulldog1]

Acc
Maryland , Syracuse and Louisville need to lose

Good points, but Maryland is in the big 10.

[Ari Gold]

Acc
Maryland , Syracuse and Louisville need to lose

Good points, but Maryland is in the big 10.

Well they shouldn’t be.
And Mizzu and Nebraska need to be back in the B12..

Good catch..

[Bulldog1]

Well they shouldn’t be.
And Mizzu and Nebraska need to be back in the B12..

Good catch..
Yes they do.

[msstate7]

Tyree of OM can beat any tenn defender they put on him. We really need nick and peters to drive on tenn... tenn cannot stay in front of our guards

[Bulldog1]

Tyree of OM can beat any tenn defender they put on him. We really need nick and peters to drive on tenn... tenn cannot stay in front of our guards

They’re best player, Grant Williams, is only 6’7”. I’m sure he’ll match up with Aric. Huge size advantage for us right there.

[msstate7]

They’re best player, Grant Williams, is only 6’7”. I’m sure he’ll match up with Aric. Huge size advantage for us right there.

Grant Williams will abuse Holman down low. Williams is certainly short for his position, but he has terrific post moves. He has been outsized all year, yet he thrives.

[Bulldog1]

Grant Williams will abuse Holman down low. Williams is certainly short for his position, but he has terrific post moves. He has been outsized all year, yet he thrives.

I think he’s playing with a minor injury, isn’t he?

[msstate7]

I think he’s playing with a minor injury, isn’t he?

Not sure. Hope he is 100%... for the NCAA tourney haha

[Covercorner2]

Grant Williams will abuse Holman down low. Williams is certainly short for his position, but he has terrific post moves. He has been outsized all year, yet he thrives.

If we win today, we will be favored against UT.

[Bulldog1]

Not sure. Hope he is 100%... for the NCAA tourney haha

With our luck, he’ll be 100% against us

[msstate7]

If we win today, we will be favored against UT.

Could be. I did not say tenn would beat us. We will have an advange with our guards penetration. They will have advantages too though... Williams and their shooting. Should be a good game

[Quaoarsking]

Glad to see LSU down by double digits to Georgia. Hopefully this will end the recent fad of bracketologists putting LSU in.

[MarketingBully]

No game thread for basketball guys? Really?

[dawgday166]

Grant Williams will abuse Holman down low. Williams is certainly short for his position, but he has terrific post moves. He has been outsized all year, yet he thrives.

Haven't watch Williams much, didn't watch first USCe game. But I think you may be underselling Holman some.

[Bulldog1]

No game thread for basketball guys? Really?

I’ll get it

[MarketingBully]

Why aren’t more people at this game?

[msstate7]

Haven't watch Williams much, didn't watch first USCe game. But I think you may be underselling Holman some.

Wake up, dawgday haha

Williams is tenn PF. He is very good...

16.0 ppg 5.9 rpg 1.8 apg

[Quaoarsking]

Bubble team Marquette losing to an awful DePaul team is great news for us.

[dawgday166]

Wake up, dawgday haha

Williams is tenn PF. He is very good...

16.0 ppg 5.9 rpg 1.8 apg

Lol ... I'll work on waking up then. Not too familiar with anyone's personnel other than ours. Have been watching some but not paying attention to names.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Question for the RPI gurus:

I've been checking Warren Nolan RPI after every game for the past 12 games or so, and I've been waiting for Vermont to slide under us pretty much since the first time I've looked, yet they're always 5-8 spots ahead of us. How do they manage to stay ahead of us despite having no Q1 wins and playing more Q4 games than we have?

Before today,
They're 22-6, we're 20-8.
Their SOS 159; Ours is 101.
They're 0-4 in Q1 games, we're 2-6
Q2: 2-1 vs 5-2
Q4: 12-1 vs 9-0


I assume they're 1st in their conference so they aren't bubble competition, but its perplexed me all season.

[Covercorner2]

Question for the RPI gurus:

I've been checking Warren Nolan RPI after every game for the past 12 games or so, and I've been waiting for Vermont to slide under us pretty much since the first time I've looked, yet they're always 5-8 spots ahead of us. How do they manage to stay ahead of us despite having no Q1 wins and playing more Q4 games than we have?

I assume they're 1st in their conference so they aren't bubble competition, but its perplexed me all season.

It'll work itself out. I feel that if we keep winning, "bracketologist" will pull up standings, etc and see our record and start figuring it out. We have just been flying under the radar.

[AlmostPositive]

The crap about the poor non-conference schedule is crap because it already is factored in with RPI/SOS.

The notion that scheduling and beating mediocre teams early is more of a negative than finishing in the top quadrant of this year's SEC is a positive is frankly absurd.

[Covercorner2]

The crap about the poor non-conference schedule is crap because it already is factored in with RPI/SOS.

The notion that scheduling and beating mediocre teams early is more of a negative than finishing in the top quadrant of this year's SEC is a positive is frankly absurd.

Exactly. Not to mention the fact that you played Wichita State in The Bahamas in December carries more weight than finishing the year above .800 in the deepest conference is absurd.