Net update - #33

[msstate7]

Down 1 spot. Truly a back breaker

[msstate7]

aTm down 15 spots to #40 after home loss to lsu

[ZedFedder]

We have a real shot at beating Bama. They are not the same team as last year.

[msstate7]

We have a real shot at beating Bama. They are not the same team as last year.

We need it too bc I can't squint enough to see us beating Tennessee

[Rawdawg]

Like I said in the other thread, it was a missed opportunity and nothing else. Defend home court and steal a couple on the road and we?ll be fine.

Rams had a BPM of -8.4 yesterday. You just can?t have that out of your point guard. He?s been through it though and I expect him to play much better this week.

[Coach34]

Being at home helps but it will def be tough to beat Tennessee. We should beat Bama at home. Lose at Kentucky and then beat Vandy at home. 2-3 to start is not terrible by any means out of that group

[Dawgology]

Being at home helps but it will def be tough to beat Tennessee. We should beat Bama at home. Lose at Kentucky and then beat Vandy at home. 2-3 to start is not terrible by any means out of that group

Really all depends on who the refs want to win

[80 Dawg]

Like I said in the other thread, it was a missed opportunity and nothing else. Defend home court and steal a couple on the road and we?ll be fine.

Rams had a BPM of -8.4 yesterday. You just can?t have that out of your point guard. He?s been through it though and I expect him to play much better this week.

Where do you find these BPM stats?

[msstate7]

Currently 27th (5-1 in q1 and q2 games)

Tough next 2 games...
Bama 5th
Kentucky 17th

Big games for us tonight...
FAU at Tulane
ASU at Washington

Washington state beat USC on road - 65th now in net

NW beat Penn state on road last night - 69th now in net

Be sweet if these 2 can get to 50h for q1 win

[msstate7]

24th in kenpom
30th in BPI
32nd in rpi

[Leeshouldveflanked]

What is the Highest Net ranking to not make the tournament?

[chef dixon]

We are in great shape.

What's consistent every year is you really make your resume in the non-conference. We racked up good wins and that will carry us for the season as long as we win the games we should in the league. The years we have been on the outside looking in we got no quality wins in the non-conference. You will not be left out of the tournament for losing to Southern. Quality wins matter so much more than bad losses.

[msstate7]

We are in great shape.

What's consistent every year is you really make your resume in the non-conference. We racked up good wins and that will carry us for the season as long as we win the games we should in the league. The years we have been on the outside looking in we got no quality wins in the non-conference. You will not be left out of the tournament for losing to Southern. Quality wins matter so much more than bad losses.

If we can beat bama Saturday, we can almost punch our ticket assuming no collapse

[StarkVegasSteve]

What is the Highest Net ranking to not make the tournament?

I think a team in the 20s or high 30s missed the tourney a couple of years ago.

[gtowndawg]

If we can bet Bama Saturday we are back to talking seed positioning as opposed to "are we in?"

[Coach34]

Winning cures all

Need to get to 11-7 somehow in conference for a quality seed

[StarkVegasSteve]

If we can bet Bama Saturday we are back to talking seed positioning as opposed to "are we in?"

For the time being, our problem is going to be road games. We’re 0-2 in true road games, 1-2 if you want to throw in Rutgers, this year. Add that to last year when we were 4-6 on the road and it tells me we will struggle with road games and lose to inferior teams this year on the road.

[Coach34]

Well lets look at our road games:

@Kentucky
@Fla
@Mississippi
@Bama
@Mizzou
@LSU
@Auburn
@A&M

I think we go 3-5 at best there and probably 2-6. Means We need to go 6-2 at worst at home. Kentucky will be huge and Auburn is pretty good but we will be favorites in the rest most likely. 10-8 in the SEC would put us 21-10 heading into the SEC Tourney and about a 9-10 seed most likely

But defense travels and we may find a way to 11 SEC wins

[Rawdawg]

Well lets look at our road games:

@Kentucky
@Fla
@Mississippi
@Bama
@Mizzou
@LSU
@Auburn
@A&M

I think we go 3-5 at best there and probably 2-6. Means We need to go 6-2 at worst at home. Kentucky will be huge and Auburn is pretty good but we will be favorites in the rest most likely. 10-8 in the SEC would put us 21-10 heading into the SEC Tourney and about a 9-10 seed most likely

But defense travels and we may find a way to 11 SEC wins

21-10 with our schedule and we?re a 7 seed. Right now, according to Torvik, we profile as a 5-6 seed.

[TALL DAWG]

We have a long way to go.
But, if we don?t collapse as stated above we?ll have a good chance for a good seed.