re: N/R Florida (13-7) Lost to Vandy (12-8), Men's BBall

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You really need to figure out how these "loses" things work. If you get enough of them... 

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Georgia, Ole Miss, and LSU all had 10+ losses going into Selection Sunday last year. And none had an SOS better than 44. Ours is going to be Top 10.

Guess what? Those teams made it into the dance.

If we're 21-12 going into the dance with an RPI around 26 and an SOS in the Top 10... We'll make the dance. We'd probably be an #8 or #9 seed.

You should worry about getting to 25 wins, because that's probably what USC needs to do to secure a tourney bid. You could get in with 24, but you'd be sweating it. 23 or less and it's NIT time.

That's why you play a tough schedule. Even if you're mediocre (which I fully admit we are), as long as you eek out 20 or so wins, you'll have a chance. Play a shite schedule, and you'll win more games, but you're setting a way higher bar for yourself as well.