Bracketology Update- Start of Championship Week Edition

:( I say a win at mizzou and Kentucky will put us in and thats it...

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Tennessee first team out. Ole Miss third team out. Alabama sixth team out.

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I feel like often when teams win they move further down the pecking order and when teams lose they move further up the pecking order. At least that's the way it has seemed the last couple of weeks.

Teams that need to win SEC tournament: Alabama, Ole Miss
Teams that need a good showing in Nashville: Tennessee, Kentucky (who I think is in regardless due to the tickets they would sell)
Locks: Florida, Missouri

I see Florida, Kentucky, and Missouri getting in. It will be an interesting tournament, I think. I'll take the field vs. Florida to win

That Phiily PUTZ also has Lasalle in.

Lol now we're going head to head.... Ole miss beat them twice head to head but ok

In early December, not that h2h really matters that much. As I said, Tennessee was AHEAD of UVA before the games this weekend. Tennessee gets a much better win than UVA and UVA passes us?

UT was beaten by OM twice and UT is still in front.




I'll just say the NCAA selection committee hates the sec

UT is in unless we lose the first SECT game by 30

I don't think conf. tournament results (other than winning the tourney) matter as much as people think. IMO, the bigger concern for "bubble teams" are highly regarded mid-major reg season champs losing in their conf. tournament (see Mid Tenn. St.) In recent years, it seems that the committee has placed more of an emphasis on taking very good mid-majors who don't get the auto bid, over middle of the pack big conf teams. Alabama, Ole Miss, UT have to be praying that all the mid-major favs win the auto bids this week.

I'd agree with that, I just had a little rambling on the Alabama board about conference tournaments not having as big of a pull as some think because the committee typically has their field set by Saturday afternoon (pending championship games of course). For a team like Alabama who has a good bit of work to do, I think we have to win the SECt. For teams like Tennessee, Kentucky, or even Ole Miss that have a little less to do then a win or two early can solidify a spot. It's all fluid though, as you said, pending other tournament games throughout the country.