re: FIRE MIKE ANDERSON: **OFFICIAL Arkansas Razorback Basketball 2017-18 Season Thread**

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Amazing we are having this discussion in year 7.

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This

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Talking in absolutes like this is silly. You are totally disregarding the SEC tournament.

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Im not totally disregarding the SECt. Where Arkansas would be seeded right now, there isn't a sure thing that Arkansas gets a quality win.

Talking in absolutes regarding winning games on the road isn't silly. Its been proven each and every year that road record is vital on a teams resume. A team HAS TO HAVE ROAD WINS.

Last season Arkansas had 6 road victories.

Last seasons First Four P5 teams consisted of Wake Forest(6 road wins, 24 SOS), Kansas State(6 road wins, 24 SOS), Providence(4 road wins, 50 SOS), and USC(6 road wins, 60 SOS).

11 SEEDS
Xavier: 4 road wins
Rhode Island: 7 road wins
10 SEEDS
Marquette: 4 road wins
WIchita State: 10 road wins
Okla State: 7 road wins
VCU: 7 road wins
9 SEEDS
Va Tech: 4 road wins
Vandy: 5 road wins
Michigan State: 2 road wins
Seton Hall: 4 road wins
8 SEEDS
Arkansas: 6 road wins
Miami: 4 road wins
Northwestern: 5 road wins
Wisconsin: 5 road wins

Seeds 8-11 all had at least 4 road wins, minus Michigan State who made the tourney on name alone. It isn't something I am just making up. For years true road games is something the committee has always made an important part of their criteria.

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Last six games
@ Ole Miss - Tuesday
Texas A&M - Saturday
Kentucky - Tuesday
@ Alabama - Saturday
Auburn - Tuesday
@ Missouri - Saturday

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this doesnt make me feel very good.

I’m not referencing making the finals. I’m referencing where we would be seeded now in the SECt, wouldn’t guarantee a quality win in game one. This team isn’t going to have a first round bye, so we will be playing a while and playing the teams lower than us.

Not a big win RPI wise, but a very good showing tonight against a team we were better than. Any road win is a big win though.

RPI 31
SOS 40

Yes, why? I remember most seasons. Lost to Iowa. Won 22 or 23 games that year I think.

Then you remember how the talk was the team was on the bubble, lost to many games they shouldn't have, and probably going to miss the tourney yadda yadda yadda

Thena ranked Kentucky and highly ranked Auburn team came to BWA to be blown out and the hogs made it to the sec-t finals ended up being a 4 seed in the tourney.

There still is a lot of basketball left to be played, 3 probable tourney teams at home, 2 possible tourney teams at home, playing for seeding at this point..

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Then you remember how the talk was the team was on the bubble, lost to many games they shouldn't have, and probably going to miss the tourney yadda yadda yadda

Thena ranked Kentucky and highly ranked Auburn team came to BWA to be blown out and the hogs made it to the sec-t finals ended up being a 4 seed in the tourney.

There still is a lot of basketball left to be played, 3 probable tourney teams at home, 2 possible tourney teams at home, playing for seeding at this point..

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The difference then was that Arkansas was just 5 years removed from winning the national championship and getting the benefit of the doubt and favorable seeding.

The Arkansas program has fallen so far, that there is not going to be a favorable seeding just for winning a few games down the stretch. Also if I remember correctly, that team wasn't blown out during the season like this team has been, on several occasions. Even at home.

Has Calipari won a NC or been in the sweet 16 since Mike has been at Arkansas?

Asking for a friend?