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Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:27 pm to BowlJackson
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:27 pm to BowlJackson
We’re number 10 in ESPN’s latest power ranking and 12 in this week’s AP poll.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:30 pm to AUatWashandLee
Not gonna lie, I think we are overrated. We are in the 20-25 range in my opinion. Still better than I'd have thought before the season.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:47 pm to auburnnyc94
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Not gonna lie, I think we are overrated. We are in the 20-25 range in my opinion. Still better than I'd have thought before the season.
Looking at how much of the other teams have played, I don't think we are that overrated. Maybe 10-15. Now, if we shoot like we did against Furman, yea we are going to lose some games.
With our defense though, we can easily be a 10-15 team.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 4:56 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
Can be, but I just have concern with how we will perform when we are going against the SEC every night. We look like a 10-8 or so team in SEC play to me. Good, but not great.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:12 pm to auburnnyc94
We have a lot to clean up on both ends. Lots of potential. I'd like to see another guard step up defensively. Really want to see jamal improve
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:12 pm to auburnnyc94
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Not gonna lie, I think we are overrated. We are in the 20-25 range in my opinion. Still better than I'd have thought before the season.
We don’t shoot very well. Don’t hit FTs. Our best defender is a TF. I feel like our bubble can be popped any day now. When we see NC State soon we will find out what we are made of.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 6:15 pm to jangalang
This team will be much different come February/March. Especially once they get on a schedule of playing often. I'm not taking anything they do in December too seriously.
Agree that we could be a top 10 team, but are more likely a 20-25 team unless we gel and get into a shooting groove further into the season.
Agree that we could be a top 10 team, but are more likely a 20-25 team unless we gel and get into a shooting groove further into the season.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 6:17 pm to auburn32
10-15 is probably about right. It’s hard for me to think of 20 teams better than us.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 6:38 pm to AA7
Considering I came into the season just hoping to make the NCAAT and maybe steal a game in the NCAAT it’s safe to say this season is very much exceeding expectations
Posted on 12/9/19 at 7:04 pm to auburnnyc94
quote:We may be overrated or may not be. With all the 1 or 2 & dones plus all the transfers I don't think there is many really good or great teams. I think the experience of our 5 SRs will be huge as the season progresses.
Not gonna lie, I think we are overrated. We are in the 20-25 range in my opinion. Still better than I'd have thought before the season.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 7:08 pm to auburnnyc94
quote:Given how the bottom half of the SEC has struggled this season we should end up in the 13-5 range but no worse than 12-6.
Can be, but I just have concern with how we will perform when we are going against the SEC every night. We look like a 10-8 or so team in SEC play to me. Good, but not great.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 7:29 pm to ellitor
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Given how the bottom half of the SEC has struggled this season we should end up in the 13-5 range but no worse than 12-6.
From this far away it seems that way but coaches like Martin, White, and Kermit always have their teams looking better when they are playing every 3-4 days. Add in Kentucky and Tennessee and then talented teams like Bama, Georgia, and Arky and I’d say over half the league could beat us any given night. 11 wins in SEC play is a good goal I think.
This post was edited on 12/9/19 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 12/9/19 at 7:58 pm to auburnnyc94
quote:Home game. Should win.
Martin
quote:My scenario has UF beating us down there.
White
quote:My worst case had us splitting them
Kermit
quote:Have us splitting the 4 games with them.
Kentucky and Tennessee
quote:Unless they get quite a bit better we should sweep those 4.
Bama, Georgia
quote:Have them beating us down there.
Arky
quote:Even though my worst case is 12-6 I agree.
11 wins in SEC play is a good goal I think.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 11:33 pm to ellitor
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but no worse than 12-6.
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Martin Home game. Should win.
Wrong Martin.
First, Missouri in conference has a considerable advantage at home due to traveling to that forsaken wasteland. We play them mid conference grind on only a couple days rest.
Second, Missouri plays a slow pace defense oriented style which this AU team might not match up well with. The type of pace where cold night shooting won't have time to heat up
It is a coin flip type game, lean Auburn though
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Unless they get quite a bit better we should sweep those 4.
UGA is likely going to be a bubble NCAA team and extremely tough out at home. Bama is likely two wins but Nate OatzNhoez teams throw up 3s, always a risk of them getting hot.
Mediocre to expected should be 3-1. No idea how you think worst case is 4-0 sweep
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bottom half of the SEC
Games that we should probably expect to get at least 1 more loss in
@MSU- Solid looking team, Kenpom 55 and likely a true bubble team
USCe- Frank Martin and his style owns Bruce, we can accept it
LSU- They are likely a tournament team
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but no worse than 12-6.
So to recap, thus far I've totalled 2.5 losses
That means to do no worse than 12-6 we'd can only have a max of 4 losses in the following
- UK
- @UK
- UTk
- @UTk
-@UF
-@Arky
- OleMiss
-@OleMiss
- TAMU
- Vandy
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we should end up in the 13-5 range
We should end up 12-6, +/- 1 game
10-8 is disappointing but respectable. Anything less than 10 is alarming though
This post was edited on 12/9/19 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 12/10/19 at 5:58 am to GenesChin
quote:They are a Jekyll & Hyde team but we should beat them. I mean they lost at home to an awful Charleston Southern team for Pete's sake.
First, Missouri in conference has a considerable advantage at home due to traveling to that forsaken wasteland. We play them mid conference grind on only a couple days rest.
Second, Missouri plays a slow pace defense oriented style which this AU team might not match up well with. The type of pace where cold night shooting won't have time to heat up
It is a coin flip type game, lean Auburn though
quote:Bama's loses combined with in UGA's only 2 quality opponents they were run out of the gym in the 1st half but I can take 3-1.
UGA is likely going to be a bubble NCAA team and extremely tough out at home. Bama is likely two wins but Nate OatzNhoez teams throw up 3s, always a risk of them getting hot.
Mediocre to expected should be 3-1. No idea how you think worst case is 4-0 sweep
quote:Gave the L @ Miss St in my scenario. And lol at Frank Martin owning Bruce. AU is 3-4 in that series since Bruce was hired. Owning in a series of 7 games would mean the owner wins no less than 6 of them.
Games that we should probably expect to get at least 1 more loss in
@MSU- Solid looking team, Kenpom 55 and likely a true bubble team
USCe- Frank Martin and his style owns Bruce, we can accept it
LSU- They are likely a tournament team
Posted on 12/10/19 at 7:11 am to ellitor
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they lost at home to an awful Charleston Southern team for Pete's sake.
Kentucky lost at home to Evansville. This happens in CBB all the time. Hell, we are very close to have 2 midmajor losses on our resume right now v USA/Furman
The bigger point is that traveling to Mizzou is terrible and there is a reason Mizzou's home conf record/play is significantly better than road
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And lol at Frank Martin owning Bruce. AU is 3-4 in that series since Bruce was hired.
We have never won @USCe and I believe USCe is the last SEC program Bruce has not beat by 10+
If you watch our 3Ws you'd know that those were all brawls we could have easily lost. Probably should have lost 2 of them to be honest
Frank Martins style is just built to defend what we do. Every scheme has weaknesses
This post was edited on 12/10/19 at 8:10 am
Posted on 12/10/19 at 8:56 am to GenesChin
Steven Pearl was handing out donuts and coffee for student’s finals.
You’d think he was HCIW.
You’d think he was HCIW.
This post was edited on 12/10/19 at 8:57 am
Posted on 12/10/19 at 9:03 am to jangalang
Lord I hope not. Too many skeletons in his closet. I think he knows it too
The internet would cancel him if he ever got a big time HC job
The internet would cancel him if he ever got a big time HC job
Posted on 12/10/19 at 9:04 am to auburnnyc94
Bad dog burying the bone in the wrong places?
Posted on 12/10/19 at 9:10 am to auburnnyc94
quote:Do I even want to know?
Lord I hope not. Too many skeletons in his closet. I think he knows it too
The internet would cancel him if he ever got a big time HC job
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