Hypothetical: How Much Would A Win vs Kentucky Help Seeding?

IF UGA beats UK (Which they probably won't even though i'll give them more of a chance than that POS Dog4life) and they beat AU, I could see them moving as high as a 6 probably landing at a 7. People also have to remember, rankings for Tournaments are more than what you've done during the regular season, conference tournament, etc. It involves team history in the tourney, fan support, national match-ups to draw attention, just to name a few.

If we go 2-0 to close the regular season then go 2-1 in Nashville (losing to Kentucky in the semis) I think we'd be a 6 seed.

I still think there's a chance we could get a 7 seed without beating UK. Loss Tuesday then win at Auburn. Win on Thursday and Friday of the SEC tourney (Friday would be against a tourney team like LSU or A&M) then loss to Kentucky in the semis. I think we'd be looking at a 26ish RPI in that scenario and maybe a 7 seed.

I think that's realistic and obviously way better than being an 8 or 9 seed.

In thinking about all this something I realized is that in my time of watching UGA hoops (mid 90s to now) the committee has been pretty generous to the Dawgs. Tubby's second year in Athens (96-97) we got a 3 seed when most of the speculation was that we'd be a 5 or 4. Then you had Harrick's 01-02 team that made the tournament with I think a 17-15 record. We did have the #1 strength of schedule, but that was still a 50/50 chance of us getting in if I remember correctly.

Even Fox's second year I felt we got a pretty good break getting that 10 seed when we seemed like one of the last teams that was gonna get in, and we faced Washington in the first round up in Charlotte which was obviously a break for us.

Not saying we didn't deserve those seedings, but in hindsight the committee has treated UGA well in recent years. Not that I think that has anything to do with what happens this season. I'd love to get a 7 seed for sure though.