re: Dusty Hannahs said in the post game interview that the players had a meeting

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True, but we have several wins right on the edge of the current top 50. UT-A is 56, Tennessee is 60 and Houston is 63.

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UT-A seems to be falling off a bit since their conference play started. They've lost two in a row to teams with 201+ RPI. They got drummed at Troy their last game. All indications point to them to keep slipping back. Tennessee is one that could climb though, I would agree. I like TN and think they're a solid club. Houston is likely to keep slipping as well. They have Memphis coming up, which they should win and then they go to SMU. I doubt they win at SMU but if they do, they could indeed climb.

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We still have a lot of basketball left, if we can win 8-9 more games in the regular season we'll be a lock for the tournament.

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I wouldn't go that far. It depends on who the 8-9 victories are against. If we beat aTm x2, LSU x2, @Missouri, Ole Miss, Alabama, and @ Vandy, I don't think those 8 wins get Arkansas in the tourney.

aTm, LSU, Missouri, Alabama, Vandy, and @ Auburn are games this team can't afford to lose. So, IMO, we need to sweep those games...which is asking this team to go 10-0 against them. I just don't think Arkansas can do that. Then, you have to win at least a game or two out of @Florida, @Ok State, and @ South Carolina.

The issue for me is this...We have one top 50 RPI team remaining at home in Georgia to close out the season. Though Ole Miss is top 50 right now, I think we can all agree they won't be there much longer because they're not a very good team.

So essentially, our top 50 win hopes hinge on this team going on the road and beating Florida, Ok State, or South Carolina...I just don't like our chances in any of those.

Right now, Ive got us finishing 10-4 with what we have left. Just based off of what I have seen so far this year. That would put us 24-8 with only a top 50 win over Georgia at home. Record alone says we would make it, but our record against top 50 RPI teams would be very bad.

I dunno...

Edit...And this is all assuming we don't go on the road and lose to an LSU(bad loss), or Missouri(terrible loss).