Updated NET and KenPom Rankings and SEC Title Odds after last night's games

Agreed. We have been better on the road than at home so far. I think that UK home game could be sneaky tough.

I think we split UK x 2 and also split AU and LSU.

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Barnes has yet to lose in TBA vs Kentucky and I don’t think that changes this year.


Auburn is the one I think we’re most likely to drop

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So you're most likely to lose to one of the two teams we just beat back-to-back?

Should be a good one.

I think Auburn is a pretty bad matchup for VOLS, especially in that gym.

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The RPI is bullshite and here’s why.

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You're right

And that's why the NCAA selection committee doesn't use it, and this post isn't the RPI.

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You're right And that's why the NCAA selection committee doesn't use it, and this post isn't the RPI.

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Well, we know for a fact that they’re at least referencing the various RPI type rankings because the last two committee chairs have referenced them in post bracket interviews.

So while they may claim they’re not using them ... they actually are.

What they say is though, however, they claim they do not use them to determine their final 66. Which, of course they cannot because the conferences automatic qualifier for each champion doesn’t allow them to stick hard to that metric. They have to make it up as they go and hope as many Top 64 teams win their conference tourney championships as possible. Every single one below 64 that wins a tourney throws a wrench in the selection committee’s gears because they would like to stick strictly to the ratings and make it as easy on themselves as possible.

Matter of fact, were it not for the tourney champion rule (which was largely enacted because of how the ‘71 Gamecock team got shitted) ... were it not for that rule the selection committee would not even be selecting ... they would be seeding and that’s it.

I feel ya