re: SEC Basketball Tiers

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After last night do you think the Vols are teetering on dropping to Tier 2?

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Yeah, I think they are right on that line between the two tiers.

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And Ole Miss sharing space in Tier 3?

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No. Ole Miss is not terrible. Their record is bad, but they really aren't a bad team.

They somehow beat Penn State and played within single digits of Butler. They took Auburn to 2OT. They only lost to Arkansas and LSU by 4 points each.... and of course they beat Georgia (which doesn't prove much).

They are way ahead of Vandy right now.

If you take Tennessee out of Tier 1 and move them to Tier 2, then they fall from a projected 10-8 in SEC play down to just 5-13.... which seems way too low.

Tennessee's schedule is brutal. Their final 11 games are these:

at Miss St.
at Alabama
Kentucky
Arkansas
at S. Carolina
Vanderbilt
at Auburn
at Arkansas
Florida
at Kentucky
Auburn

I honestly don't see them getting to 10-8 against that schedule though I think they'll be better than 5-13.... probably somewhere in between which is why they don't really fit in a tier.