BigBlueWDE 1,136 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) Oklahoma really did us a solid today, knocking off Baylor. We have a W over the team that knocked off a #1 seed contender Edited March 11, 2022 by BigBlueWDE 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgrogan21 6,198 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, BigBlueWDE said: Oklahoma really did us a solid today, knocking off Baylor. We have a W over the team that knocked off the #1 seed contender Gonzaga lost to bama, we beat them twice. Baylor lost to Oklahoma we beat them by 18. Kansas got trounced by Kentucky and we beat them by 9. 3 teams vying for that 1 seed has lost to teams that Auburn has beaten. Oklahoma has been so damn unlucky all year with close losses. Their luck had to turn around soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFightingSoldiers 685 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Yeah Oklahoma's basketball team this year reminds me of Auburn's baseball team last year. If even half of those 1 run games had gone the other way Auburn was looking at a guaranteed tourney spot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgrogan21 6,198 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Dumb dumb Joe keeps proving he's one very bad bracketologist. Baylor loses against Oklahoma and drops to 4, but Kansas moves up to 3. There's absolutely no logical reasoning behind Kansas/Baylor being over Auburn/Kentucky. And then says the only way to knock Baylor off the 1 line is for either Auburn or Kentucky to win the tourney. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e808 3,025 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) Hopefully they let Auburn play like this tomorrow. There has been a lot of contact and no calls in this Vandy game Edited March 11, 2022 by e808 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,652 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, tgrogan21 said: Dumb dumb Joe keeps proving he's one very bad bracketologist. Baylor loses against Oklahoma and drops to 4, but Kansas moves up to 3. There's absolutely no logical reasoning behind Kansas/Baylor being over Auburn/Kentucky. And then says the only way to knock Baylor off the 1 line is for either Auburn or Kentucky to win the tourney. Baylor still being over us is definitely an example of a guy sticking to his guns, but he does give the qualifier that they'd be passed by whoever wins the SEC. I think if Auburn or UK wins tomorrow, they'll be put over in his next update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUwent 3,747 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Down goes UAT lol 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlueWDE 1,136 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Bama losing is always fun :-) Vandy gonna get destroyed by Kentucky tomorrow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,652 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Its occasionally confusing bc some of his placements will be of the moment (as you'd expect with a daily update) and some will be a sort of projection. Baylor does play in a tougher conference and does have more good wins, but every ranking system in the world thought they were close to a "teens" team before they beat Kansas. That clearly validated them again, maybe too much imo. I didn't think Baylor should've been where they were after that KU win, but I will give them they had the harder SOS and was only 1 game behind us. They got better wins than us too..but that should all be done after losing to a fairly solid but not much more than that OU team. Unless Auburn loses to A&M, no loss they could possibly end up with this tourney is worse than losing to OU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,652 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 As long as Auburn protects the boards better than they did in the first half of the first half vs A&M, that shouldn't be a particularly difficult game. Couldnt watch most of it but it looks like that same Coleman fella just gave Castleton some trouble and they did enough to survive after having the big lead disappear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81spacetiger 157 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, tgrogan21 said: Dumb dumb Joe keeps proving he's one very bad bracketologist. Baylor loses against Oklahoma and drops to 4, but Kansas moves up to 3. There's absolutely no logical reasoning behind Kansas/Baylor being over Auburn/Kentucky. And then says the only way to knock Baylor off the 1 line is for either Auburn or Kentucky to win the tourney. If I had to guess at what he is thinking will happen, I think he is suggesting UK beats Auburn to take the SEC tournament crown and Kansas takes the Big12 tournament crown. That's the only logical ordering of UK ahead of Auburn on the 2 seed line. If we take the SEC crown, we will be on the #1 line no question. I wonder if UT beats UK, can they get to a #2 seed? Of course we would still take out UT in the title game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,074 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 39 minutes ago, 81spacetiger said: If I had to guess at what he is thinking will happen, I think he is suggesting UK beats Auburn to take the SEC tournament crown and Kansas takes the Big12 tournament crown. That's the only logical ordering of UK ahead of Auburn on the 2 seed line. If we take the SEC crown, we will be on the #1 line no question. I wonder if UT beats UK, can they get to a #2 seed? Of course we would still take out UT in the title game. He has Auburn ahead of Kentucky here. Auburn 5 and Kentucky 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgrogan21 6,198 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 9 hours ago, 81spacetiger said: If I had to guess at what he is thinking will happen, I think he is suggesting UK beats Auburn to take the SEC tournament crown and Kansas takes the Big12 tournament crown. That's the only logical ordering of UK ahead of Auburn on the 2 seed line. If we take the SEC crown, we will be on the #1 line no question. I wonder if UT beats UK, can they get to a #2 seed? Of course we would still take out UT in the title game. That's the thing, though. Looking at resume, we shouldn't *have* to win the Tourney to get a 1 seed. The fact that he believes that is just further prove he's not good at what he does. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81spacetiger 157 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 9 hours ago, AUBwins said: He has Auburn ahead of Kentucky here. Auburn 5 and Kentucky 6 my bad, you are right. I wasn't looking at it correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,074 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 36 minutes ago, 81spacetiger said: my bad, you are right. I wasn't looking at it correctly Yea it looks like they Zig zag the seeds to essentially give the 1 overall seed the worst 2 seed or 8th overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rednilla 5,383 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 3 hours ago, tgrogan21 said: That's the thing, though. Looking at resume, we shouldn't *have* to win the Tourney to get a 1 seed. The fact that he believes that is just further prove he's not good at what he does. Agreed. But let's win the SEC Tourney anyway and make it a moot point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 12,828 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Well, hoping for #2 seed now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubaseball 2,590 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Playing the wrong kinda basketball at the most important time of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroforwinger 443 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Hopefully we got the s*** play out of our system. I don’t have high hopes for the tourney though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,566 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) Does AU really deserve a 2-seed? That's saying that we are one of the top 8 teams in the country. AU is now 1-5 in its six most recent road games. A top 8 team would do better than that. All the tournament games will be road games. If I were doing the seeding I'd make AU a 3-seed and feel a little guilty about putting us so high. Edited March 12, 2022 by Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,664 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 5 hours ago, Mikey said: Does AU really deserve a 2-seed? That's saying that we are one of the top 8 teams in the country. AU is now 1-5 in its six most recent road games. A top 8 team would do better than that. All the tournament games will be road games. If I were doing the seeding I'd make AU a 3-seed and feel a little guilty about putting us so high. Neutral court games are not the same as road games............. FFS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,074 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 We've never handled that 1 seed very well. We crapped the bed against Bama in 2018 in that position. I thought AM would have been the best matchup for us because of how Florida defense would give us fits, but my goodness they had a shooter on their team that played fantastic. Having a top 3 seed in NCAA gives you a solid chance to build some momentum gradually the first weekend. We just need momentum again I think. Beat a 14 or 15 seed, then a 6, 7, 10, or 11 seed before it gets real. Of course those 11 seeds have been tougher than the 10 seeds it seems lately lol. If we can get to the sweet 16, I think we can be game for the rest of tourney. Just hope the draw is good enough to do that. The biggest downfall of the recent play is do we end up in a favorable region for Auburn fans to travel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,566 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, GwillMac6 said: Neutral court games are not the same as road games............. FFS Why yes they are. If we drive to Opelika and play an exhibition against Chattahoochee Valley Community College, it's a road game. DUH. Any game not played on the Auburn campus is a road game. If you want to differentiate between games played on the opponent's home court and games played at a neutral site, then do so. However, both are ROAD games. Edited March 12, 2022 by Mikey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,422 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Neutral court games and away games both give teams an unfamiliarity with the court/arena. We had zero problem winning on the road earlier in the season but now teams have figured out how to make us a .500 team the past several weeks. Our home court advantage is one of the best but it does us no good now. If our shooting, specifically from beyond the arc, doesn't improve we may not make the Sweet 16. We didn't play like a regular season champion against TAM and we haven't played like a 1 or 2 seed lately. At this point I think we have to hope our opponent has an off day. Wouldn't have thought this a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,422 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 14 hours ago, Mikey said: Does AU really deserve a 2-seed? That's saying that we are one of the top 8 teams in the country. AU is now 1-5 in its six most recent road games. A top 8 team would do better than that. All the tournament games will be road games. If I were doing the seeding I'd make AU a 3-seed and feel a little guilty about putting us so high. The total body of work says yes but I agree with you as of late. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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