Nice win over Mizzou today....

[Coupe De VOL]

They did a good job of holding onto the lead.  They really need to finish strong in these last four

[Black Diamond Vol]

Somehow, we're still in contention for an NCAA bid.  These last 4 games of the regular season are all big.  That finale at home against bammer may turn out to be a defacto play-in game.

[Tnphil]

Wooda coulda shoulda if we could have just closed out the Miss State and UGA games like today we'd be sitting inside the bubble.

Funny how the RPI works......We got butt kicked by KY and our RPI improved 3 spots. We win by 20 today and our RPI dropped 4 spots. We are just outside of the top 50 RPI at 51.

[Black Diamond Vol]

Wooda coulda shoulda if we could have just closed out the Miss State and UGA games like today we'd be sitting inside the bubble.

Funny how the RPI works......We got butt kicked by KY and out RPI improved 3 spots. We win by 20 today and out RPI dropped 4 spots. We are just outside of the top 50 RPI at 51.

Mizzou's RPI coming into today was 251- that number is pretty astonishing for a Power 5 team.  This is why the SEC needs to mandate that all of its members schedule better.  Even if you're a bad team, your RPI will still hold up if you've played a good schedule.  Playing a team with an RPI that low, even if you beat them by 30, will hurt you.  And that's bad for the entire league.

[Tnphil]

Mizzou's RPI coming into today was 251.  This is why the SEC needs to mandate that all of its members schedule better.  Even if you're a bad team, your RPI will still hold up if you've played a good schedule.  Playing a team with an RPI that low, even if you beat them by 30, will hurt you.  And that's bad for the entire league.

Agree.....Over the years the RPI has hurt the SEC when it came to tourney time....Even teams with 19-20 wins. Also having a bad SOS has hurt the SEC in the past.

[HerbTarlekVol]

That Mizzou team was just flat awful.  One of the worst major conference teams to come in to TBA - ever. 

[Black Diamond Vol]

That Mizzou team was just flat awful.  One of the worst major conference teams to come in to TBA - ever. 

One of the worst visiting teams, maybe.  Those guys still would've smoked Wade Houston's last UT team.

[HerbTarlekVol]

One of the worst visiting teams, maybe.  Those guys still would've smoked Wade Houston's last UT team.

True. 

[Coupe De VOL]

Somehow, we're still in contention for an NCAA bid.  These last 4 games of the regular season are all big.  That finale at home against bammer may turn out to be a defacto play-in game.

yep, winning against Bammer is an absolute must.