Well, for better or worse...

[Black Diamond Vol]

I think this team is going dancing.  And you know what?  If they continue to shoot like this and defend like this, they can do some damage when they get there.  Might as well support them.

[Tnphil]

Yep.....Of course I fully expect us to lay that Big Orange egg in the SECT and have us fans biting our nails come selection Sunday.

[Black Diamond Vol]

Yep.....Of course I fully expect us to lay that Big Orange egg in the SECT and have us fans biting our nails come selection Sunday.

This UGA/LSU game on right now is pretty big for us.  If LSU beats them, we get the 3 seed and the double bye that goes with it.  That would at least probably mean that we wouldn't have to play any of the sub-200 teams in this league that torpedo their opponents' SOS before the game even tips off.

[SmokeyJoe]

UGA is up by 9. WTF kind of bizarre team are they? 3 seed in SECT. Not mentioned for NCAA. Who knows maybe they win SECT lol

[VOLcrazi]

i  have DirecTV by the way

[Black Diamond Vol]

So assuming UGA holds on here, we're the 4 seed.  Arkansas would play the Aub/SC winner on Thursday, and we'll get the winner of that one on Friday.  So- probably Arkansas.  They've been red hot up until today, when they got clubbed at bama.

[Black Diamond Vol]

i  have DirecTV by the way

Fox Sport south for me- but it's pretty much over now anyway.

[Black Diamond Vol]

UGA is up by 9. WTF kind of bizarre team are they? 3 seed in SECT. Not mentioned for NCAA. Who knows maybe they win SECT lol

Not unprecedented.  Two years ago, we were the 2 seed in the SECT, and we didn't go the NCAA.  And I think we were a 2-3 seed last year, too.

The funny thing is, I don't think our team this year has had nearly as good a season as the last two, but this team is likely going dancing, where the previous two didn't make it.  Just shows how weak the field is this year.

[Memphisvolunteer]

All this comes as Barton finds his stroke again. Also in at least two of those games, McRae has had "off" night shooting.  Imagine what the season could have been if Barton  had played like this all year long! The FR PG is good but lacked an offensive skill set so we were playing 5 on 4. However with Barton playing like this we have 5 scores that can beat teams different ways. You double down on the big men and Barton and McRae can make you pay. You play straight up and our bigs can hurt you.

[BanditVol]

Not unprecedented.  Two years ago, we were the 2 seed in the SECT, and we didn't go the NCAA.  And I think we were a 2-3 seed last year, too.

The funny thing is, I don't think our team this year has had nearly as good a season as the last two, but this team is likely going dancing, where the previous two didn't make it.  Just shows how weak the field is this year.

Hm, well I thought we were a bit better each year.  It turns our our SEC record is identical to last year...11-7 in the SEC  and 20-11 overall in the regular season, but last year we were 6th in the SEC and this year we are 4th.   So there is some truth to the "field is weaker" point.  At the same time, I feel like this recent run is  stronger than last year's late run, and definitely the best  stretch of the Cuonzo era.

As for two years ago, we were definitely a bit worse..  18-13 in the regular season and tied for 2nd with a 10-6 SEC record. 

[Black Diamond Vol]

Hm, well I thought we were a bit better each year.  It turns our our SEC record is identical to last year...11-7 in the SEC  and 20-11 overall in the regular season, but last year we were 6th in the SEC and this year we are 4th.   So there is some truth to the "field is weaker" point.  At the same time, I feel like this recent run is  stronger than last year's late run, and definitely the best  stretch of the Cuonzo era.

As for two years ago, we were definitely a bit worse..  18-13 in the regular season and tied for 2nd with a 10-6 SEC record. 

But in our late runs the past couple years, we actually beat some pretty good teams- UF, UK, etc.  This season, our last really good win came in December against UVa.  Granted, we're steamrolling people right now, but we really haven't beaten anyone of note in the SEC (and really, UF is the only quality team in the league this year).

[Creek Walker]

But in our late runs the past couple years, we actually beat some pretty good teams- UF, UK, etc.  This season, our last really good win came in December against UVa.  Granted, we're steamrolling people right now, but we really haven't beaten anyone of note in the SEC (and really, UF is the only quality team in the league this year).

I agree. This season is less "impressive" (I use that term loosely obviously given how impressive the last two seasons were) of the three, yet this year we're likely going to the dance. College basketball is just really weak in general right now.

[BanditVol]

But in our late runs the past couple years, we actually beat some pretty good teams- UF, UK, etc.  This season, our last really good win came in December against UVa.  Granted, we're steamrolling people right now, but we really haven't beaten anyone of note in the SEC (and really, UF is the only quality team in the league this year).

Yeah but as you point out, there isn't anyone to beat!  I would say Missouri is about the 4th or 5th best team in the league (FWIW) and we dominated them.

It's more than just the scores though, there is a flow to the team that I haven't seen in the Cuonzo Martin era previously.  Like the offense is no longer painful to watch, lol.