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AP Top 25 Week 17, no changes to top 9, Fairfield is #25 (merged)

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Vowelguy said:
If BC had a living breathing athletic department, they'd be all over Thibault-Dubonis. But she's too smart to go to a dead end job.
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I would say she should wait for the UConn job but she wouldn't leave what she built at Fairfield to follow a hall of famer and coach on a farm.
 
Kat said:
I watched Vanderbilt come from behind to beat Tennessee yesterday. It took a lot to do it. The Vols would mop the floor with Princeton or Fairfield.
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Hasn't Fairfield already played better teams than Tennessee and not been mopped or whatever?

This is a weird situation with Tennessee. I don't think anyone is saying they are an objectively bad basketball team, but they have had an entire season to prove they are not a national championship contender and they have done a fantastic job of it. Maybe just take the L and figure out what needs to be done to get back to that level OR with whatever games are left... win some.
 
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typhaon said:
Hasn't Fairfield already played better teams than Tennessee and not been mopped or whatever?

This is a weird situation with Tennessee. I don't think anyone is saying they are an objectively bad basketball team, but they have had an entire season to prove they are not a national championship contender and they have done a fantastic job of it. Maybe just take the L and figure out what needs to be done to get back to that level OR with whatever games are left... win some.
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Tennessee has several good wins. They just picked the worst time of the year to go into a swoon. Late season losses weigh more heavily for rankings - and seeding
 
HuskyNan said:
Tennessee has several good wins. They just picked the worst time of the year to go into a swoon. Late season losses weigh more heavily for rankings - and seeding
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Unless you consider the win @ Stanford to be impressive, I don't think they have anything in their OOC to brag about.

They are 8-8 in the SEC... which includes 5-2 vs. the bottom 6 teams in the SEC. They are 2-10 vs. ranked teams. Tough ranked teams, mostly, but still the results are the results.

In contrast to some of the other mid-pack SEC teams that managed to pull out a win vs. one of the top 5, Tennessee's best claim is they "beat the team (KY and Georgia), that beat a team."

I think they kind of are what they are and are fairly ranked. 2-9 in their last 11 games. IMO, it would behoove them to win an SECT game or two.
 
typhaon said:
Unless you consider the win @ Stanford to be impressive, I don't think they have anything in their OOC to brag about.

They are 8-8 in the SEC... which includes 5-2 vs. the bottom 6 teams in the SEC. They are 2-10 vs. ranked teams. Tough ranked teams, mostly, but still the results are the results.

In contrast to some of the other mid-pack SEC teams that managed to pull out a win vs. one of the top 5, Tennessee's best claim is they "beat the team (KY and Georgia), that beat a team."

I think they kind of are what they are and are fairly ranked. 2-9 in their last 11 games. IMO, it would behoove them to win an SECT game or two.
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I never said they had “impressive” wins; I said good wins - such as Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama. And my point was that Tennessee picked a bad time to have their worst stretch of the season. Not sure why that spurred an argument
 
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