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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3468853, member: 6927"] It's sadly true that the bubble is *terribly* weak this year. There is a huge drop-off between the 8/9 seeds and those last 8-10 teams that are needed to complete the field. The 32 at-large teams have to come from somewhere. When you compare Tennessee's resume to those of the other 16-20 teams that might possibly be considered for those last 8-10 at-large spots, it's objectively impossible to deny that the Vols are going to be in the field -- barring an inordinate number of "bid stealers" from the mid-major conferences. TN's perfect record against teams outside the top 50, combined with their one quality win over LSU, sets them apart from the teams that are immediately around the cut line. There is literally no other bubble team with a perfect record against sub-50 teams, and many of them don't have any wins better than TN's win over LSU. Creme's "last four in" as of today are James Madison, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky and UCF. And his "first four out" are Boston College, St. John's, Bradley and Georgia Tech. Anyone who thinks that Tennessee shouldn't be in the tournament needs to take a close look at the resumes of these 8 teams. No objective analysis of their bodies of work can possibly deem these teams to be ahead of Tennessee in the pecking order. [/QUOTE]