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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3065532, member: 1220"] I think Creme like many other people who have done evaluations and ratings of teams for the last few years are influenced by the Tenn that once existed. They kept looking for rational to rate them high in the beginning of the season and again when the brackets came out. I am not the only one who believes this. I have nothing against Tenn. I just have something against people who do not judge upon merit but rather reputation. If you are in a position of responsibility it should be your objective to be objective. I do believe that Maccca3232 has a good point. His perspective is probably better than mine. It at least brings reason to the unreasonable. It is done to stir up interest, discussion and better yet controversial debate as is happening on this thread. In that Creme has been successful. A lot of sports writers are doing that now. As you asked me I began to think about why I thought Tenn shouldn't be in the tourney. You asked me which team has a better record. Now there may be teams that have better records and as I stated before I haven't thought about which teams deserve via their records are more worthy. Well thinking about it I come to the conclusion that teams do not need to have a better record. A similar record should put them in over Tenn. Why should an underachieving team that often seems to just go through the motions deserve a tie breaker just because of the schools history. In boxing if all things are equal the give the benefit to the boxer who is aggressive and tries harder. The tourney should reward good play and effort not something that this Tenn team has devolved into. In Tenn case they have been on the bubble for a long time and really haven't beaten a top team. For most teams that is a major criteria to move up. As I said before they were removed because of a long losing streak against some mediocre teams they should have beaten easily. I mean the also lost to Vandy after the were given a gift of being put back in because of two lower level wins. Granted I can see why some people believe they are better than their record because of the level of players they have on their team. And that often does play a part, but it shouldn't in this case because of the level of tanking that has happened. Their level of underachievement has to be unprecedented. To put it bluntly-- They do not deserve to go. Let some over achieving team that has played hard get the spot. As too what teams have better resumes than Tenn. I refer you to a thread on Rebkell. There many posters have answered that very question much better than I ever could. [/QUOTE]

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