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ESPN picks Tennessee for this weekend

Plebe said:
LOL Creighton goes into Fayetteville and beats Arkansas, and yet they only get your insults because they don't play in a "gauntlet" conference. You're funny.
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did you not read what the poster above you said, they had 3 players out. It's funny how many take pride in a win when a team is short-handed. Then again you were the one that tried to make a point by Louisville beating a Uconn team that was basically playing half a roster down.
 
jchuskie said:
did you not read what the poster above you said, they had 3 players out. It's funny how many take pride in a win when a team is short-handed. Then again you were the one that tried to make a point by Louisville beating a Uconn team that was basically playing half a roster down.
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Try to make your point without attacking others.
 
I have no idea what is troubling UT, maybe they were just playing over their heads earlier. I won’t predict who will win because I know UConn misses PB in addition to UT being tough to judge when comparing their earlier performances with the latter. Hoping for a good game.
 
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SCspur said:
FWIW, Florida has more top 25 wins than Creighton, DePaul, & UConn combined. I’m not sure the NET tells the entire story of a team.
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Yeah no system of rating is all-inclusive, not even NET. I agree with you there. I’m not saying whether Florida is better or worse than any team. What I am saying is Creighton is not a bad team simply for their conference placement. It’s gotta be other reasons than that, which you provided that Florida has more top-25 wins so that’s definitely fair.

Even simply having more top-25 wins isn’t all-inclusive since all of Florida’s top wins are solely in the SEC. The SEC has a specific style of play, so I would say Florida’s current wins are more reflective of being a great grind it out team. Good for them for all their wins!

As we just saw from the Tenn-UConn game grind it out games aren’t always winnable especially when the 3 is being shot hot. Depaul and Creighton love to shoot threes.
 
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SCspur said:
FWIW, Florida has more top 25 wins than Creighton, DePaul, & UConn combined. I’m not sure the NET tells the entire story of a team.
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yea Sec is just better than any other wcbb conference. Florida would easily finish 2nd in the Big Least.
 
Plebe said:
LOL Creighton goes into Fayetteville and beats Arkansas, and yet they only get your insults because they don't play in a "gauntlet" conference. You're funny.
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Not funny. Just mad today. Who knows why? LOL
 
123me said:
Both Creighton and Depaul are ranked significantly higher than Florida and Auburn in the NET rankings. So no, SEC is not better than the Big East in every team matchup.
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That’s exactly what the post said:
The SEC is less than (<) the Big East.
 
SCspur said:
FWIW, Florida has more top 25 wins than Creighton, DePaul, & UConn combined. I’m not sure the NET tells the entire story of a team.
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They also have losses to Towson and Massey No, 239 George Mason.
Since when is the AP top 25 the last word on rankings?

Oops, sorry, didn't notice your team affiliation. You guys love the AP. Not that it matters this year, your team is making the SEC look worse than the AAC.
 
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Florida beat Tennessee last game 84-59. UConn won 75-56 today. IDK what that means but Florida won by 25, UConn won by 19. Does that make Florida better than UConn? :).
 
TC22 said:
Florida beat Tennessee last game 84-59. UConn won 75-56 today. IDK what that means but Florida won by 25, UConn won by 19. Does that make Florida better than UConn? :).
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At the very least, it means your touché game is weak.

Mizzou beat South Carolina and then lost by 16 at home to Ole Miss. Does that make Ole Miss 16+ points better than South Carolina?
 
SCspur said:
FWIW, Florida has more top 25 wins than Creighton, DePaul, & UConn combined. I’m not sure the NET tells the entire story of a team.
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Funny how you conveniently neglected to mention that Florida also has a Quad 4 loss — of which Creighton, DePaul, and UConn have a combined total of zero.
 
Plebe said:
At the very least, it means your touché game is weak.

Mizzou beat South Carolina and then lost by 16 at home to Ole Miss. Does that make Ole Miss 16+ points better than South Carolina?
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There was no touché game. I wasn’t pulling for either team. Just adding to the ifs and buts of the rest of the thread. I thought my ‘logic” was ridiculous enough that it wouldn’t be taken seriously. My bad.
 
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TC22 said:
There was no touché game. I wasn’t pulling for either team. Just adding to the ifs and buts of the rest of the thread. I thought my ‘logic” was ridiculous enough that it wouldn’t be taken seriously. My bad.
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I thought that the :) at the end of your post sorta gave it away...but was that the real intent? hmm :eek:
 
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SCspur said:
FWIW, Florida has more top 25 wins than Creighton, DePaul, & UConn combined. I’m not sure the NET tells the entire story of a team.
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Did they beat those teams on their own talent or did the "ranked team" play like an unranked team. Or maybe sopme of those ranked teams they beat are no longer ranked and maybe never should have. The whole "ranked wins" argument misses the point that teams have good and bad games and that the rankings from 15-25 vary a lot. For instance, Uconn lost to an unranked GTech that immediately became ranked and is now the 11th ranked team (AP). So all those ACC teams can claim a win over a "ranked team" while UConn gets penalized for a "bad loss". :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Why aren't we hearing about tier 1 wins or tier 4 losses?
 
Alydar said:
Did they beat those teams on their own talent or did the "ranked team" play like an unranked team. Or maybe sopme of those ranked teams they beat are no longer ranked and maybe never should have. The whole "ranked wins" argument misses the point that teams have good and bad games and that the rankings from 15-25 vary a lot. For instance, Uconn lost to an unranked GTech that immediately became ranked and is now the 11th ranked team (AP). So all those ACC teams can claim a win over a "ranked team" while UConn gets penalized for a "bad loss". :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Why aren't we hearing about tier 1 wins or tier 4 losses?
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Actually Florida is a very good team right now they just started off the season rough. Surprisingly they are better without Briggs but it seems she was a cancer and they’re excelling without her. In all honesty I think Florida would beat UConn right now as well at that NC State squad they lost to by 33. All of the ranked teams they beat are still ranked and worthy of their rankings. I don’t think UConn got penalized at all for losing to GT and Louisville. UConn also struggled against DePaul recently and needed a last second shot and only beat a terrible Providence team by 8. I think Florida’s ranking is warranted considering how many of those ranked wins they have compared to other programs whose ranked based on name…
 
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SCspur said:
I don’t think UConn got penalized at all for losing to GT and Louisville.
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When they played GT, it was unranked GT vs. 3 UConn. First game without Bueckers, no Fudd, and no Muhl. They still won their next game against UCLA, but they moved from 3 to 7.

When they played Louisville, it was a 6 (UL) vs. 7 (UConn) matchup and UConn lost by 5 without Bueckers, Fudd, or Muhl.

In the next AP poll, UL moves up to 3 and UConn moves down to 11.

I don't think UConn has been penalized for their close games or their loss to SC, but they definitely took a hit in the polls after GT and UL.
 
I think I'm selling Florida.

While I might rank them near the bottom of the top 25 or I might not, I'd be thinking the whole time whether Massey might be more accurate (48th).

NC State and UConn would thrash them badly IMO.
 
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