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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 5212735, member: 71"] Yes, we would be double digit underdogs against Auburn or Duke; whether that game is played in the second round or later. One thing that has me less concerned than many here is that I don't see a whole lot of difference between Auburn, Florida or Tennessee and the latter two will most likely be two seeds. I'm not sure that there would be so much of an advantage in facing Florida in a 2-7 matchup than facing Auburn in a 1-8 matchup. Duke is tremendously talented, there is no denying that. They also are playing in the worst version of the ACC ever, which may be inflating their Kenpom numbers. They next best ACC teams, Louisville and Clemson, wouldn't be able to finish. 500 in conference if they had to play in any version of a pre-covid ACC (inception to 2020). The ACC being historically putrid also gave the SEC more gravitas this season than they likely warranted as winning 11 of 12 against this ACC may not have been such a monumental task, yet it boosted the SEC in everyone's eyes and as they have been only playing other SEC schools, for most of the remainder of the season, the value won't normalize over time. I also believe that shy of our regressing severely, we will be either a seven or a six seed when they announce the tournament bracket, so who we play (if we survive the first round) will be one of a dozen teams that will be basically indistinguishable come tournament time. The advantages that we will have once the tournament begins will be the refs will call fouls when we are mugged and the opponent won't be familiar with our offense. The disadvantages will be many, primarily that we aren't close to the two most recent tournament teams we've had. Regardless, I'm not going to waste any time worrying about what seed they give us. [/QUOTE]

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