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SEC 25-26

I'm still sticking with my prediction of LSU as the #3 and Kentucky as the #5 team in the conference. Kentucky has the size to exploit LSU's weaknesses while also having good enough defensive guard play to keep LSU's guards from stuffing the stat sheet. Not many other SEC teams will have that combo, so I'm chalking this up to a bad matchup and inexperience against top 25 type competition on LSU's part.
 
Top Quad
Texas
SCar
LSU
Oklahoma

Second Quad
Kentucky
Vandy
Ole Miss
Tennessee

Third Quad
Bama
UGA
Miss State
Florida

Fourth Quad
Pickem
 
GamecockFam said:
I'm still sticking with my prediction of LSU as the #3 and Kentucky as the #5 team in the conference. Kentucky has the size to exploit LSU's weaknesses while also having good enough defensive guard play to keep LSU's guards from stuffing the stat sheet. Not many other SEC teams will have that combo, so I'm chalking this up to a bad matchup and inexperience against top 25 type competition on LSU's part.
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LSU has the worst group of posts in the SEC. Unless the guards can carry every night this is not a top 5 team in the SEC.


Mulkey will waste Mikaylah Williams And Flaujae because she has refused to recruit or sign bigs multiple years
 
Baller29 said:
SEC teams going into conference play based on body of work, current rosters and eye test

1. Texas
2. SC
3. OU
4. Kentucky
5. Ole Miss
6. LSU
7. Vanderbilt
8. Tennessee
9. Miss St
10. Georgia
11. Alabama
12. Texas A&M
13. Florida
14. Missouri
15. Arkansas
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Auburn requests a recount.
 
visitingcock said:
Top Quad
Texas
SCar
LSU
Oklahoma

Second Quad
Kentucky
Vandy
Ole Miss
Tennessee

Third Quad
Bama
UGA
Miss State
Florida

Fourth Quad
Pickem
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Kentucky just beat a quad 1 team on their home floor and beat Louisville much easier than we did.
 
Baller29 said:
LSU has the worst group of posts in the SEC. Unless the guards can carry every night this is not a top 5 team in the SEC.


Mulkey will waste Mikaylah Williams And Flaujae because she has refused to recruit or sign bigs multiple years
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She definitely hasn't "refused to recruit or sign bigs multiple years"
 
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Scored 1 point in the 3rd quarter and 2 points in the 4th.

 
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Vic kind of lost it a bit in his presser.

I actually agree that giving Texas LSU and SCar back to back on the road was pretty unfair.

But he seemed to be going after his own AD for not standing up for the team against the schedule.

I like Vic and certainly a lot of coaches would complain in his position but doing it after your first loss probably wasn't the move.
 
Texas/LSU was a great game. Things that stood out to me:
-Madison Booker was brilliant in the 4th and nearly brought them back to win. Great showing by her, got caught in foul trouble though.

-Mikaylah Williams stepped up in a way many here were looking for her to do. Flaujae/Fulwiley are better athletes but Williams is a more well rounded player. She has a lot of Chelsea Gray/Cappie Pondexter in her game in that she can basically get her shot off at will and it always looks in rhythm. She's becoming a really good 2 way player. Should be a lottery pick next spring.

-Kyla Oldacre played quite well today. I'm always more impressed by her than I am Cunningham. She has great hands and grabs every rebound in sight.

-Probably the worst game I've seen by Rori Harmon. She was deservedly benched in the 4th. I thought Preston did a good job off the bench.

-Flaujae was invisible at times. Not sure why she's having trouble putting together consistent performances.

-Fulwiley was bad today. Just really bad decision making and was taken out of the game late by Kim. It's been spoken about in the LSU thread, but it's purely mental for her. Once she starts making the boring but correct plays instead of the exciting ones she's going to be great. Whether or not she make mentally make that switch is undetermined though.

-Ashton Judd was just terrible for Texas. Booker had hit like 3 or 4 straight shots and Judd took a bad shot, led to an LSU bucket. 4 point swing and killed all Texas momentum. Also missed a point blank layup late. Not sure why she's getting minutes over Carlton late.

-Johnson and Knox looked good for LSU. Both are hard nosed battle it out kinds of players.


Texas should drop to 3 or 4. LSU climbs back up in the 6-9 range. SEC is already a bloodbath this year.
 
I also caught the 2nd half of OU/Kentucky. It felt like the JV version of LSU/Texas.

-Reagan Beers gets away with murder, she should've picked up several fouls in the 3rd and 4th that weren't called at all. Good player but got a very friendly whistle.

-Chavez looks like Chennedy Carter/Arike Ogunbowale. Capable playmaker who can get hot and thrive but little discipline and can get caught playing hero ball. Some of the shots she took just killed any momentum and I imagine teammates were frustrated by it.

-Obi stepped up big in the absence of Key. Strack and Morgan played quite well.

Really ugly game but it was a battle. Kentucky should stay top 10, OU likely falls 11-15 range.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
Vic kind of lost it a bit in his presser.

I actually agree that giving Texas LSU and SCar back to back on the road was pretty unfair.

But he seemed to be going after his own AD for not standing up for the team against the schedule.

I like Vic and certainly a lot of coaches would complain in his position but doing it after your first loss probably wasn't the move.
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Cry me a river. They gave Spurrier’s best team at Georgia, at LSU, at Florida, and regular season losses matter there.

Birmingham takes care of the established powers in any sport at expense of others. Always has.
 
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I think he needs to expand his perspective and realize that they scheduled the home and away game with LSU to make good tv -- it's what the people want to watch. The did the same with South Carolina and LSU two years ago. Then South Carolina and Texas last year.

I have a feeling he was posturing for next year's schedule while also trying to light a fire in his team using the "Texas vs. the world" mentality.
 
GamecockFam said:
I think he needs to expand his perspective and realize that they scheduled the home and away game with LSU to make good tv -- it's what the people want to watch. The did the same with South Carolina and LSU two years ago. Then South Carolina and Texas last year.

I have a feeling he was posturing for next year's schedule while also trying to light a fire in his team using the "Texas vs. the world" mentality.
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They do it annually to SC in football….nothing to see here Vic
 
Vic was probably sending a message to his team. (Did he feel sorry for us last year when we played five ranked SEC teams in a row?) I don’t blame him for his complaint. He’s just telling his players they have been dealt a tough hand.
 
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stwainfan said:
So how many SEC teams make the NCAA tournament?
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I'd say nine.

South Carolina
Vandy
Texas
Oklahoma
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama

Georgia or Mississippi State probably make it with 7 and almost certainly with 8 conference wins, but I would bet against both.

More interesting is how many would host.

I think the record is five (?), but the right distribution of wins could put almost all of these teams in the conversation. Warren Nolan's predicted final RPI puts seven in the top 20 with LSU (27) and Oklahoma (38) on the outside.

Would serve both programs right for playing a bunch of nobodies OOC, but I would not want to see either one coming into my building as the second highest seed.
 
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