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Post by contextmatters on Mar 31, 2024 22:36:12 GMT -5
Maybe too soon for this after the loss, but the answer to this question seems like a pretty clearl "yes" from my perspective?
Anybody else have a different take? That 1916 team was undefeated, after all, but I'm not sure how Transylvania and Johnson Bible College stacked up in KenPom.
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Post by hamiltonvol on Apr 1, 2024 0:28:13 GMT -5
It’s a yes for me. Pretty clear yes.
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Post by bchilds on Apr 1, 2024 3:33:12 GMT -5
Clear yes.
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Post by smyrnavol on Apr 1, 2024 7:08:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I think it has to be.
Which makes it sting that the Elite 8 is still the ceiling. A F4 is not possible here.
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Post by cherokee04 on Apr 1, 2024 7:17:06 GMT -5
Comparing eras is tough, but I’m not as convinced that it was a better team than the best ones Mears had (relatively speaking; of course these athletes would likely be too good for the guys of that day). And Pearl had a couple of teams in ‘07/08 and ‘09/10 that certainly are in the mix IMO.
I’d say this team has a good claim, but it’s not an easy call for me at all.
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Post by cherokee04 on Apr 1, 2024 7:22:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I think it has to be. Which makes it sting that the Elite 8 is still the ceiling. A F4 is not possible here. We’ve had teams that were good enough to make a FF, but it has never happened. What galls me is knowing this: outside of Vol fans, when people think of this season, they won’t think “Yeah, UT swept Bama and won the SEC championship”. They will think, “Bama made the Final Four”. Now, I don’t think most fans in a few years will think of this season at all, but the historical takeaway will be that Bama has a Final Four. Tennessee doesn’t. It is the most frustrating thing about UT basketball. |
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Post by cherokee04 on Apr 1, 2024 7:26:14 GMT -5
One other frustrating thing: Barnes’ record against highly ranked teams in the regular season is fantastic.
But in the NCAAT, he (and UT, yes…) doesn’t do that. He doesn’t beat teams seeded higher than his, and to break through to a Final Four, you usually have to do that at some point.
Bama didn’t have the toughest path to the FF, but they did have to beat a 1 seeded UNC, and got it done. That’s what it takes, and we’ve never been able to do it.
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Post by awinatl on Apr 1, 2024 7:42:37 GMT -5
Best season ……yes !! I think we’ve had better teams though that were more balanced like the sister Jean team. Anyway the NCAAT sends teams home that don’t play their A+ games……too many no shows yesterday to produce an A+ game , sucks though as we avoided the injury bug this year although the disappearance of Vescovi could be viewed as an injury
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