A Look At The Conferences (Scout.com)

[News Bot]

January 20, is much too early to speculate on which 65 teams will get invitations to the cotillion known as the "Big Dance." However, it isn't too early to start looking at each conference to see who the contenders are. Looking at the RPI and records against top 50 opponents, we can begin to make assumptions about the number of teams each conference can expect to place into the tournament. And, in the conferences with just the automatic qualifier going, we can see which teams have the leg up.

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[fernandomike]

January 20, is much too early to speculate on which 65 teams will get invitations to the cotillion known as the "Big Dance." However, it isn't too early to start looking at each conference to see who the contenders are. Looking at the RPI and records against top 50 opponents, we can begin to make assumptions about the number of teams each conference can expect to place into the tournament. And, in the conferences with just the automatic qualifier going, we can see which teams have the leg up.

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Nice find, Newsbot and welcome to the board. :) It looks like it is going to be a mad scramble to get to the tournament. LSU and UF are locks, but Ole Miss and UT have played much better than expected. Then, there are the traditional powers Bama, Arkansas, Vandy, and Kentucky who all feel that non-admittance into the dance is a total failure. This might not be the best basketball in the country, but it is sure to be exciting. I am just glad that UT is finally back in the mix.

[VOLjlt]

Nice find, Newsbot and welcome to the board. :) It looks like it is going to be a mad scramble to get to the tournament. LSU and UF are locks, but Ole Miss and UT have played much better than expected. Then, there are the traditional powers Bama, Arkansas, Vandy, and Kentucky who all feel that non-admittance into the dance is a total failure. This might not be the best basketball in the country, but it is sure to be exciting. I am just glad that UT is finally back in the mix.


Amen to that! Let's hope the sold-out crowd at Thompson-Boling can give the Vols momentum during the game Saturday and help the team towards post-season contention.