Gamecocks snubbed for the dance....

[thekimmer]

Is that how it used to feel for us?

 

[Hump4Hoops]

I don't think we were ever snubbed with that many wins.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

When were we snubbed? We pretty much got what we deserved as far as bids.

 

[fishwater99]

Is that how it used to feel for us?

They got hosed...

 

[QuaoarsKing]

When were we snubbed? We pretty much got what we deserved as far as bids.

We were an NIT 1 seed 3 times under Stans, back when the field was 65 instead of 68. 2010 at least we should've been included.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

We were a mid 50s RPI team with an unimpressive schedule. If we had played the last two months like we played the last two days in Nashville that year, we would have been in. As it was, we had no one to blame but ourselves. The dagger was losing here in the final game in Beard Eaves Coliseum. Then we went home for Varnado and Randy Stewart's senior day and were just about down three touchdowns to Bruce Pearl before we scored.

 

[thekimmer]

We were 23-11 in 2010 coming off an OT loss (literally robbed) by #2 UK in the SEC tourney final. That was a clear snub. There were other years when we were in the discussion and did not make it.

Point really is I'd love to be back in the position where we could be snubbed. Better days are coming though.

 

[Sutterkane]

The SEC had one of its worst years in 2010. Absolutely terrible league that year. 23-11 was a bad record for the level of competition.

 

[philduckworth]

We were 23-11 in 2010 coming off an OT loss (literally robbed) by #2 UK in the SEC tourney final. That was a clear snub. There were other years when we were in the discussion and did not make it.

Point really is I'd love to be back in the position where we could be snubbed. Better days are coming though.

Didn't we lose 2 OT games to UK that same year? I think that was the year Jay Bilas just kept saying we lost to Rider so we can't be in. Utah State got in and got blasted in their first round game.

 

[thekimmer]

SEC got 4 bids out of 12 teams in 2010. Got 3 out of 14 this year.

 

[JungRebel]

They had one good win. I wouldn't call it a snub.

 

[Philly Dawg]

What was their RPI, iirc when MSU has been "snubbed" our RPI didn't really justify our inclusion.

 

[Shooter McGavin.sixpack]

I was at that game. Tay Waller did his best Earnest Shelton imitation. He was throwing them in from all over that dump.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

What was their RPI, iirc when MSU has been "snubbed" our RPI didn't really justify our inclusion.

Their RPI is 65. This league is so bad that only two teams finished in the Top 50. When you only have two teams in the top 50, its hard for SC to have enough top 50 wins (1) with the way the non-conference schedule that they play.

The top two teams in the league had 7 top 50 wins between them - two of them were against each other and the others were all out of conference.

Hopefully the addition of Howland, Johnson and Barnes will help. I thought Florida made the best hire last year, but it remains to be seen if recruits feel the same way. I think Pearl is finding out that Auburn is a hard place to win and it wouldn't surprise me if he tries and move on from there. Jones should be out at LSU, but based on recent history does anyone really think they will make a good hire? Unless Vandy makes some kind of run in the NCAAT (and they haven't given us any reason to think they will), they should be in the market as well.

Sometimes I think that its poor basketball play is an opportunity cost for being so strong in football, but I always hold out hope and look forward to the day I can go back to the SECT and see good basketball for 4 days.

 

[drt7891]

I specifically remember most people saying we had to win out that weekend to get in. We lost to Rider, Richmond, and WKU in the OOC. We had some decent wins (UCLA at a neutral court, @OM were our best wins), but no signature wins. Couple that with those OOC losses and a TERRIBLE SEC that year... We got what we deserved. That was a quintessential Stans season. Close, but when it came time to prove it on the court, we couldn't do it.

We didn't lose that UK game because of a missed Lane violation call... We had 2 chances at the charity stripe in the final seconds to seal it and missed the chance. Varnado went 0-2 and Stewart 1-2. Make one more free throw, we win.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

He had been doing that for about two weeks but it seemed like a surprise to us.