NCAA Tourney: What needs to be done?

[Dawgs'n'Grizz]

Seems like we need a big win against UT in a couple weeks and we need to keep winning. Say we don't get that win, can you keep out a team that wins 10-11 games in one of the Top 3 conferences in the country? What do you guys think we need to do to get in?

 

[msugolf]

11-7 and we’re dancing 100%
10-8 and it’s 50/50 ...though our odds go up slightly if we beat tenn as one of those wins

 

[Go Budaw]

The way I see it:

Next 3 games are @ Missouri (very tough game), @ Vandy, and home against OM.
Really gotta have 2 of those 3 without question.
Winning at least one of the two road games is paramount because road wins is currently a glaring black eye on our resume (only have one win outside of the state of MS).
I think the most likely result is 2-1 (lose the Mizzou game).

Then we have the home stretch, which is @ A&M, SC at home, UT at home, and @ LSU.
We need to go 3-1 against that stretch of teams.
UT provides a monster opportunity of a signature win that we currently don’t have.
We’ll probably be favored against SC and LSU and slight underdogs against both A&M and UT.
So, this is the stretch where we are going to need an upset somewhere.

Doing all of the above gets us to 11-7. That’s a reasonable goal, and I’d feel really good if we got there. However, depending on what everyone else does we still might need a win in the SEC tourney to lock up a bid.

If we can only get to 10-8, I think we need a minimum of two wins and possibly 3 in the tourney to get an at large. 9-9 or worse and we have to just go for broke at winning the conference tourney, because that will be our only chance.

Overall, it is doable, but we have absolutely no margin for error. Got to win all the ones we should, and at least one that we probably shouldn’t.

 

[fishwater99]

We need to win all our home games and still one on the road and I think we are in.

 

[Go Budaw]

We need to win all our home games and still one on the road and I think we are in.

That only gets us to 10-8. We’re gonna need a lot of help if that’s how we finish.

 

[MSUDC11]

The new formula really emphasizes road wins. Tonight was big and it keeps us in the conversation, but it’s still only our third best win in the new formula.

I think we need to get at least a split between our two biggest road games (Mizzou and A&M). MUST beat Vandy and Ole Miss next week.

Tennessee in our last home game could end up being the biggest game of the year. That’s our big chance at a signature win. We missed a big chance with Auburn, it would really help if we made up for it against UT.

We’re still not quite there, but we’re getting closer. Just have to keep winning.

 

[She Mate Me]

11-7 and we’re dancing 100%
10-8 and it’s 50/50 ...though our odds go up slightly if we beat tenn as one of those wins

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