re: What is your MBB excitement level after a 3-1 start to SEC play?

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So let’s look at the schedule, you have 7 and 7 home and road. You should go 5-2 at home for the remainder, UK and Bama will be tough but Bama is very beatable. In the road is where it'll make or break the season. Going to Bama and Tennessee are probably losses but you go to Vandy which should be a win. The rest are UGA, Fla, SC and Arky. If you split those that’s still 11 wins and you’re almost guaranteed a spot in March. Again the SEC is projecting 8 teams in right now so no matter the non conf mishaps 11 wins is going to have you well ahead of a possible outside looking in team because nobody in that middle to lower SEC group has any non conference resume either. College basketball nationally doesn’t have a lot of good teams which is why the SEC looks like it’s going to get so many this year.

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That's a lot of "shoulds". I bet there are many Ole Miss fans who circled yesterday's game as a "should" win. I try to be more realistic and recognize winning on the road is very tough. So it's hard for me to say ANY road game is a "should" win. Even at Vanderbilt.

I agree that 5-2 in the remaining home games seems do-able. Can you find 3 more wins on the road? Really hard to say yes with a lot of certainty right now. Georgia could be the most improved team in the league right now. They already have 2 road wins and took Tennessee to the wire at home. Arkansas is struggling at bit. But winning at BWA is tough. South Carolina is better than last year. How much, we don't know just yet. And I always try to account for just "unexpected" results that seem to happen for every team.

Could I see a scenario that LSU gets to 11 SEC wins? If they can win on Saturday, I do. But I'll try to be a bit more cautious in my expectations (not hopes) and say 8-9 wins is more realistic.