re: Joe Lunardi Bracketology 2/11/16

What?

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Doesnt matter, if we want to get into the tourney we need to prove we belong and beat some good teams.

Everyone says it is hard to get road wins in this conference, well lets prove that Saturday.

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I'd have to agree. We can't give out the perception that the 8-2 start was fool's gold.

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Lsu's injuries are not an excuse for all of their losses

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Yea, no crap..hence why I named 3 that we lost because of 2 players being out.

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You also can't say Lsu lost close games without also then looking at their close wins

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What exactly does this mean? To me, it means if LSU would have been missing Hornsby and Victor, they would have lost. However, they weren't so they won. Thus, this goes to prove how important those guys are.

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They've won and lost close games

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Yes, true. But if you don't realize that we lost 3 games by an average margin of .3 in regulation while missing 2 of our top 3 scorers...then you have no business arguing. We are not arguing whether LSU won or lost games, we're talking about the strength in which they did it. Committee members, national media pundits, the biggest names in the industry have ALL said it matters that LSU lost 4 games without Victor and Hornsby on the court...so why do LSU fans think it doesn't matter?

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They need to sweep the rest of their home games and get at least one of @ UT or @ Ark. The UK game at Rupp is a guaranteed loss.

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I agree with all this. This would put us 13-5 in the SEC and we'd have wins against top 50 RPI's A&M and Bama. It would put our W/L as 4-5 vs top 50, which is WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY better than almost every other bubble team

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said they would come into play. But I think people on this board overestimate that.

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Once again, watch the video and read where Joe has us.

They know more than you about how much it matters since they are the ones actually discussing it with committee members

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What I dont want to hear is that we were "supposed" to lose saturday so its ok, just because the spread says so.

After yesterday, a win saturday is imperative.

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It is a big game. They needed a 1-1 week this week no matter how you got it. This team since the Wake game has bounced back from losses very well.

Another reason this season has been particularly frustrating: we have one of the least intelligent basketball fanbases I have ever been around. There are a handful of posters who know the sport and have been posting about basketball for years, but most of these threads are made up of people taking extreme viewpoints one way or the other and not even reading other people's responses.

Facts: Lsu played a bad nonconference schedule and played terribly. They were missing victor and Hornsby for almost the entire stretch. Yes that will matter but not absolve their play. They have played much better in the sec and have some good wins (Kentucky, at vandy- who was also missing a key player). They have had close wins and close losses. Overall there are few marquee wins so far.

this team semi-quasi-kinda reminds me of that UK team from a couple years ago (or was it last year?) that beat wichita state in the 2nd round. don't think any top-3 seed is gonna want to see LSU on that 8-11 line

For all of those out there that are a fan of Camp's Bracket @ Angelfire I have submitted it to Bracket Matrix. Just waiting to hear back. If you want to provide some input on our projections just let me know. Our goal at Camp's Bracket @ Angelfire is to get input from the experts of the TigerDroppings community. Hell we might even let bnfiii have a say in the bracket.

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LSU will be granted leeway for missing 2 of their top 3 scorers for 4 of their 9 losses. IT DOES MATTER

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it matters more that Louisville and SMU can't make the tourney.