re: Latest Bracketology LSU 7 seed!

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I would rather be higher than a 7 seed or lower than a 10...would rather not have to play a 1 or 2 seed in the second round.

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True....if this team can gain some confidence and momentum, they can be dangerous.

I think the only loss left on the schedule is Kentucky. Yes we beat them convincingly already, but we were at home. Don't think the bounces go our way at Rupp.

LSU has the future 1st pick in the draft. CBS knows that and knows people want to see him.

If LSU is even remotely close, they get in. $$ talks.

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Palm appears to be relying heavily on RPI rankings

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he def is doing that. which is fine to take into account, but there are other factors too. it's almost as if he refuses to accept that this current team isn't the one that was playing in Nov-Dec.

No he didn't.... He said we'd be a NIT bubble team if we hadn't bested UK. Not everyone is out to get us...

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They just have to finish strong and remove all doubt.

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this is it exactly. don't rely on sympathy or simmons' ratings.

it's been interesting to watch this play out. going through the top 30 predictors on the bracketmatrix, there are now 16 active brackets that have been updated in the last 3 days. 7 of the 16 still have lsu out of the tourney but 3 of them don't reflect the win sat. the other 9 have lsu between a 9 and 12 seed. also, espn's bpi predicts lsu to finish outside the tourney.

i have no idea what it will take for this resume to be in short of winning the reg season or the conference tourney. they could end up 2nd in the reg season and not get in or be 5th and get in.

Tennessee and Arkansas on the road really worry me. We can lose a road game to KY, especially given that we've beaten them already, but we have got to at least split the two other remaining road games. We beat Arky by 2 at home so I'm expecting a fight there, and Tennessee has a bad record, but go check it again. They are 11-2 at home, with one of those losses a close one to A&M and the other to Vandy. They beat Kentucky and South Carolina at home. I think both of these games will come down to the final minute.

I am really hoping all the guys bashing us because RPI actually look at a breakout of our RPI...

Our OOC RPI (which was in large part played without 40% of our starting lineup) was poor in the 220's, but our Conference only RPI is 6th in all of the NCAA.

That is crazy good and basically shows how good we've been in 2016.

I am very sure this is the number that helps Joe backup his 7 seed claim.

We pass the eye test. We are T1st in SEC. The only thing holding us back is an RPI that doesn't appreciate our huge loss of personnel in November and December. Conference RPI has LSU as a top ten team in 2016.

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Being in the tourney regardless is obviously great but ideally I would rather be higher than a 7 seed or lower than a 10...would rather not have to play a 1 or 2 seed in the second round.

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There is not a single team LSU can't beat. All of the top teams have holes this year. Every single 1 seed may end up with 5 or more losses. I honestly don't think it matters where we are seeded. If we are an 8 seed and then beat Villanova in the second round that would mean we would have a 4 or 5 seed in the sweet sixteen. Playing an Iowa State to get to the elite eight would be a very favorable matchup for LSU.

This is the one year where it doesn't matter. Just get in the damn thing and play how we have been and we will have a shot to go far.

It's an interesting case study. On just raw numbers Alabama is much more deserving than LSU to get a tournament spot.

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They've played more good teams than LSU; Have a better record away from home than LSU; Played a MUCH better non-conf. schedule than LSU; and their overall record is almost the same as LSU. Taking off the P&G glasses and being completely objective, if I'm a Bama fan I'm wondering why LSU is "in" and we're not? Even if you were to assume LSU beats some combination of Marquette/Houston/NC State with Victor, none of those 3 would be really good wins regardless.

You could say the head to head record matters as well as the conf. standings, but does it really? Otherwise A&M should have been in over LSU last season (same SEC record as LSU and beat LSU twice)

It may not feel like it, but Wednesday's game is HUGE for both teams. If Bama beats LSU on the road, it starts to become really hard to argue they shouldn't make the tournament and LSU should. That said, an LSU win gives them another top-50 win and may simultaneously knock Bama out of the mix. After LSU, Bama only has one more "good" game on their schedule (at UK) which I just don't see them winning

If the numbers mean as much as Palm thinks, then Bama has a very good argument. I think Lunardi might be going more on the "eye test" which favors LSU. Bama has beaten some good teams. However, they've also been hammered by good teams as well (19 pt loss to Xavier; 32 point loss to Dayton; 16 point loss to UK; 14 point loss to South Carolina). LSU on the other hand has been pretty competitive in most (not all) of their losses.

Good wins, bad losses, etc. aside, LSU is NOT getting left out if they win the SEC regular season. They are very much in position to do so even though they have to finish the season at UK. If UK gets to the final game still with only 3 SEC losses, they will have earned it. Their schedule down the stretch is rough.