re: What LSU Has To Do To Make The Tourney - as of Feb 15th

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Has nothing to do with it. It's not like the SEC is guaranteed a certain number of spots so LSU will need to be better than Alabama or Arkansas or Ole Miss or whoever. They compare teams on a national level, not within each conference. I'm sure you know that but if some other people are reading that, it's not like the SEC has 5 spots to fill and certain teams are battling for it. And by the way, with an RPI in the high 60s and no games left against teams with decent RPIs to boost it, LSU won't win many beauty contests.

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I agree with you to an extent. I think the SEC will surely get 4 teams in. 5 is an unknown. I agree that LSU would have to be better than Bama, Ark, Ole Miss, etc., but "better" is a relative term. Better conf record? Better overall record? Better RPI? Better in last 10?

For argument's sake, should LSU finish 10-6 (not probable, I know), they would likely have a better conf. record than Bama, Ark. or Ole Miss. RPI wise, they would likely be ranked lower than Bama and Ole Miss, but would be hotter than those teams down the stretch. Once you get to the 4-5-6 teams from a conf, they will all have negatives. It's just a matter of what the selection committee places greater emphasis on.