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Originally Posted by Rams Fan
Tennessee should be closer to a 5 or 6 seed based on how they've played the last month but you can't just ignore beating Kansas and Alabama. They also beat Maryland.
For reference, Mizzou's best non-conference win is Illinois (and a 16 seed SEMO that won it's conference tournament).
Additionally, Tennessee's PG tore his ACL less than 2 weeks ago AND the committee basically reiterated that the conference tournament does not mean shit. I don't see how you can advocate for Mizzou to have a higher seed when A&M got ****ed way worse based on conference play and going further in the conference tournament.
Mizzou should have MAYBE been a 6 seed over Iowa St, but that's about it.
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First, injuries are part of the normal part of adversity all teams face. I truly doubt the committee really does give as much weight in injuries as they say...more just smoke and mirrors.
I am not advocating Mizzou being a much higher seed, maybe a 6th. What I find hard to swallow is any explanation that TN should be a 4 seed after losing 5 of their last 8 games, and then losing to MU again in the SEC tournament. And I also don't buy that thecommittee doesn't pay attention to the league tourneys regardless if what they say. How else would you explain Michigan State making the NCAA tournament with an 18-12 record?