And that's what the analytics were saying at the time. Auburn had an insane Ken Pom rating at that point. They came down to Earth after losing that game and then going on to lose their last two in the regular season. To win the NCAA Tournament, you only have to be the best team at the end of the season.
Zona in Vegas Arizona, Florida finalizing agreement to headline opening night doubleheader in Las Vegas alongside BYU/Villanova
If we get Condo and The Chins back, i'll like our chances to win vs. their true freshmen frontcourt in Cameron.
Update Below 31 total games. 13 non-conference and 18 SEC games. 13 Non-Conference Games 1. FSU (home) - date TBA 2. Arizona in Las Vegas - Nov 3 3-4. San Diego Tournament (2 of Providence, Wisconsin and TCU) - Nov 28/29 4. UConn in NYC - Dec 9 6.Orange Bowl Classic (team TBA) - Dec 13 7. SEC-ACC Challenge (team TBA) - date TBA 8-13. 6 more games TBA 18 SEC Games 15 games - one against each other SEC school 3 games - second games against select SEC schools None yet announced
Given that the SEC went out of their way to announce they had noticed that people were upset about Florida-UK not being played twice in a press release, I think we can probably pencil in UK as one of the 2-game teams.
I read somewhere that for those last two games, Bruce tried experimenting with a few different wrinkles and schemes to possibly incorporate during the tournament. As the article pointed out, its a risky move because a team is usually in a zone/rhythm at the end of the year if they're clicking. Doing that is essentially asking them to take their foot off the gas. While they did manage to get traction again as they made the final four, it never did feel full throttle again.
Not to mention the refs were clearly trying to hand North Carolina the game last year and we still took it.
