Win tomorrow clinches double-bye for SEC tourney?

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#1

I think it would clinch at least the 3rd seed. With a win tomorrow, worst we could do is 11-6.

Bama can still finish ahead, as can Florida or Tennessee but not both as they play each other next Saturday. If UT wins out, they finish 12-6 and UF can’t catch us by virtue of their 6 losses and loss to us. If UF wins out, they finish 11-5 and UT can’t catch us with 7 losses. If we beat LSU, they can’t catch us with 6 losses and the tiebreaker moving from head-to-head (1-1) to record against #1 seed (LSU is 0-2 vs Bama). Nobody else can catch us because they have too many losses.

#2

I think that’s correct. It would definitely have been true if they didn’t schedule makeup games on the 6th.

#3

Even though makeup games are scheduled don’t mean we will actually play A&M! I won’t believe that game is happening until the opening tip!
That would stink for our hogs to end up as a 5 seed because of 3 postponed games against the Aggies!
Win tomorrow and beat S Carolina and it won’t matter.

#4

That’s the thing. A win tomorrow and it doesn’t matter if we lose to SC and aTm. We’d still be no worse than 3rd.

In fact, I think a win in any of our last 3 clinches at least 4th.

#5

Losing to S. Carolina or Texas A&M could cause a lot of damage! You don’t want those type losses on your resume headed into the dance for seeding.

#6

Standings if we win tomorrow:
Bama 14-2 or 13-3
Hogs 11-4
Florida 9-5 or 8-6 (play @ UK)
LSU 9-6
EOE 10-6 or 9-7 (@ Bagmen)
Two teams have seven losses and could catch us if we go in the tank; we beat both of them and thus have the tiebreaker:
OM 9-7 or 8-8 (@ VU)-- actually OM at 11-7 would pass us at 10-7, there won’t be a tiebreaker unless they get a game cancelled against UK or Vandy
UK 8-7 or 7-8 (FLA)

Misery doesn’t play tomorrow because the Aggies can’t get their act together, so they will finish 9-7 at best. Thus they can’t catch us even if we go in the tank…

Florida could finish 11-5 to our 11-6, if they beat the Jellycats, Misery and Tennessee.
EOE could actually play all 18 games and finish 12-6. Our 11-6 would top their 11-7.
LSU could finish in a tie with us, we would have split the season series, but we beat Bama and they didn’t.

So I do believe we clinch third with a win, since the Wallets and the Viles can’t both win out. Win two games and we finish second. OR… if Arkansas, Kentucky and Auburn all win tomorrow, we clinch second.

#7

We know that, Army.

#8

Sometimes people can’t get out of their own way. The condescension never ends. You bring a lot of useful information to this board and most of us appreciate that. But you also bring a never ending attitude like demonstrated above and that gets really old. Lighten up Francis.

#10

Swine gonna be Swine. Besides, he ain’t here to make friends! We ticks him off! :sunglasses:

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