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No. 9 seed confuses Vols coach
The math used to determine the NCAA men's basketball tournament's seeding didn't add up for Tennessee Coach Bruce Pearl on Sunday night. "It's a little confusing to me,"Pearl said. "The RPI (rankings) hurt our league, yet it didn't help us. "Our RPI was 23 and our strength of schedule was No. 2." And yet, the Vols (21-12) head to East Region site Dayton, Ohio, for a Friday game as a No. 9 seed to play No. 8-seeded Oklahoma State (22-11).
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hey pearl, turn ur jacket down, the volume is waaaaaaaaaay too loud!
go ok st!!!!!!!!
EAZEBACK
Mind Ur Own, FU
Total Comments (1886)
The pathetic sec play had everything to do with it.
BillWrigley
Total Comments (1144)
do your talking on the court! (Man - I wish All of College football had a tournament like this!)
redraider4life
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Man I really wish this guy would just **** and play ball like the other 64 teams in this thing.
xDIZZLEx aka The…
Total Comments (954)
It doesn't matter where you are seeded. You have to beat good teams to advance and that is exactly what they are going to need to do to make it back to the Sweet Sixteen. I'm not betting on that, but I'd much rather see the Vols play OK State than Wichita State!
TNChrisH
Fairfax, VA
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...then shut up and do something about it. I hope OSU sends him packing so we don't have to hear his incessant whining 'til next year.
Bucky BB
Shorewood, WI
Total Comments (34)
Wah
GatorBaitor
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the sec was irrevelent this year. confrence matters a lot in college basketball.
gigi_iv
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An eight or nine seed is in my opinion the worst seed to get. You get one game which you may win, then get the honor (generally) to lose to the one seed in your braket. That being said, don't lose to Mississippi State next time and then you'll get a higher seed.
Blueblanket
Pawleys Island, SC
Total Comments (82)
Can't argue with this one.
KingFootball
Total Comments (3583)
I agree. This idiot needs to shut his pie hole. The SEC was only gonna get 2 teams in the tourney if UT didnt choke in the Final yesterday to Miss State so whining about your seed is a joke.
Lou Dobbs 11
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MINE EYES!!!!!!!!!! MINE EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The TRUTH
Someplacein, OH
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Being a 9 seed is the least of your worries. Having to wear that tang colored jacket should be at the top of your list. He should wear a black jacket with a small orange T. It would look a whole lot better. Hell a white jacket with an orange T would be better than that travesty.
Joekidd1992
Total Comments (1836)
I like Bruce Pearl. But hey coach, how about not losing 12 games this year, in a conference that was pretty crappy?
ICEnSoCal
Earthquake Central, CA
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At last, a Tennessee coach not named Kiffin shooting off his mouth. :P
Spaceman Spiff
Richmond , VA
Total Comments (561)
hey, he's got spirit.
Bruce Weber has a nice orange jacket he wears for Illini games sometimes.
Syrcuse coach in the past has also worn orange.
it's a cheap way to get the fan base around you, but it works.
gigi_iv
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Not feeling the tie either
Chi-Town Riddy
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if he loves the Tennessee orange that much, just paint your chest again Pearl
Chi-Town Riddy
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They lost 12 games. It's the SEC. He does have a point though. Probably shoukld have been a 7, but nothing lower. I repeat, they lost 12 games
JIMMYT
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It's not cheap, it's tradition.
JIMMYT
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