How low a seed?

[orangecat]

could we actually go all of the way down to a #10 seed? Maybe we could be one of those teams that upsets a #7 seed.

I actually think this is possible.

8-8 or 9-7 and a first round exit in the conf. tourny.

 

[scharnell]

I think we are a 6th o 7th seed now, and don't think we fall lower than an 8th, which means a second round exit unless things drastically change.

 

[TexasGolf]

NIT would be more fitting

 

[wadster]

After the Mizzu loss, we gotta win one of the @Baylor or @A&M and win the rest to get to 10-6. We gotta show something to the tourney committee to get a 4 or 5. We need to win at least 1 in the tourney as well.

 

[rickysrun]

Maybe we'll get lucky with a 12 seed and can pull off the annual 1st round 12 seed over a 5 seed.
Seriously, we don't deserve anything above a 10. Simply playing terrible bball and few teams are playing worse.

 

[Alex_de_Large]

Has anyone ever gone from #1 ranking to out of the tournament in the same season?

Considering all the autobids, I don't think we could get below a 9 or 10. It's either that or NIT.

 

[busterbrown16]

AggieEric - 4/5 seed? Are you kidding me?

We are a 8/9 seed for sure. The committee will not reward us with a 10 seed (which is probably preferred). They save those for the mid-majors that can possibly make a run and give a 2 seed all they can ask for in the second round.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

I think the Big 12 has 7 locks: KU, KSt, aTm, UT, OKSt, MO, BU

We're heading for a 6-8 seed.

We'll be home early once the Big 12 and NCAA tourneys start.

 

[Whiterock Horn]

As bad as we look, we're an 8 seed at worst. A 5 seed at best.

 

[jamesmaner]

I was thinking we'd be the 65th team. And lose first round.

THank God baseball tomorrow.

 

[Santafe]

A low seed would be great, but the way this team is playing, it doesn't really matter what our seeding will be. Our appearance in the tournament will be brief.

 

[Win]

We'll make the tournament and be somewhere between 6-8 unless we lose the first round of the Big XII tournament, we maybe lower, but I doubt it.

Depending on the match ups, we could win 1 or 2 games at most. Or we can just be embarrased in the first round. We seem to handle inferior teams ok, its the good ones that give us trouble.

 

[Bob in Houston]

I would say that the only way this team misses the tournament -- amazing that we can consider that after winning the first 17 -- is to not win another game.

A&M and Baylor on the road are pretty tough assignments. The other games are winnable.

 

[Bevo's Buddy]

Who knows. Maybe this team will pull off what Arizona did back in 1997. Have a less than stellar conf season, then come back and win 6 in a row in the tournament. Hey, I can dream, right?
Okay. Back to reality...

I tend to side with what BiH said. Winning vs. Baylor & ATM will be tough. (I said in another thread that Texas would lose at least 2 of 3 vs. Mizzou, BU and ATM.) But the other games SHOULD BE ones they can win.

I'm predicting a 6, 7 or 8 seed.

 

[BigWill]

i see this team in the "play in" game.

 

[scottnaustin]

What are you guys smoking??? There's NO WAY we don't get in the NCAA tourney!!! There's very little chance we get lower than a 6 seed.

Step away from the pipe...

 

[jamaebarrow]

No way we are worse than a 7th seed. I think we'll win the rest of the games this season except for Baylor on the road and end up a 4.

 

[Septimus]

Beating Tech and winning a game in the Big XII tournament will be the difference between a 7-8 seed. We'll probably win our home games, but Baylor and aggy are going to murder us. Tech on the road is a toss up that we have to find a way to win, and we need to get a win in the conference tourney.

Either way, we're probably a one and done in the big dance. The team from December has long since left the premesis. These guys quit weeks ago.

 

[Bigtex112]

I think we get a 7 seed and then pray for an easy 10 or we're 1 and done.

 

[Speedway]

I agree with you Septimus, Barnes lost this team in the second half at Connecticut. They quit then and they never came back.

I remember that, "deer in the head lights look" we see every year on Barnes face right before the semi runs over him. It just happened this year much earlier and it was not as expected as in previous years.

I have accepted Barnes as is, good recruiter, good defense coach sometimes, no clue on offense. There are exceptions, but they are anomalies, not the rule.

Moving on to Baseball season.

 

[IndyHorn]

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[applewhite52]

I think we are a 6 or a 7 probably with a early exit, but would you wanna be the 2 or 3 seed that would have to play Texas in the second round...

 

[bierce]

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[Bob in Houston]

They did play a very competitive game in Lawrence and shot better than 50 percent.

Without Balbay, all of these matchups became much more difficult. Dunn and Carter are very active anyway and will look to exploit whoever is out there.

The Aggies are a poor three-shooting team. Balbay's absence probably doesn't hurt as much against them.

 

[IndyHorn]

You guys might be right. However, everyone must see that the Horns haved fared considerably better in Waco than in College Station. Really good Texas teams have lost at Aggy. At this point, I'll be happy with getting wins at home over the Oklahoma schools. I don't consider that close to a given. The good news is I do think 8-8 gets us into the Big Dance. Just continue the string this year and get some new assistant coaches in the off season. I also will cling to hope that we somehow get to 10 wins in conference, with a win at Baylor! It'll be hard to get a very decent seed in March if we end up tied 6th in conference!

 

[bierce]

IndyHorn, agreed. That's why I said what I did about UT playing in Reed in recent years.

I still say that Baylor is the more difficult match-up player-wise. They get 80 minutes a game from guys 6'10" or taller and Acy is very active. Texas already shows enough difficulty finishing near the basket without having to deal with that kind of height.

 

[BevoJoe]

At the current rate, between 9 and 11. Done in One

 

[TigerPride]

No worse than a 5 or a 6. It's still too early to panic.

 

[IndyHorn]

The very best news, is that the win last night ensured Texas will be in the NCAA tournament. I believe we could lose out from here out and still garner an 11 seed! And I don't think Texas loses out. I do think we get 2 or 3 more wins including the Big 12 tournament. If Texas stands (what?) 25-10, playing who we did in non-conference, doesn't that look like a 4 through 7 seed despite the "eye test" of the Horns' play of late? It is a confounding data set in the extreme. But I leave that all up to the selection committee who could well use a variable team like Texas to fit the Big 12 teams into the bracket. With Texas' full season, one could easily justify them moving up two seed lines or down two seed lines. The Horns will keep the selection committee feeling at ease in that manner. But we are a lock. The losing conference record is off the table. We are in March Madness, and I am done with this board this season. Take care all.

 

[FWHORN]

Win 1 of 2 against aggy and BU (beat OU at home) and win at least one in the Big XII tourney and it should be a 5 seed; drop both to aggy and BU and go 1 and done in the Big XII tourney or even 1-1 in the Big XII tourney and I can see as low as a 7.