At the beginning of the season, I thought 16 wins and a possible NIT bid would be considered a success. I thought the team would have enough pluck and grit and keep the floor at around 14 wins.
As things stand now, we will be favored in three home games, dogs in three road games and hopefully a toss-up at Georgia for the last game and a probable chance to go .500 in the league. Taking the most realistic route though, if things finish to type and we nab MSU, Auburn and Ark and then get very possibly get a first round win in Nashville, that would get us to 18 wins and a lock for the NIT given our SOS and RPI, which is just astounding given the key injuries and thin depth to begin with.
However, if all the breaks go our way, we clean up at home, get Georgia in Athens and even nab another road win most likely at heavily inconsistent LSU, I think even the most logical fan would agree that we could head to Nashville shooting for a 20th win and a likely low seed (10 or 11) in the dance, again, given our SOS and RPI. That would simply be monumental.
As things stand now, we will be favored in three home games, dogs in three road games and hopefully a toss-up at Georgia for the last game and a probable chance to go .500 in the league. Taking the most realistic route though, if things finish to type and we nab MSU, Auburn and Ark and then get very possibly get a first round win in Nashville, that would get us to 18 wins and a lock for the NIT given our SOS and RPI, which is just astounding given the key injuries and thin depth to begin with.
However, if all the breaks go our way, we clean up at home, get Georgia in Athens and even nab another road win most likely at heavily inconsistent LSU, I think even the most logical fan would agree that we could head to Nashville shooting for a 20th win and a likely low seed (10 or 11) in the dance, again, given our SOS and RPI. That would simply be monumental.