[norcard10]

We'll have to disagree on our impression of Tennessee's talent. I think it is significant that the SEC's ninth best team matched up with (and beat, though as you note, not by much) the best team west of the Mississippi. 

Maybe, but no more significant than that the SEC's second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh best teams couldn't get out of a regional despite hosting.

I mean better than the number of pac-12 teams that made it out of their regional right?

[norcard10]

We'll have to disagree on our impression of Tennessee's talent. I think it is significant that the SEC's ninth best team matched up with (and beat, though as you note, not by much) the best team west of the Mississippi. 

Maybe, but no more significant than that the SEC's second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh best teams couldn't get out of a regional despite hosting.

I mean better than the number of pac-12 teams that made it out of their regional right?