***NCAA Tournament Thread***
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Won 1 more game than I figured. UT is gonna beat Virginia as well.
We all know the Vols are very capable of blowing a big lead 
Miami finding out what real basketball is, lol. It's in their heads. Making bone-headed after bone-headed play.
Knew SMU would be a better match-up. They were supposed to have one of their best players back for this game.
There's always exactly one game going on in the 1st round that it close. Just turned it to TNT.
Utah St offensive movement is fun to watch...wish we had that.
There has never been back to back tournaments where the 1-4 seeds won all 16 games....it looks like that is about to happen.
This is where portal and NIL have robbed us of the big upsets. No more #15, #14 or #13 seed wins at the rate we used to see.
This is where portal and NIL have robbed us of the big upsets. No more #15, #14 or #13 seed wins at the rate we used to see.
So could Villanova not do better than Kevin Willard? Honestly I would’ve went with an up-and-comer coach over that guy.
Finally had to play a real basketball team.
Calhoun is a coach I've been keeping an eye on all year. Intense and serious guy. He'll be hired at a P5 school in the next week or two.
1-4 isnt supposed to go down easy. High Point literally just knocked of Whisky yesterday. There are less than 150000 perfect brackets left.
I wavered and went with Nova. Paying he price again. SMDH.
Siena almost beat Duke, and probably should have.. plenty of upsets so far. This tournament is still awesome and so much fun.
High Point won, VCU coming back down 19 was insane!! 1-4 seeds aren't supposed to lose right away.
Couldn’t happen to a better guy. What he did last year to Maryland was dirty.
Are we sure? Dude's been in college ball for SEVEN FREAKING YEARS
I mean i think it calls into question just how often in people's opinion SHOULD a 15,14 and 13 win?
I would say something to the effect of less than 10%
I would say something to the effect of less than 10%
He played for Alabama around 2003 and 2004.
I think this is a disingenuous argument. Yes, Miami didn't have a strong SOS but they beat everyone on that schedule. They tried to schedule lots of power teams and those teams refused to play them. I think most people knew they weren't going to beat Tennessee but they won a game in the tournament, showing they deserved to be in the field.
a 13 beats a 4 at 20% clip alone so far (33-127)
a 14 beats a 3 at a 14% clip alone so far (23-137)
a 15 beats a 2 at a 7% clip so far (11-149)
Last year plus this year ? 28-0 they are so far
Quite a huge difference
Let me repeat it has never happened in the history of the tournament since it expanded in 1985 and it is about to happen.
But this is such a small sample tho.
Surely there’s other two year period where similar has happened given those % overall.
And this is unpopular maybe since the appeal tends to be Cinderella and upsets but these teams rarely do well next round.
more upsets lead to more blowouts IMo in later rounds and I’m not sure I really want that.
I’d LOVE a second round with just 1 vs 8 4/5 etc. that would be 16 awesome games
more upsets lead to more blowouts IMo in later rounds and I’m not sure I really want that.
I’d LOVE a second round with just 1 vs 8 4/5 etc. that would be 16 awesome games
There have only been 5 tournaments in the last 40 years (1994, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2017) where no team seeded 13 or worse won a game.
That was before last year so we are going to have back to back years for the first time ever where all 1-4 seeds advance.
That was before last year so we are going to have back to back years for the first time ever where all 1-4 seeds advance.