***Selection Sunday Thread***
- Thread starter JimboBBN
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Santa Clara will be a hard match up for us. We will be very lucky to win.
Florida going to love playing in Houston vs Houston if they both teams make the E8
Kentucky has 13 losses. I’m amazed how many people in this thread are easily penciling in wins over Santa Clara and top 10 Iowa State.
I dunno about lucky. I mean we are still the better team.
It's just a typical 7/10 matchup tho.............was always going to be close to a toss up
Will get ready that team will give us fits we can't guard the three all year they are essentially Vanderbilt type
I won't be surprised if it happens but on the plus side Pope won't get another year on his contract.
Santa Clara #28 overall with the #15 offense per Bart Torvik. Very very tough matchup
Good grief! They beat nobody all year.
Both historically black conf winners in the play in? Are they feeling okay they never do that lol
From Chat-GPT: A simple Monte-Carlo style simulation (100 games) assuming typical strengths for the 2025–2026 rosters: deeper talent and athleticism for Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball and strong offensive efficiency but less depth for Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball.
Assumptions used in the model:
Average Score Across Simulation
Out of the 100 simulated games:
Assumptions used in the model:
- Kentucky overall team rating advantage ≈ +9 points on a neutral court
- Standard college basketball scoring variance ≈ ±11 points
- Neutral floor for all simulated games
100-Game Simulation Results
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 74 | 26 | 74% |
| Santa Clara | 26 | 74 | 26% |
Average Score Across Simulation
- Kentucky: 79.8
- Santa Clara: 71.4
Game Distribution
Out of the 100 simulated games:
- Kentucky wins by 10+ points: 41 games
- Kentucky wins by 1–9 points: 33 games
- Santa Clara wins by 1–9 points: 17 games
- Santa Clara wins by 10+ points: 9 games
People being confident about this game are ignoring this last season’s problems.
Won’t know till maybe late tonight, but I would expect a late game due to Kentucky and playing a west coast team. Best for their fans and also national attention to “see Kentucky lose to an underdog.”
Cake walk to the sweet 16 and the easiest bracket.. were good .
Do you even know his name without googling it? Or are you in the camp of "HARRRRR [insert school name] coach"?
Would be a complete fluke for us to beat Iowa St. They’d have to have a really bad shooting day. I think Michigan and Iowa St cruise to elite 8.
Cake walk with dope on the sideline I think not
They really are a good team. We will have ro play well.
I could see us making it as far as the Elite 8. I could also see Santa Clara sending us home. Either would not surprise me at all.
At first glance gut feeling...we beat Santa Clara, lose to ISU
Ozelberger is definitely one of the coaches we should be looking at next year. Assuming he doesn’t end up somewhere else.
