I love our bracket and think it's the easiest of the 4. UConn seems to have gotten a raw deal, which of course I'm happy to see. Purdue's top half is easy, bottom is tough.
OOTB Carolina Basketball Discussion Thread
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no shortage of theories and advice out there for picking teams but I found these the most interesting trends (all since ‘85)
9 seeds are 6-70 vs 1’s with only two final fours and no titles.
There’s only been 10 upsets in rd of 16 with never more than one in a tourney
While all 4 1’s have made final four only once they still account for 24 of the 38 titles. 2 seeds 5, 3 seeds 4.
No seed lower than 8 has won it
No 5 seed has ever won
There’s an avg of 5 first rd upsets/yr
9 seeds are 6-70 vs 1’s with only two final fours and no titles.
There’s only been 10 upsets in rd of 16 with never more than one in a tourney
While all 4 1’s have made final four only once they still account for 24 of the 38 titles. 2 seeds 5, 3 seeds 4.
No seed lower than 8 has won it
No 5 seed has ever won
There’s an avg of 5 first rd upsets/yr
yah, i’m pulling for mich st…i want no part of hubbard and those grown ass men on that team.
the ken pom stat he posted was pretty interesting…i’ll see if i can dig it up.
since 2002, every single national champ has been in the top 40 off/eff and top 25 def/eff…since 2002, only one time a team has been on the outside of the top 20 in either categories, that was 2014 uconn when napier carried them through.
since 2002, every single national champ has been in the top 40 off/eff and top 25 def/eff…since 2002, only one time a team has been on the outside of the top 20 in either categories, that was 2014 uconn when napier carried them through.
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So uva went over 14 game minutes without scoring. That translated into 52 minutes real time for the uva fans to wait for a basket.
BBN putting on a brave front to be excited about their new coach. By the time I came here to post it I had forgotten his name. He led byu to 19 wins I think. An alum at least. And a Mormon. So they gonna reel in some white guys.
Considering the message board chatter indicated a lot of confidence in bringing in Billy Donovan or Dan Hurley or someone of that stature, it will be interesting to see how quickly the wrath of BBN comes down on the new guy.
That leash so short his front legs ain’t touching
Their message board was a fun read over the last week. After the happiness from firing Cal it went to shock someone would turn them down, to disbelief that two people would turn them down, to acceptance they were slipping, to WTF with the hire, to he's an alumni so he's great (aka UNC mode).
Mark Pope is a decent coach apparently. But UK fans are not normal about their sports fandom. He’s already on the hot seat. But, I do appreciate their desire to get back to showcasing UK basketball rather than what Cal had going on there. And I say that irrespective of how one evaluates his success.
