Loud choking sound coming from Cincy
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Lots of high seeds losing to lower seeds, some much lower. It happens to the best of them. It's also why the NCAAT is a flawed system for selecting a NC. The best team seldom wins it all. Just the hottest, luckiest team.
Short of having a 16 team double elimination, this is what we have, and even then, the best team still might not win. The Yankees didn't win in 1960, and that was a best of seven.
The best team is determined on the playing field/floor/ice, not by some silly metric calculation. That is why the games are played. For those 7 games, the Pirates were the best team.
I'm going to have to disagree considering a #1 seed has won 20/33 Championships since 1985 (29/33 for seeds 1-3), that 32 of the 66 teams that appeared in a championship game were #1 seeds (54/66 were 1-3 seeds). I'd say the tourney has been pretty solid at rewarding the best teams.
They were better in 4 of those games but for the series they were out scored 55-27. It's ok to be more lucky than good.
Xavier and UC are good programs with above average talent. Losing to “hot” teams or teams with one or more elite athletes after they’ve had all year and their conference tournaments to play up to their elite talent level, is no shock.
The 68 team field helps teams and players that need all year to learn to play to their potential.
The 68 team field helps teams and players that need all year to learn to play to their potential.
That being said, think about this, (which I did driving through Cincinnati last week)....
Cincinnati's metro area is actually smaller than Pittsburgh. They had Xavier as a 1 seed, Cincy as a 2 seed.
Columbus (Ohio State) is 1 1/2 hours north, Lexington (UK) is 1 1/2 hours south. Louisville is 1 1/2 hours southwest. Bloomington, IN is 2 1/2 hours due west. Indianapolis is 2 hours northwest of Cincy,
All of those areas and schools are pulling talent in these areas. Cincy is not NYC or Balt/DC or LA or Atlanta for Hoops talent. So how are those two schools killing it, while the Pittsburgh schools struggle so much?
Cincinnati's metro area is actually smaller than Pittsburgh. They had Xavier as a 1 seed, Cincy as a 2 seed.
Columbus (Ohio State) is 1 1/2 hours north, Lexington (UK) is 1 1/2 hours south. Louisville is 1 1/2 hours southwest. Bloomington, IN is 2 1/2 hours due west. Indianapolis is 2 hours northwest of Cincy,
All of those areas and schools are pulling talent in these areas. Cincy is not NYC or Balt/DC or LA or Atlanta for Hoops talent. So how are those two schools killing it, while the Pittsburgh schools struggle so much?
Guy at a William Hill book in Vegas live bet Cincinnati when they were up by 22.
$2,000 to win $26.65. Pretty sure he never does that again.
$2,000 to win $26.65. Pretty sure he never does that again.
Exactly. The goal of a playoff is to determine a champion, not a "best team." 1985 Villanova had 10 losses (vs. only two for Georgetown -- and the Hoyas beat the Wildcats two other times that same season!) and weren't remotely the best team in the country. But forever they can see they were champions. Obviously this happens more in a one and done tournament, which is part of why we love March Madness.
