Chad Fleck
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Big Ten is looking to go 8/8 in the first round. Looking good right now.
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Math is hard for me, but I think I’m close when I say 25% of the 32 teams left standing are from the B1G.
EDIT: Didn’t see the post just above this one. Sorry to be repetitive.
EDIT: Didn’t see the post just above this one. Sorry to be repetitive.
Dominant first round from the big ten. 8 wins and 8 covers of the spread
It’s interesting because most out side of the big ten picked 6 of our teams to lose in the first round and had the sec going undefeated. The reverse has happened and the big has played much tougher competition ….
The SEC narrative will be the same they say in football, they beat each other up during the year.
The SEC narrative will be the same they say in football, they beat each other up during the year.
I said going into the tournament that this would be a very top-heavy field, and that has mostly been to form:
- Top 6 seeds went 21-3, with the 3 losses being a Memphis team that everyone knew was so overseeded they were the underdog in their game, a Clemson team that had metrics boosted from a terrible ACC, and a Missouri team that lost 6 of 8 to close the season.
- Of those 21 wins, only one had odds of winning below 70% at any point in the second half (Michigan vs UCSD). The top 6 seeds dominated their opponents.
- Top 6 seeds went 21-3, with the 3 losses being a Memphis team that everyone knew was so overseeded they were the underdog in their game, a Clemson team that had metrics boosted from a terrible ACC, and a Missouri team that lost 6 of 8 to close the season.
- Of those 21 wins, only one had odds of winning below 70% at any point in the second half (Michigan vs UCSD). The top 6 seeds dominated their opponents.
Epsilon
M tipping over
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I’m out on Louisville, OK, Kansas and Clemson. I knew going against UConn was probably a bad choice but I just couldn’t root for Hurley’s team, under any circumstances.
If you also include UCLA in that list (a team that arguably deserved a 6 seed more than Memphis), that's 22 of 25 top teams that destroyed their opponents.
In round 2, I'm thinking B1G goes 6-2, with Michigan and UCLA being the 2 out.
But on a good day, I think UCLA could take TN
SEC went 8-6 in round 1 with all 6 losses coming from their bottom half.
AR kept them from being 0-7 in their bottom half, prolly cuz Boogie Fland is back.
I wonder the last time the top 6 seeds have been this dominant? I would think it's been a very long time, possible even the best record ever???
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