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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 1880417" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>What's weird, though, is this really only started in 2021 ... I think the missed Tournament in 2020 kind of messed with people's sense of time (i.e., pre-COVID seems like a really long time ago), but the Big Ten actually did quite well in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, placing MSU in the Final Four, Purdue in the Elite Eight (and a FREAK loss away from a Final Four...), Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen and Maryland/Minnesota/Iowa all winning their first games to make it to the Second Round.</p><p></p><p>8 teams in the NCAA Tournament</p><p>7 teams in the Second Round</p><p>3 teams in the Sweet Sixteen</p><p>2 teams in the Elite Eight</p><p>1 team in the Final Four</p><p></p><p>Even last year, we had no teams in the Elite Eight or beyond ... but we also had ZERO teams seeded #2 or higher. So what exactly was the expectation?? What really shaped this narrative is 2021. We REALLY crapped the bed that year, with some VERY good basketball teams losing early:</p><p></p><p>#2 Ohio State losing in the First Round</p><p>#4 Purdue losing in the First Round</p><p>#1 Illinois losing in the Second Round</p><p>#2 Iowa losing in the Second Round</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 1880417, member: 590800"] What's weird, though, is this really only started in 2021 ... I think the missed Tournament in 2020 kind of messed with people's sense of time (i.e., pre-COVID seems like a really long time ago), but the Big Ten actually did quite well in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, placing MSU in the Final Four, Purdue in the Elite Eight (and a FREAK loss away from a Final Four...), Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen and Maryland/Minnesota/Iowa all winning their first games to make it to the Second Round. 8 teams in the NCAA Tournament 7 teams in the Second Round 3 teams in the Sweet Sixteen 2 teams in the Elite Eight 1 team in the Final Four Even last year, we had no teams in the Elite Eight or beyond ... but we also had ZERO teams seeded #2 or higher. So what exactly was the expectation?? What really shaped this narrative is 2021. We REALLY crapped the bed that year, with some VERY good basketball teams losing early: #2 Ohio State losing in the First Round #4 Purdue losing in the First Round #1 Illinois losing in the Second Round #2 Iowa losing in the Second Round [/QUOTE]
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