I lost all respect for English after that comment. Coaches with “class” commend the other team after a loss. Pitino and most recently Cooley for example. If you’re dumb enough to criticize the team that just beat you, how does that make your team look?
14-6 BE record and a 7 seed is such an indictment on this conference. Jesus...
Frankly I'd be happy with 5 BE teams in even if we are only a 7 seed though would much prefer a 5 or 6.
All depends on our path to Sweet 16 and the specific match-ups so it is hard to say.
5 - 12 game is notorious for upsets.
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I'm sure that a few of those 11 seeds won their "First Four" games, and had a bit more of an advantage playing the 6, than others normally would.Most Common March Madness First-Round Upsets
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Last five year stats are interesting:
7 vs. 10 record: 14-10
6 vs 11 record: 10-14
5 vs 12 record: 15-9
4 vs 13 record: 18-6
Will be really tough but I think the team is talented enough to be in the 4/5 conversation. Big difference record-wise being there beneath that.
With NIL and the portal leading to unheard of levels of talent consolidation among the top few dozen programs in the country, you can't really compare this year to prior years in terms of what a 4-5 seed talent looks like. If you're just looking at this year, I do agree that we would have as much talent as any other team that would be in the 4-5 mix but we just don't have the premiere non conference wins to get into that conversation sans a 16-4ish + Saturday night appearance in conference.Most Common March Madness First-Round Upsets
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Last five year stats are interesting:
7 vs. 10 record: 14-10
6 vs 11 record: 10-14
5 vs 12 record: 15-9
4 vs 13 record: 18-6
Will be really tough but I think the team is talented enough to be in the 4/5 conversation. Big difference record-wise being there beneath that.
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I completely agree with you, which is why I'll never not be annoyed by our OOC scheduling this year. But what I've bolded is something I genuinely think we're capable of. Of course, its a 5-10% best case scenario. It would be crazy to predict it, and I'm not, but I actually think we're that good. I also wonder what a 15-5 record with losses to UConn, 2xMarq, Nova but a BET title would seed us.With NIL and the portal leading to unheard of levels of talent consolidation among the top few dozen programs in the country, you can't really compare this year to prior years in terms of what a 4-5 seed talent looks like. If you're just looking at this year, I do agree that we would have as much talent as any other team that would be in the 4-5 mix but we just don't have the premiere non conference wins to get into that conversation sans a 16-4ish + Saturday night appearance in conference.
The tournament at the top is going to be extremely wide open and I think there will be far fewer big upsets going forward. Behind a paywall but you'd get the gist:
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