SpiderMan79x
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RE: #9 Seed
(03-13-2022 05:23 PM)Tigerspartan Wrote: What i expected/predicted. I’m just glad to be dancing. Go tigers
It'd be nice to get a win or two. At the end of the day, I'm just happy to get the NCAA drought monkey off our back.
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RE: #9 Seed
9-Seeds
The poor 9-seeds. First they play against a team (the 8-seed in their region) that should be a fairly even match. Not an easy win and there’s no fanfare if they do win. Then, if they win, they have to face the 1-seed in the very next round. Only the 13-16 seeds reach the Sweet 16 less frequently than the 8- and 9-seeds. In fact, 9-seeds only have two more Sweet 16 appearances than 13-seeds. Overall, 9-seeds have had a slight upper hand in their series against the 8-seeds. In the last decade, however, the trend has reversed and the 8-seeds have been a little bit more successful. In an evenly matched series, though, you’d expect streaks and trends to go back and forth a little.
Overall Performance
74 (of 144) advanced to the Second Round
8 of 144 went on to the Sweet 16
5 reached the Elite 8
2 reached the Final 4
Performance Over the Last 10 Years
17 (of 40) advanced to the Second Round
3 went on to the Sweet 16
3 reached the Elite 8
1 made it to the Final 4
Bracket Performance History and Advice
First Round: Flip a coin.
Second Round: Only 6% of 9-seeds advance past the Second Round.
Sweet 16: Of the 8 teams to reach this round, five of them continued to the next.
Elite 8: Only five teams have made it this far.
Final 4: It’s happened two times, ever.
Final: Never reached the final.
Record in the Second Round
vs 1-seeds: 7-66
vs 16-seeds: 1-0
(This post was last modified: 03-13-2022 05:29 PM by bluebacker.)
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Tiger87
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RE: #9 Seed
Depends on what your goal is.
If it's to make the 2nd weekend, 8-9 is a tough road.
If it's to make the final 4, might as well do it.
I knew the committee would not tag us with the 11-12 seed if they could avoid it.
That would have been brutal for the 5-6 team.
I think 8-9 is probably fair - I just don't think it's right to give us the overall #1 AND make us travel cross country.
Could have easily swapped us and San Diego St.
As it is...bring it on!
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#9 Seed
