Xavier, Auburn, Clemson Lose Posbang
The three line may have gotten less crowded. Down goes Auburn, down goes Clemson. Projected 1-2 seed Xavier goes down.
Unfortunately, Tennessee won.
And that Tennessee game was close, too.
might be right - but Clemson was a high 5 seed heading into this game, and may have made a move towards a 3 with a couple big ACC wins.
But as Auburn proved - bad night to be a Tiger...
March 10th, 2018 at 12:14 AM ^
but I would like to see some support (I doubt any exists) for your assertion that there is not correlation between a team's performance in its last 10 games and its performance in the tournament. It seems like these would obviously correlate.
Would you not expect to see a correlation between a team's performance throughout the entire regular season and its post season performance? Yes, we clearly would. So why would one think that the most recent 10 games are not important?
You are apparently right about the committee not using most recent 10 games as a metric for inclusion/exclusion, but you are obviously wrong to think that the performance in a team's most recent 10 games does not have any predictive value on tournament performance.
Now, of course, if you are arguing whether the most recent 10 games is more important than the entire body of work, that is a different story.
The hot hand is not a myth. Guys have hot nights and cold nights. The research that supposedly debunks this is riddled with problems.
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~mozer/Teaching/syllabi/7782/readings/gilovi…
March 10th, 2018 at 12:55 AM ^
Not a fan of that article. He's using scatter plots to prove his point, but all the points in the scatter plot are stacked on top of each other on the 56 different spots of the grid. It's impossible to tell how many data points fall on each spot.
March 10th, 2018 at 12:13 PM ^
Well they should. We are direct eveidence that teams can improve dramatically by March and that of course impacts how they play in the tournament.
What you do in March should matter more than what you do in December.
I want LCA as much as the next guy. However, seeding or location - does it really matter that much? This team is on a mission, and they are going to be hard to stop!
March 10th, 2018 at 12:53 AM ^
Agreed but wouldnt it be nice to get to witness a part of that mission in person. If they get to San Antonio however i will be there regardless
Don't forget that Iowa had played in MSG the night before, and was thus acclimated to the arena, unlike us (remember our 3-19 shooting from 3).
In the real tourney, no team gets that advantage.
The First Four teams play in Dayton and then move to their first-round site. They have no more familiarity with that site than their opponents.
March 10th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
i would love to have a detroit venue, but if this team can't beat mediocre teams on a neutral site, then they aren't going to the final four.
i have faith either way. go blue!!!
Feeling quite POSITIVE about these results. Bring on the dance.
In the game that matters most the rest of the night, UCLA leads Arizona, 17-13. Go Bruins!
The level of salt on Xavier twitter, which does exist in small and isolated pockets, I have discovered, is probably at what would be record level of salt for most teams. Probably a good thing they are not in that locker room right now as some of them would have, well, things to say about how that overtime went.
Would be nice if UCLA and UNC win
As far as the layoff is concerned, we'll be playing an inferior opponent and even IF we come out rusty we should heat up by halftime and we're a really good 2nd half team!
Go Blue!!!