2022 March Madness Thread

[PurpleBlood87]

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

I suspect there are more than a few broken links in the KF March Madness brackets—apropos . This might be historic, though some might say it is a bit presumptuous to use that descriptor for a basketball tourney, which at some level is insignificant while the world turns.

 

[H-Town Frog]

I like it...

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

I like it...

So TCU and UH CAN find some common ground—Texas ground

 

[LVH]

Refs have begun to establish themselves in favor of Purdue

 

[froginmn]

Refs have begun to establish themselves in favor of Purdue

They're apparently not good at throwing the game for Purdue.

 

[LVH]

Saint Peter's just beat the deepest team in the tournament... Purdue will never have a better roster than they had this year and they couldn't even make the Elite 8... I believe Purdue had the best roster top to bottom in the country

 

[Chongo94]

That St. Peter’s coach is seeing his paycheck hit some serious growth…

 

[Eight]

Refs have begun to establish themselves in favor of Purdue

this aged well

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Saint Peter's just beat the deepest team in the tournament... Purdue will never have a better roster than they had this year and they couldn't even make the Elite 8... I believe Purdue had the best roster top to bottom in the country

Here, Purdue and Texas Tech were deemed a bit one-dimensional relative to other top-four seeds:​

Which teams are primed to underperform?​

Top-four seeds in the 2022 men’s NCAA Tournament by their rankings in KenPom’s adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency and the difference between those rankings and the average underperforming team at that seed
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	VS. UNDERPERFORMER*
TEAM▲▼	SEED▲▼	ADJ. OFF. RK▲▼	ADJ. DEF. RK▲▼	OFF.▲▼	DEF.▲▼
Gonzaga	1	1	7	10.9	5.0
Arizona	1	5	20	6.9	-8.0
Kansas	1	6	29	5.9	-17.0
Baylor	1	9	14	2.9	-2.0
Auburn	2	24	8	-8.1	19.8
Kentucky	2	4	27	11.9	0.8
Villanova	2	8	28	7.9	-0.2
Duke	2	7	44	8.9	-16.2
Wisconsin	3	49	38	-19.3	-4.1
Tennessee	3	36	3	-6.3	30.9
Purdue	3	3	100	26.7	-66.1
Texas Tech	3	65	1	-35.3	32.9
UCLA	4	15	12	13.9	23.6
Illinois	4	23	30	5.9	5.6
Providence	4	31	79	-2.1	-43.4
Arkansas	4	40	16	-11.1	19.6

*Underperformers are teams that lost in the tournament before their seed line would suggest they should. Average rankings are taken of seeds since the 2002 tournament. Efficiency rankings as of March 14.

SOURCES: KENPOM.COM, SPORTS-REFERENCE.COM
There’s one obvious candidate to be the next one-trick pony to fall short thanks to shoddy defense: the Purdue Boilermakers, who are perhaps the poster children for elite scoring paired with mediocre stopping.

 

[Ron Swanson]

this aged well

The LVH special

 

[Endless Purple]

NCAA Tournament Conferences with multiple teams:
Through the Sweet Sixteen..

ACC with 5 teams: 11-2
Virginia Tech (0-1), N Carolina (3-0), Duke (3-0), Notre Dame (2-1), Miami (3-0)

Big 12 with 6 teams: 10-5
Kansas (3-0), Baylor (1-1), Texas Tech (2-1), Texas (1-1), TCU (1-1), Iowa St (2-1)

American with 2 teams: 4-1
Houston (3-0), Memphis (1-1)

Big East with 6 teams: 6-5
VIllanova (3-0), Providence (2-1), UConn (0-1), Seton Hall (0-1), Marquette (0-1), Creighton (1-1)

SEC with 6 teams: 5-5
Kentucky (0-1), Tennessee (1-1), Auburn (1-1), LSU (0-1), Arkansas (3-0), Alabama (0-1)

- - - - done - - - -

Pac 12 with 3 teams: 4-3
Arizona (2-1), UCLA (2-1), USC (0-1)

West Coast with 3 teams: 3-3
Gonzaga (2-1). St Marys (1-1), San Francisco (0-1)

Big 10 with 9 teams: 9-9
Purdue (2-1), Iowa (0-1), Illinois (1-1), Wisconsin (1-1), Ohio St (1-1), Michigan (2-1), Indiana (1-1), Michigan St (1-1), Rutgers (0-1)

Atlantic 10 with 2 teams: 1-2
Richmond (1-1), Davidson (0-1)

MWC with 4 teams: 0-4
Boise St (0-1), Colorado St (0-1), San Diego St (0-1), Wyoming (0-1)

 

[JogginFrog]

There’s one obvious candidate to be the next one-trick pony to fall short thanks to shoddy defense: the Purdue Boilermakers, who are perhaps the poster children for elite scoring paired with mediocre stopping.

Great analysis in that Fivethirtyeight piece. Just watched the Purdue-St. Peter's condensed game and couldn't believe how little pressure Purdue applied on defense. Just 8 turnovers for a team that averaged 13.6 in the MAAC. That and 19-for-21 at the line will usually get it done.

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Great analysis in that Fivethirtyeight piece. Just watched the Purdue-St. Peter's condensed game and couldn't believe how little pressure Purdue applied on defense. Just 8 turnovers for a team that averaged 13.6 in the MAAC. That and 19-for-21 at the line will usually get it done.

Yes, it was part of an interesting article by 538 titled, “The top-seeded men’s teams that could bust your bracket.” I should’ve referenced that.

 

[Frognosticator]

So the ACC in a down year gets 3 to the elite eight. Crazy.

 

[helcap]

Saint Peter's wins again, Wexahu cries.
Heard on Sports radio this morning there had been some chatter about thinning out the tournament by eliminated auto bids to the "lesser" conferences. But Saint Peters success has torpedoed that ship

 

[froginmn]

Saint Peter's wins again, Wexahu cries.
Heard on Sports radio this morning there had been some chatter about thinning out the tournament by eliminated auto bids to the "lesser" conferences. But Saint Peters success has torpedoed that ship

Four of the elite eight are lower than #4 seeds.

 

[bp4tcu]

Glad Houston lost, hate that trash commuter school. Kinda hate Arkansas too. I’m pulling for Duke the rest of the way.

 

[froginmn]

Glad Houston lost, hate that trash commuter school. Kinda hate Arkansas too. I’m pulling for Duke the rest of the way.

Did you forget that St. Peters is still playing?

 

[Ron Swanson]

Did you forget that St. Peters is still playing?

I have money on North Carolina and the further they advance the more I make. It’s going to be tough pulling for them against Saint peters. Win-win situation I guess.