72% you say? Now can you tell me what's the percentage when an underdog team beats the favorite team three times in the same season?
Hard to not like the draw for ISU here
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IF, and I consider it a big if, the Cyclones beat Baylor in the quarterfinals, I would absolutely love to play Kansas! 1-1 in regular season and MUCH closer to 2-0 than 0-2. Plus the appeal of seeing KU fans in tears.
this article goes way more into the weeds with regard to the "better" team winning or losing 3x against the same team
It Really Is Harder To Beat A Team The Third Time In Men’s College Basketball
The third time often is the charm for some teams.
fivethirtyeight.com
Having watched every team in the big 12 the last three weeks or so, I'm thinking Texas is the most likely winner of the conference tournament, and WVU is my dark horse (most to play for). KU can win it, but doesn't need to, so they won't. I want ISU to do well of course, but I don't like drawing Baylor again immediately. I am unbothered this year if ISU is a one and done. Our guys need their legs.
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Best case scenario. Another chance to get a top 15 win and a loss wont hurt.
Which is why I wanted to avoid playing Wed. night. Beat the best or go home and rest and reload.
Yeah give me no part of a team that is both good and has close to a week to prepare to avenge an embarrassing loss
Hilton Globetrotters. I like it.
Meadowlark Lipsey (ay yi yi yi). Basketball Jones. Nate Branch Holmes. Bob Kunc. Goose Osun, Fred Tre King and all the brilliant others.
Yessssssss.
I just want a soft tourney bracket stocked with Big 10 teams.
It's such a gauntlet of 7-11 seeds and NIT teams though........according to the announcers of every game you watch.
I was in Miami over the weekend and watched some of the Miami-Pitt game. The announcers kept talking about how each team survived the "gauntlet" of the Acc schedule. Lol.
One of my least favorite and one of the most untrue sayings in sports.
That’s my winner for post of the year. I don’t care that it’s only March or whatever happens after.
Right. One year I took Joe’s bracket and placed it beside the actual official bracket. I’ll be damned that Joe wasn’t too far off!!
