***2022-23 MBB General Thread***
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An 11 seed in the play in has a history of winning a couple. Let’s just hope that doesn’t happen this year. Both ISU and TCU would be victims.
Since 2010 the 11 seeds actually have won more games than the 6 seeds.
Nevada probably should have been in the NIT. This is an absolutely laughable shooting performance by Airzona State though, they were horrible all year.
It would be similar to our team from last year just putting up over 50 in a half out of nowhere against a team like Oklahoma in the Big 12.
Looking down through the list of 6\11 matchups, while there are exceptions both ways it feels like a lot of those 11 seed matchups are P5 'bubble' teams beating 6 seeds from 'lower' conferences.
The play-in game might be giving us more P5 teams in the 11 slot, and we might be seeing the 6 seed be around the range a lower conference team that's a *bit* overrated (low SOS probably contributing to that) ends up falling into.
I know it is just Nevada but Arizona State looks like they might give TCU a game. I think that matchup will be fun and fast paced.
Someone explain to me how Nevada is better than Oklahoma St. lol
We can't base it on history or Nevada's performance in this instance, but Mountain West has performed horribly in recent seasons.
Mountain West is 3-15 in the NCAA tournament since 2015.
Only one MWC team has reached second weekend 2015 thru '22. (Nevada, 2018)
MWC had four teams in '22 field, all were out by end of Thursday.
From 2016 onward, the conference is 1-11 in first round games.
Also I think MWC has futility as double-digit seed -- this season has 3 of those (Nevada, Boise, Utah State)
Yeah, I haven't looked at the list. But it is interesting. Overall, I think the play in game has probably helped 11 seeds get more wins. And obviously last year we were an 11 seed that won.
San Diego State was in line for a #1 seed in 2020 before the tourney got cancelled.
Correct ... almost forgot about that. Wasn't Dayton projected a 1 or a 2 for that, too?
"The tournament we'll never see."
Boy, Arizona State does take some stupid shots. Luckily for them, Nevada is making stupid fouls on some of them. That last dude just did a look away three point shot lol, and Nevada fouled him on it (possibly because no sane person does that).
