HuskerFever

I would've done much better had I not picked Nebraska to win it all.

FWIW, here's what it looks like this season: Regular Season: Teams Under 50% Big Ten: 6 (42% of conference) ACC: 3 (20%) Big East: 2 (20%) Pac-12: 2 (16%) SEC: 2 (14%) Big 12: 1 (10%) Conference: Teams Under 50% Big 12: 5 (50%) Big Ten: 7 (50%) SEC: 7 (50%) Pac-12: 5 (41%) ACC: 6 (40%) Big East: 3 (30%) Entire Season: Teams Under 50% Big Ten: 6 (42%) ACC: 3 (20%) Big East: 2 (20%) Pac-12: 2 (16%) SEC: 2 (14%) Big 12: 1 (10%) I don't know why I dug into this further. It just gets more and more depressing. If you look only at the middle teams in each conference and see how they performed, this is what you get: Regular Season: Middle Teams Under 50% Big Ten: 1 ACC: 0 Big 12: 0 Big East: 0 SEC: 0 Pac-12: 0 Conference: Middle Teams Under 50% Big 12: 2 Big Ten: 2 SEC: 2 Pac-12: 1 ACC: 1 Big East: 0 Entire Season: Middle Teams Under 50% Big Ten: 1 ACC: 0 Big 12: 0 Big East: 0 SEC: 0 Pac-12: 0

Just did a double take and it looks like Creighton actually was 2-9 for Selection Sunday, per NCAA team sheets: https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi/Stats Library/Selection Sunday - Team Sheets.pdf?Mobile=1&Source=%2Fsolutions%2Frpi%2F_layouts%2F15%2Fmobile%2Fviewa.aspx%3FList%3D6042e1d3%2D70e4%2D49fd%2Dba51%2D8a8d813f8344%26View%3D9c6a45d0%2D60f8%2D4f6e%2D810b%2D8f57e042a3a9%26ViewMode%3DSimple%26PageFirstRow%3D41

Per the AWIII law, I'm certainly going to wait until after June 26.

About $35,322, not including free food, medical attention, training staff, education assistance, to name a few. https://admissions.unl.edu/cost/

Creighton was 2-9 in Quad 1.

See: "Syracuse, #11 in the ACC with an 8-10 conference record"

Maybe? If he were in his equivalent 9th year at one of those schools, then maybe.

Just to close the loop on this... we have... well... A TIE! Co-winning brackets are: My Swell Bracket and Shang Ping

The Big Ten is down next season, so Penn State still may have a chance to make the NIT if they finish 4th in the conference.

Final March Madness conference standings: 1. Missouri Valley: 4-1 (80%) 2. Big Ten: 9-4 (69%) 3. WCC: 2-1 (67%) 4. Big East: 9-5 (64%) 5. Big 12: 12-7 (63%) 6. ACC: 12-9 (57%) 7. SEC: 8-8 (50%) 8. Mountain West: 2-2 (50%) 9. America East: 1-1 (50%) 10. Big South: 1-1 (50%) 10. C-USA: 1-1 (50%) 10. MAC: 1-1 (50%) 10: SWAC: 1-1 (50%) 14: Atlantic 10: 2-3 (40%) 14. AAC: 2-3 (40%) 16. Atlantic Sun: 0-1 (0%) 16. Big Sky: 0-1 (0%) 16. Big West: 0-1 (0%) 16. Colonial: 0-1 (0%) 16. Horizon: 0-1 (0%) 16. Ivy: 0-1 (0%) 16. MAAC: 0-1 (0%) 16. MEAC: 0-1 (0%) 16. Northeast: 0-1 (0%) 16. Ohio Valley: 0-1 (0%) 16. Patriot: 0-1 (0%) 16. Southern: 0-1 (0%) 16. Southland: 0-1 (0%) 16. Summit: 0-1 (0%) 16. Sun Belt: 0-1 (0%) 16. WAC: 0-1 (0%) 32. Pac-12: 0-3 (0%)

Conference games involving Power 6 teams: 1. Big Ten: 9-4 (69%) 2. Big East: 9-5 (64%) 3. Big 12: 12-7 (63%) 4. ACC: 12-9 (57%) 5. SEC: 8-8 (50%) 6. Pac-12: 0-3 (0%) Power 6 vs. Power 6 games only: 1. Big 12: 7-4 (64%) 2. Big East: 7-5 (58%) 3. ACC: 7-7 (50%) 4. Big Ten: 3-3 (50%) 5. SEC: 3-7 (30%) 6. Pac-12: 0-1 (0%)

FWIW, here's what it looks like this season: Regular Season: Teams Under 50% Big Ten: 6 (42% of conference) ACC: 3 (20%) Big East: 2 (20%) Pac-12: 2 (16%) SEC: 2 (14%) Big 12: 1 (10%) Conference: Teams Under 50% Big 12: 5 (50%) Big Ten: 7 (50%) SEC: 7 (50%) Pac-12: 5 (41%) ACC: 6 (40%) Big East: 3 (30%) Entire Season: Teams Under 50% Big Ten: 6 (42%) ACC: 3 (20%) Big East: 2 (20%) Pac-12: 2 (16%) SEC: 2 (14%) Big 12: 1 (10%)

Quite the Final Four where all three games were won by double digits (12, 16, and 17) with Villanova taking the two highest margins of victory.

So there's this.

This is certainly not the norm, but it was a well timed release of the article with what is being discussed here. Jay Wright could easily be running a would-now-likely-be bankrupt tackle shop had he not been given time and a chance to build his 31-51 program at Hofstra. Sometimes taking a chance on someone who hasn't quite shown huge success yet can work out. Sometimes it doesn't. Moos has to decide which path to take. And he sure better have some conviction behind that decision. Here's the article on Jay Wright's early failures if anybody is interested: https://sports.yahoo.com/jay-wright-somehow-made-villanova-class-college-hoops-014443753.html

I definitely see Villanova similar to Golden State in their offensive ability and depth. I see Michigan as more of a Spurs emphasis of defensive prowess, which is likely the only way they win this game (assuming they also don't shoot as poorly as they did against Loyola).

I don't know why I see this parallel, but I feel like this year's March Madness championship is going to be a lot like watching a Golden State/Spurs matchup.

I was going to say that you should be rooting for Michigan so that Nebraska can get a cut of the revenue payout to the Big Ten conference if Michigan wins. But digging into it some more, it turns out that the payouts stop after the Final Four. So if that's who you're rooting for/against, have at it!

Conference games involving Power 6 teams: 1. Big Ten: 9-3 (75%) 2. Big 12: 12-7 (63%) 3. Big East: 8-5 (62%) 4. ACC: 12-9 (57%) 5. SEC: 8-8 (50%) 6. Pac-12: 0-3 (0%) Power 6 vs. Power 6 games only: 1. Big 12: 7-4 (64%) 2. Big Ten: 3-2 (60%) 3. Big East: 6-5 (55%) 4. ACC: 7-7 (50%) 5. SEC: 3-7 (30%) 6. Pac-12: 0-1 (0%)

Top 4 seeds from each conference: 1. Big Ten: 9-3 (75%) -- Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan 2. Big East: 7-3 (70%) -- Xavier, Villanova, Seton Hall, Creighton 3. Big 12: 9-4 (69%) -- Kansas, Texas Tech, West Virginia, TCU 4. ACC: 6-4 (60%) -- Virginia, Duke, Clemson, North Carolina 5. SEC: 5-4 (56%) -- Auburn, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky 6. Pac-12: 0-3 (0%) -- Arizona, UCLA, Arizona State

Conference standings after Saturday's games: 1. Missouri Valley: 4-1 (80%) 2. Big Ten: 9-3 (75%) 3. WCC: 2-1 (67%) 4. Big 12: 12-7 (63%) 5. Big East: 8-5 (62%) 6. ACC: 12-9 (57%) 7. SEC: 8-8 (50%) 8. Mountain West: 2-2 (50%) 9. America East: 1-1 (50%) 10. Big South: 1-1 (50%) 10. C-USA: 1-1 (50%) 10. MAC: 1-1 (50%) 10: SWAC: 1-1 (50%) 14: Atlantic 10: 2-3 (40%) 14. AAC: 2-3 (40%) 16. Atlantic Sun: 0-1 (0%) 16. Big Sky: 0-1 (0%) 16. Big West: 0-1 (0%) 16. Colonial: 0-1 (0%) 16. Horizon: 0-1 (0%) 16. Ivy: 0-1 (0%) 16. MAAC: 0-1 (0%) 16. MEAC: 0-1 (0%) 16. Northeast: 0-1 (0%) 16. Ohio Valley: 0-1 (0%) 16. Patriot: 0-1 (0%) 16. Southern: 0-1 (0%) 16. Southland: 0-1 (0%) 16. Summit: 0-1 (0%) 16. Sun Belt: 0-1 (0%) 16. WAC: 0-1 (0%) 32. Pac-12: 0-3 (0%)

Same applies to the NBA. The game has changed a lot.

Those 3 pointers are only 3 points behind Kansas' total score right now.