Upset #2 - Jackrabbits beat Canes

[Vowelguy]

#12 South Dakota St 74
#5 Miami 71

I guess this means the ACC is overrated?

 

[alexrgct]

No- it just means 605>305

 

[Vowelguy]

No- it just means 605>305

took me a minute...

 

[HoopsFan21]

Everyone knows what 305 is because Pitbull can't shut up about it.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

I count seven games in which the lower seed has defeated the higher seed. And that is 7 out of 28 games completed. Are those upsets? Or is this a case of sloppy seeding by the NCAA?

 

[Vowelguy]

I count seven games in which the lower seed has defeated the higher seed. And that is 7 out of 28 games completed. Are those upsets? Or is this a case of sloppy seeding by the NCAA?

since 8/9 and 7/10 are somewhat evenly matched, I was referring to a more significant upset

 

[Fairfield Fan]

since 8/9 and 7/10 are somewhat evenly matched, I was referring to a more significant upset

But there was a 12 that beat a 5, and if you take out the 1 and 2 seeds who are matched against the weakest teams in the field, that represents a high percentage of upsets. Or did they botch the seeds?

 

[Vowelguy]

But there was a 12 that beat a 5, and if you take out the 1 and 2 seeds who are matched against the weakest teams in the field, that represents a high percentage of upsets. Or did they botch the seeds?

Just because a lower seeded team wins, it does not mean there is a problem with seeding. Every lower seeded team has a certain probability of winning. In a 7 game series, the higher seeded team is going to win most times. But when it's single elimination you can have more lower seeded teams get through.

 

[Zorro]

 

[Fairfield Fan]

I now count 8 upsets in 32 games. And if one takes out the #1 and #2 seed games (8 games in all) because they are so obviously mismatches, then it means that there were 8 upsets out of 24 games. One out of three? That means that "upsets" are almost the rule. Can't we suggest that they weren't upsets, but screw-ups in seeding? Is this percentage of upsets the norm?

 

[Fiftyish]

How can 1 out of 3 be "the rule"? Don't follow your logic.

 

[Vowelguy]

I now count 8 upsets in 32 games. And if one takes out the #1 and #2 seed games (8 games in all) because they are so obviously mismatches, then it means that there were 8 upsets out of 24 games. One out of three? That means that "upsets" are almost the rule. Can't we suggest that they weren't upsets, but screw-ups in seeding? Is this percentage of upsets the norm?

Was Louisville over Baylor in 2013 a screwup in seeding?

 

[j66kicker]

Was Louisville over Baylor in 2013 a screwup in seeding?

Of course - by definition

 

[Vowelguy]

Consider 3 teams -- even if each has a 70% chance of winning, there is only a 34% likelihood that all 3 will. There is a 66% likelihood of 1 or more upsets.

 

[Plebe]

#12 South Dakota St 74
#5 Miami 71

I guess this means the ACC is overrated?

Among the power 5 conferences, the ACC had the highest percentage of teams ranked outside the RPI top 100 and the lowest percentage of teams making the NCAA tournament.

What was interesting about Miami and Florida State was that they had almost no bad losses between them (the one bad loss was Miami's loss to Virginia), for each of them their best win by far was against each other.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I guess the Canes will be hopping mad throughout the off season.

 

[Gus Mahler]

I guess the Canes will be hopping mad throughout the off season.

Good one.

 

[tomcat]

I said all along to watch out for those Jackrabbits. I don't know that they get any farther, but they sure are fun to watch.