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Yeah I actually had them losing in the first round. They have looked better and better with every game though and Napier is amazing. So freaking fast.
KT
I had four brackets and picked them to lose in the first round in one of them. The other three I had them beating Villanova and Iowa State and then losing to MSU.
Gotta give Napier credit. He had a chance to bail when UConn got hit with the post-season ban last year and he stuck with the program as thanks for how much fun he had in the Kemba Walker championship year.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great game, the better team won. Who were those weak announcers?
7 and 8 seed in the final game! That's gotta be a record for highest seed total between both teams in the final game. Does anyone know? What was the previous record?
Wisconsin vs. Kentucky was like watching White guys vs. Black guys.
Great game, the better team won. Who were those weak announcers?
7 and 8 seed in the final game! That's gotta be a record for highest seed total between both teams in the final game. Does anyone know? What was the previous record?
Well that's a shame. Oh well, should at least be a fun final.
KT
Record by a big margin. Kentucky becomes the 4th #8 seed to make the finals. The previous three played a #2 (Louisville over #8 UCLA in 1980) a #1 (#8 Villanova over #1 Georgetown in 1985) and a #3 (UConn over #8 Butler in 2011)
And UConn becomes the first ever #7 seed in the finals.
those numbers should be adjusted, though. I think it was a 32 team field until 1985 (at least it was up to 1983). That would make UCLA in 1980 something of a 14 seed today.
48 teams in 1980's field. According to Wikipedia:
19391950: 8 teams
19511952: 16 teams
19531974: varied between 22 and 25 teams
19751978: 32 teams
1979: 40 teams
19801982: 48 teams
1983: 52 teams (four play-in games before the tournament)
1984: 53 teams (five play-in games before the tournament)
19852000: 64 teams
20012010: 65 teams (one play-in game to determine whether the 64th or 65th team plays in the first round)
2011present: 68 teams (four play-in games in the first round before all remaining teams compete in the second round)