Down goes #2 Kansas

Submitted by MGoGrendel on
Stanford beat Kansas 60 - 57. Another one bites the March Madness dust.
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LSAClassOf2000

March 23rd, 2014 at 3:09 PM ^

Some of Kansas' loss is rather easy to explain when you consider that they sported an effective field goal percentage of 37.07% in the end. That, and when you're fouling on just about every other possession, Stanford's pedestrian free throw percentage is mitigated by the 55.31% free throw rate that Kansas allowed them. It's pretty clear that the loss of Embiid makes them a totally different team and that the lack of production from anyone not named Tarik Black in this game was simply not a good sign. 

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will

March 23rd, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^

With a 10, 11, 7 and either 11 or 14 all in the sweet sixteen,does this year's tourney have possibly the highest average of all sweet 16s?

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Lucky Socks

March 23rd, 2014 at 3:26 PM ^

Don't think it's worth starting a new thread, but does anyone know where I can watch the full episode of BTN Journey with JMo's Senior Day stuff?  Could only find a 2:35 clip on YouTube.

Thanks.  

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badbundy

March 23rd, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^

With all of the upsets happening to some of the favorites, we just need to take care of business one game at a time... We could be right back in THE GAME again!

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urbanachiever

March 23rd, 2014 at 5:43 PM ^

We've probability got the 2nd highest probability of making the FF at this point, given the next two rounds (Florida being the most likely with a very favorable elite eight matchup). With a sweet sixteen game against a low seed, combined with Louisville/Kentucky basically being a tossup, we are certainly the favorite to come out of the midwest now

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JamieH

March 24th, 2014 at 3:57 AM ^

If you go strictly off of KenPom (which I know isn't everything), Louisville is 3, Tennesse is 6, Kentucky is 11 and we are 10.  So the Midwest region has 4 of the top 11 teams in the Kenpom ratings still alive.  We still have to play #6 and then #3 or #11.

In comparison, Michigan State plays #4 Virginia and then either #19 UConn or #20 Iowa St.

Virginia plays #8 Michigan State and then either #19 UConn or #20 Iowa State.

Arizona plays #17 San Diego State and then either #7 Wisconsin or #21 Baylor

Wisconsin plays #21 Baylor and then either #2 Arizona or # 17 SDSU

Florida has #13 UCLA followed up by #34 Stanford or #43 Dayton.  So basically, they should be in if they beat UCLA.

Of the 16 teams remaining, the Midwest has the 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 9th highest Kenpom ranked teams.   Essentially, even with all of the upsets, it is still a bracket of doom and the hardest path forward.  IF you believe Kenpom. 

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