Interesting: UM 11th most picked team to win tourney on ESPN

Submitted by Cali's Goin' Blue on March 16th, 2017 at 5:27 PM

I was just looking at teams picked to win by round at ESPN and fans have picked UM to win the championship 1.1% of the time, which is 11th highest. It seems that college bball observers have been paying attention to the recent success by the team. Or it just means that UM has a lot of homer fans.

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ED: Michigan is Between 3-seed Oregon and 4-seed West Virginia. The next 7-seed or lower is 8-seed Wisconsin at #21 at 0.5%

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twohooks

March 16th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^

1 Million Ding Dongs filled out 5 Million brackets!

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SAMgO

March 16th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^

This is almost always an invalid argument (e.g. when opposing fans say Vegas is giving Michigan more points than we should have because we have a large fanbase), but in this case, lotta Michigan fans out there.

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TrueBlue2003

March 16th, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^

lot of homer Michigan fans out there. Although, we aren't that far off in the (mostly efficient) gambling markets. We're the 20th most likely to win there. Which is probably about right, given how well we're playing.

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Cali's Goin' Blue

March 16th, 2017 at 5:40 PM ^

Anyone see the Minny-MTSU score? MTSU up 15 with 14 left to go

Picked that one in the mgoblog bracket suckazzzz

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lhglrkwg

March 16th, 2017 at 5:48 PM ^

It would probably be more noteworthy if you didnt pick MTSU. Everyone was picking MTSU

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FauxMo

March 16th, 2017 at 6:06 PM ^

Hahahaha, exactly. "Hey everyone, I picked the same "upset" as everyone else, which is a seeding upset, I guess, but actually not an upset at all, given that MTSU was favored by 2. YAY ME!"

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Cali's Goin' Blue

March 16th, 2017 at 8:03 PM ^

dammit I thought I might have that one over some people. Guess everyone saw that one coming... What about the UVA over UNC wilington? Thats an upset right?

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Gucci Mane

March 16th, 2017 at 10:33 PM ^

First round upsets don't matter anyway. Every round the correct pick doubles in value.

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KennyHiggins

March 16th, 2017 at 5:41 PM ^

I'm saying this is wisdom of crowds

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lhglrkwg

March 16th, 2017 at 5:49 PM ^

I'm sure its driven by peoples general belief that a hot team in a major conference tournament is a great bet to go deep, but I think I read that that's not actually true and UConn was the huge exception and not the rule

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The Fan in Fargo

March 16th, 2017 at 6:02 PM ^

Well if you consider their fresh legs, the team is due to start shooting the ball lights out and that they've played in Indy how many times so it's kind of an advantage, things are looking good. I'd say if they handle Louisville convincingly, the sky is limit baby. Playing four games in four days and beating those tough teams was a damn tough task. They can blow out some of the best teams. Bring the swag!!

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UM Griff

March 16th, 2017 at 6:03 PM ^

Of smart bracket pickers out there!

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SteamboatWolverine

March 16th, 2017 at 6:07 PM ^

Picked them to win in all 138 of my brackets.

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Gucci Mane

March 16th, 2017 at 10:34 PM ^

And I thought my 25 brackets was a lot.

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brad

March 16th, 2017 at 6:07 PM ^

Interesting that M is only 22nd in picks to pass round one, but 7th to win it all. The percentage and rank steadily increase round to round.

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JHendo

March 16th, 2017 at 8:41 PM ^

Not terribly so. Combine that a 7 vs. 10 is close to a coin flip in many cases and a tantilizing mini upset to folks, with the fact there are many people who flat out don't like U of M and want to see them lose early, and you have a lot of brackets with then out soon. Then look at the many U of M homers and people who simply like our current story/streak. In the end, you have a lot of people on complete opposite extreme ends of where they would like to see U of M end up in this tourney.

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House Mother

March 16th, 2017 at 6:17 PM ^

Interesting: I picked Michigan to win it all...but I am probably a homer.

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Zeke21

March 16th, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^

Was Minnihanna doing as a 5 seed.....Ridiculous

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HateSparty

March 16th, 2017 at 6:46 PM ^

Official most over seeded. I truly believe that was Michigans spot but the douche Sparty wouldn't let it.

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The Man Down T…

March 16th, 2017 at 6:32 PM ^

I'll admit it. I also want to win money with Michigan wins the tourney! So why not pick them?

Besides, if they keep playing like the did in the BTT, they really can beat anyone...

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jblaze

March 16th, 2017 at 6:37 PM ^

It's because our fan base is so big and we are all homers (as we should be).

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stephenrjking

March 16th, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^

I don't think this is surprising. There are ten teams picked more often than us, and when you get that low, you aren't looking at stats or at seedings: You are taking a stab at an out-of-the-box winner.

And when you look for those, you look for hot teams and/or certain team characteristics (Hot PG!) that tend to produce tournament success. So, between homer Michigan fans and people who see Walton lighting things up and the "story" that would be fun to follow, people take a shot at Michigan.

At least, some of them do, after 10 other teams.

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