Semi-OT: Wake Forest upsets #4 Duke

Submitted by EastCoast Esq. on

Wake Forest just defeated the Duke Blue Devils 82-72 at home. As Michigan positions itself for the best seed it can in the tournament, any upsets of teams ranked above our boys constitutes good news in my book. The more Madness for everyone besides us, the better chance that we get a #2 seed.

jcouz

March 5th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^

They have beaten us head to head but we both have 7 losses and we have a lot more top 50 RPI wins as well as 4 more top 50 RPI road wins. Add in a conference championship and our resume is better at the moment. Funny, they are ranked 4th right now. A 2-seed should still be possible for our team.

CRISPed in the DIAG

March 6th, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^

Looks like it's been updated. We're close to Duke in the basic metrics.  I don't have access to home/road splits, but we have to be a lot better than they are.  I live in the Triangle and have Duke friends who have been hanging their hat on the near-win at Cuse for a month.  I've thought all season - especially after going to a number of games at Cameron this year - that Duke relies too much on their home court.  Meanwhile, we notched a few signatures on the road this year.

LSAClassOf2000

March 5th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^

There are some projections which would put us at a #2 seed as it is along with Duke. TeamRankings has Michigan as a projected #2 along with Duke, Kansas and VIllanova right now. I would wonder if Duke actually drops to #3 in this projection, which right now is Syracuse, Virginia, North Carolina and Creighton on their site. 

bballislife22

March 5th, 2014 at 9:23 PM ^

If anything, it brings us closer to the scenario where we are the highest ranked 3 seed and they are the lowest ranked 2 seed. In that scenario, we would play each other. However, the committee tries to avoid rematches. Would be interesting to see what happens.

MaizeAndBlueWahoo

March 5th, 2014 at 9:28 PM ^

Specifically, the committee tries to avoid:

-- Rematches of a team you played once, until the "third round" (what normal human beings call the second.)

-- Rematches of a team you played twice, until the Sweet 16

-- Rematches of 3 games, until the Elite 8

By the time a 2 seed plays a 3 seed (possible only in the Elite 8) the committee will be long past caring about that rematch.