re: NCAA Tournament Wins by Team- Past 25 seasons

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Auburn has been a massive disappointment under Bruce. Bunch of 1st weekend exits sans 1 year.

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Somewhat agree here, though to be fair to Bruce, overall based on where Auburn was seeded, he should have won 6 NCAA Tournament games and he’s exceeded that with 7.

His four Tournament teams to date:

2018 4-seed: based on seed should have won 2 games but under-performed and won just 1.

2019 5-seed: based on seed should have won 1 game but exceeded expectations and won 4.

2022 2-seed: based on seed should have won 3 games but underperformed and won just 1.

2023 9-seed: based on seed should have lost first round but exceeded expectations and won 1 game.

So Auburn teams have underperformed twice and over-performed twice. They’ve won one extra game based on expectations.

That’s not enormously impressive but it’s above average.

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I don’t see what the difference between him and Frank Martin at South Carolina is

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Oh come on. That’s ridiculous. Frank made one NCAA Tournament. If not for Covid, Bruce would be taking Auburn this year to its sixth in seven seasons, and to date has never had a first round exit.