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re: Sweet 16 teams records
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:54 am to AUTiger789
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:54 am to AUTiger789
Another interesting stat…
Avg. Margin in Games against other Sweet 16 teams:
+10.5 Michigan St.
+8.4 Florida
+7.5 Houston
+6.2 Auburn
+5.0 Duke
0.0 Alabama
-0.2 Texas Tech
-0.4 Purdue
-0.7 Tennessee
-0.8 Maryland
-1.7 Ole Miss
-2.1 Arizona
-5.1 Arkansas
-5.6 Michigan
-6.0 Kentucky
-12.8 BYU
Once again, BYU sticks out as the outlier here.
Avg. Margin in Games against other Sweet 16 teams:
+10.5 Michigan St.
+8.4 Florida
+7.5 Houston
+6.2 Auburn
+5.0 Duke
0.0 Alabama
-0.2 Texas Tech
-0.4 Purdue
-0.7 Tennessee
-0.8 Maryland
-1.7 Ole Miss
-2.1 Arizona
-5.1 Arkansas
-5.6 Michigan
-6.0 Kentucky
-12.8 BYU
Once again, BYU sticks out as the outlier here.
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Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:28 am to Temple of the Dog
It does to a degree as it can show that some teams have played and did very well against better competition. Example is Ole Miss. I’m not sure they’ve been given enough credit considering their schedule. Duke is one as well. Do I think they’re an incredible team? Absolutely and maybe the best overall. But have they played tough teams week in and out like some SEC schools have? No. And that may come into play with a close game
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:33 am to Porcine Human
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They looked really good when I watched them against Baylor and beat Auburn in the regular reason. Conference was a cakewalk for them but I think they're just that good. Blasted Illinois 110-67 as well.
Duke is good, and they've gotten better as the season has gone on. The only thing I take exception to is the Illinois game and its significance. Pretty much the entirety of that team was either dealing with flu or getting over the flu. The talking heads lost their minds over the big Duke win, and very few of them even mentioned that reality.
That said, Duke is very good.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:35 am to RTRnFlorida
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Example is Ole Miss. I’m not sure they’ve been given enough credit considering their schedule.
Exactly. Take out the 3 losses to Auburn and Ole Miss is +26 points in 8 games combined against Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Purdue, and BYU. That’s a very strong resume.
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Duke is one as well. Do I think they’re an incredible team? Absolutely and maybe the best overall. But have they played tough teams week in and out like some SEC schools have? No.
Yes. And the margin of victory stats show that when Duke does play Sweet 16 level competition, their margin is really no different than most of the other 1 and 2 seeds.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:41 am to LegendInMyMind
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The only thing I take exception to is the Illinois game and its significance.
Not to mention, Illinois was a flawed team. The evidence of that has been around all season. They ended their season with 5 double digit losses against the Sweet 16 teams, three of which were by more than 20 points. They had the ability to get hot and win a big game, but more often than not they did not look like much of a contender.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:59 am to AUTiger789
Agree on Ole Miss. I think they played the most dominant game against a top 3 seed that I've seen.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:04 pm to AUTiger789
Auburn gonna hang a banner for this too.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:17 pm to AUTiger789
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Another interesting stat…
Avg. Margin in Games against other Sweet 16 teams:
+10.5 Michigan St.
+8.4 Florida
+7.5 Houston
+6.2 Auburn
+5.0 Duke
0.0 Alabama
-0.2 Texas Tech
-0.4 Purdue
-0.7 Tennessee
-0.8 Maryland
-1.7 Ole Miss
-2.1 Arizona
-5.1 Arkansas
-5.6 Michigan
-6.0 Kentucky
-12.8 BYU
Once again, BYU sticks out as the outlier here.
I don’t completely disagree, but BYU, Arkansas, and Michigan, for example, came into the tournament playing their best ball of the year.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:24 pm to AUTiger789
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Exactly. Take out the 3 losses to Auburn and Ole Miss is +26 points in 8 games combined against Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Purdue, and BYU. That’s a very strong resume.
Lost by 19 to UF, assuming the other games were all closer?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:26 pm to 195bc
BYU has a bad margin because they lost 2 times to Houston by 31 and 20 (the first being on 1/4 during a 3 game losing streak before they kind of figured it out with a 1st year coach).
Since February 11 (about 6 weeks ago) they are 11-1 with their one loss being to Houston by 20. Their wins over that stretch
- @ West Virginia by 4
- vs Kansas by 34
- @ Arizona by 1
- @ Iowa State by 3
- N vs Iowa State by 4
- N vs VCU by 9
- N vs Wisconsin by 2
They are #4 on Torvik over that stretch overall, only trailing Duke, Houston and Florida (#2 offense, #60 defense).
We are #7 over that same stretch (#4 offense, #38 defense).
Will be a very good game.
Since February 11 (about 6 weeks ago) they are 11-1 with their one loss being to Houston by 20. Their wins over that stretch
- @ West Virginia by 4
- vs Kansas by 34
- @ Arizona by 1
- @ Iowa State by 3
- N vs Iowa State by 4
- N vs VCU by 9
- N vs Wisconsin by 2
They are #4 on Torvik over that stretch overall, only trailing Duke, Houston and Florida (#2 offense, #60 defense).
We are #7 over that same stretch (#4 offense, #38 defense).
Will be a very good game.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:51 pm to Chad4Bama
quote:This
the best team from a shite league?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 2:10 pm to bgator85
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Lost by 19 to UF, assuming the other games were all closer?
I mean, yes… that’s how math works:
+14 vs Kentucky
+11 vs BYU (N)
+10 @ Alabama
+7 @ Arkansas
+3 vs Arkansas
+2 vs Tennessee
-2 vs Purdue (N)
-19 @ Florida
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+26 combined
That excludes the three games against Auburn where Ole Miss was -10, -30, and -5.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:23 pm to AUTiger789
Beating the teams in the current sweet 16 field during the season, while impressive, is totally different than doing it in the actual sweet 16 with the pressure.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:41 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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The question with them will be how they respond when they are back in a dogfight, as they've had some issues down the stretch of those types of games so far this year.
We're a neverending rollercoaster. Doesn't matter if we're up by double digits or down by double digits, the game will still be undecided in the final minutes.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:44 pm to Temple of the Dog
I need an Auburn fan to help me out...
Ole Miss-3
Houston-1
Alabama-1
Kentucky-1
Tennessee-1
Arkansas-1
Where is the 9th win that I'm missing?
Ole Miss-3
Houston-1
Alabama-1
Kentucky-1
Tennessee-1
Arkansas-1
Where is the 9th win that I'm missing?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:46 pm to RandySavage
Purdue I think
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:39 pm to Temple of the Dog
Yup, I was out of town and didn't get to see any of that game and forgot all about it.
Thanks
Thanks
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:57 pm to collegefootballisbroken
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Duke looks the best right now.
Why? You can't tell that until they play a descent team. The ACC looks pretty bad in hindsight. They for sure will got all the calls with the kid from Maine, but lets see how it shakes out once they have to play teams with more talent. They do not have the best talent over all, that is for sure.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 8:00 pm to AUTiger789
Just keep whistling in the dark…
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