Cowboys, fans celebrate 28th NCAA Tournament appearance

No matter how deep the league is, the Jayhawks always find a way, even if they can’t consistently translate that into deep NCAA Tournament runs. The Spartans then responded during the next game by beating Wichita State by five points, but then, when facing their final ranked opponent of the non-conference schedule in Duke, the Spartans lost 78-69 on November 29.

The coach urged fans who watch the game on TV to “Yell very loud, I’m sure we’ll hear you, and then it will be us against Kansas in the next round”.

And then Monday morning, I read Nate Silver’s NCAA Tournament analysis on fivethirtyeight.com.

So I’m not rowing solo.

Here’s how both teams’ transition numbers compare, per Synergy.

“I do think it’s a bit of a disadvantage, not knowing who you’re going to play the first game”, Self said of facing a play-in opponent in the first round.

“We had a total of eight brackets that were built, but had contingencies to build up to 25”, Hollis said.

So most of my quibbles with the committee were minor.

Kansas has been a No. 1 seed seven times under head coach Bill Self. Louisville is 12-1 in out of conference games this season and 3-2 in neutral site games.

No. 5 seed Notre Dame will meet Princeton Thursday in Buffalo. I had SMU a 5 and Minnesota a 6.

MI hasn’t played many teams like Oklahoma State, which should provide some pause, but I think that the success of the Iowa State model is most relevant here. I had MI a 6 and Creighton a 7. “You’ve got the opportunity so make the most of it”. “At first, I was really nervous [about the selection], but when we came on the screen, it was great to see us up there”.

The K-State women’s team will know their tournament fate after the women’s selection show Monday at 6 p.m. No. 10 VCU, and No. 7 Dayton vs.

The top seeds are Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina and Gonzaga. When Larranga was at George Mason his 11th seeded Patriots upset Izzo’s Spartans in the first round 75-67. The Wolverines will be the No. 7 seed in the Midwest Region and will face No. 10 seed Oklahoma State in the first round on Friday (March 17) at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Its only significant win away from home came against Wichita State (No. 29, RPI) in the Battle 4 Atlantis on November 24, although the Shockers were outside the Top-50 at the time.

But no one was too critical of the top of the tournament, because no one could definitively determine which teams belonged there.