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Re: ANTEATER MASTER THREAD
« Reply #50 on: March 22, 2019, 03:24:38 PM »
58 L Temple*
75 L Syracuse
08 L Wisconsin
13 L LaSalle
18 W Kentucky
19 L Cal Irvine

* born in 64

We suck in the tourny on my birthday.  This is on me guys.

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Don't blame yourself Tom. If you throw out last year as the anomoly, this really is exactly what oscar does no matter whose birthday it is

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« Reply #51 on: March 22, 2019, 03:31:35 PM »
at least we didn't lose to wisconsin again

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Re: ANTEATER MASTER THREAD
« Reply #52 on: March 22, 2019, 04:52:48 PM »
at least we didn't lose to wisconsin again
That was my joke!

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« Reply #53 on: March 22, 2019, 04:55:13 PM »
Throw out 1/3 of the NCAA games oscar has coached  as an anomaly.

Since he's been at kstate 80% of the time he can't make it out of the round of 64 but look at it however you want I guess

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« Reply #54 on: March 22, 2019, 05:00:32 PM »
at least we didn't lose to wisconsin again
That was my joke!

much like losing to wisconsin, i'm sure this joke has happened a million times

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Re: ANTEATER MASTER THREAD
« Reply #55 on: March 22, 2019, 05:11:55 PM »
Manhattan Tradition Since 1951

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Re: ANTEATER MASTER THREAD
« Reply #56 on: March 23, 2019, 01:40:12 AM »
58 L Temple*
75 L Syracuse
08 L Wisconsin
13 L LaSalle
18 W Kentucky
19 L Cal Irvine

* born in 64

We suck in the tourny on my birthday.  This is on me guys.

Tom

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All of those on March 22, good god :horrorsurprise:

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Re: ANTEATER MASTER THREAD
« Reply #57 on: March 23, 2019, 01:43:49 AM »
Throw out 1/3 of the NCAA games oscar has coached  as an anomaly.

Since he's been at kstate 80% of the time he can't make it out of the round of 64 but look at it however you want I guess

Isn't this the case for nearly all coaches. Making the round of 32 puts you in the top 10% of all teams for that reason. Just on a pure mathematical basis, it seems there aren't a whole lot of coaches stacking up round of 32 games on a regular basis.

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Re: ANTEATER MASTER THREAD
« Reply #58 on: March 23, 2019, 08:29:43 AM »
Thank you cateaters.

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« Reply #59 on: March 25, 2019, 05:29:37 PM »
Throw out 1/3 of the NCAA games oscar has coached  as an anomaly.

Since he's been at kstate 80% of the time he can't make it out of the round of 64 but look at it however you want I guess

Isn't this the case for nearly all coaches. Making the round of 32 puts you in the top 10% of all teams for that reason. Just on a pure mathematical basis, it seems there aren't a whole lot of coaches stacking up round of 32 games on a regular basis.

I wanted to look into this before responding...and i guess the answer is I don't really know. I mean at the most basic level about 25% of the field is getting into the tournament purely because they are automatic bids and would not have gotten in at-large...and as such are going to get matched up against the elite schools where the chances of them getting out of the round of 64 is slim to none. and yes, given the fact that there are 330+ teams that are eligible to compete for a spot in the tournament every year then yes, making the round of 32 puts you in the top 10% in that regard.

Anyway i'm digressing. I tried looking at coaches in the tournament over the last 15 years or so. From what i can tell there are the elite of the elite (coach K, Self, Williams, Wright, Donovan,Cal, Few, etc) that frequently make it not only out of the round of 64 but also make deep runs, and after that its a mixed bag. Statistically he appears to perform slightly above Shaka Smart and slightly below Lon Kruger. Maybe that's fine. idk. My brain tells me he should be doing better but maybe i'm just being emotional b/c I want to believe the cats can and should have a better showing.