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[JungleLobo]

24 of the 38 March Madness 64-team tournaments have had a #1 seed win, with UConn winning once - less than 3%.

Regarding the 14 non #1 seed champions, UConn has been national champion 4 of those times - 29%.

Therefore, UConn should start Hurley Jr. in Chicago to get out of a #1 seed.

 

[bendm]

Defying the odds is what we do

 

[bendm]

But your math isn’t representative of anything meaningful. I think We’ve only been a 1 seed 5x and we won it all 1 of those times which equals 20%. We’ve made the tourney 18 times since 1984 as a 2 seed or Below and won it all 4 of those times which equals22%. So yeah we’ve had 2% lower chip rate as a 1 seed. But give me the 1 seed

 

[DRBackup]

Yeah, but they've been the overall best team twice when they weren't a #1 seed - 2004 and 2023. Their conference record last year may not had reflected that, but their out of conference dominance did.

 

[Palatine]

Why are they called seeds?

 

[Hurleyman216]

Why are they called seeds?

Let me google that for you:

The term was first used in tennis, and is based on the idea of laying out a tournament ladder by arranging slips of paper with the names of players on them the way seeds or seedlings are arranged in a garden: smaller plants up front, larger ones behind.

 

[Palatine]

Let me google that for you:

The term was first used in tennis, and is based on the idea of laying out a tournament ladder by arranging slips of paper with the names of players on them the way seeds or seedlings are arranged in a garden: smaller plants up front, larger ones behind.

I read that. Doesn't really make sense. And a #1 seed would be no different than a #24 seed. Rungs make sense on a ladder not seeds. Anyways, appreciate the work you did. It is just a strange use of language.