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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4855813, member: 1329"] There weren't any to the same degree last year. Every team in the KenPom top 10 on Jan 23rd last year was in the top 18 of WAB resume metric too. Tennessee was #18 in WAB and #2 in KenPom, though, I guess that is a significant difference. They had a key injury at the end of the year and still made S16 as a 4 seed. Creighton was probably the closest thing to a scoring margin warrior. They were 13th in KenPom, 17th in Torvik, and 60th in WAB. They almost made the F4. But 13th hardly counts for "darling" status. This year, Alabama at #8 is 32nd in WAB. BYU at #10 is 30th. Iowa St at #12 is 33rd. The top 7 though, are all in the top 12 of WAB. It's a pretty good top 7 (Houston, Purdue, Arizona, UConn, UNC, Auburn, Tennessee). I would be surprised if the champion didn't come from those 7 teams. [/QUOTE]