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Going into the tournament, how far will UConn go?

Going into the tournament, what are your reasonable expectations?

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Willbball said:
Your comparing yourself to Stallone hahaha… nope! Uconn will be lucky to make it to second round and Arkansas will smoke em if they do! National Champions, you’re delusional!! Amirite…
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This is great. "Everyone in the Big East is scared to play Providence in the BET." Providence promptly loses by a thousand.
 
CL82 said:
I miss my 5/12 calls consistently. I would be better taking the chalk through the first set of games but every year I think “this is the year I’m going to get them right.”
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The pool I play most regularly gives you bonus points for the seed differential. So you get seven bonus points if you correctly choose a 12 over a 5. I think I got all three of them in 2019, which gave me a pretty nice bump.
 
Both Providence and Uconn went 1-1 in the BET… last time Providence got smoked ( by Marquette) we went on a run! also keep in mind we destroyed Creighton by 21 ( let up at one point we were up by 28) and they beat us by 27, so what…good luck getting past New Mexico State!!
 
August_West said:
You don’t get credit on this board for picking us to lose tourney games. No matter what.

And yes I’m like Stallone, but with better looks and way less chiseled.
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Don’t want credit but you really think you’re winning it all, really? Hurley Can’t handle the pressure and is your weakest link, dudes an infant and nobody here can deny that fact… he loses it too quickly… will be your downfall!
 
August_West said:
How everyone is not picking National Champion is mind boggling. My world has been shattered this week between this and seeing all the UConn fans at MSG sitting on their duffs to start the games. I feel like Sylvester Stallone in demolition man coming out of Cryo-Penitentiary and seeing what the world has become.
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Hope you like taco bell...maybe scrounge up some rat...wings?
 
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A pay site I use for betting, algorithms and advanced metrics has UConn’s chances as follows:

Advance to round of 32: 79%
Advance to sweet sixteen: 43.1%
Advance to elite eight : 9.2%
Advance to final four : 3.6%
Advance to finals: 1.3%
National Champs: 0.5%

Most likely to win tournament

Gonzaga 30.2%
Auburn 11.2%
Arizona 10.8%
Kentucky 8.3%
Kansas 8%
 
methodology said:
A pay site I use for betting, algorithms and advanced metrics has UConn’s chances as follows:

Advance to round of 32: 79%
Advance to sweet sixteen: 43.1%
Advance to elite eight : 9.2%
Advance to final four : 3.6%
Advance to finals: 1.3%
National Champs: 0.5%

Most likely to win tournament

Gonzaga 30.2%
Auburn 11.2%
Arizona 10.8%
Kentucky 8.3%
Kansas 8%
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Those odds for Gonzaga seem shockingly high. I wonder where those odds stand in comparison to favorites of past tournaments.
 
methodology said:
A pay site I use for betting, algorithms and advanced metrics has UConn’s chances as follows:

Advance to round of 32: 79%
Advance to sweet sixteen: 43.1%
Advance to elite eight : 9.2%
Advance to final four : 3.6%
Advance to finals: 1.3%
National Champs: 0.5%

Most likely to win tournament

Gonzaga 30.2%
Auburn 11.2%
Arizona 10.8%
Kentucky 8.3%
Kansas 8%
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Willbball said:
Both Providence and Uconn went 1-1 in the BET… last time Providence got smoked ( by Marquette) we went on a run! also keep in mind we destroyed Creighton by 21 ( let up at one point we were up by 28) and they beat us by 27, so what…good luck getting past New Mexico State!!
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This dude is terrified that the luck stuff was true.
 
Travelman32 said:
Tough team to gauge. They could be a dark horse to the FF, they could go down in flames against NMSU in a typical 12 over 5 upset, and everything in between. They have a boatload of potential, tons, but they need to be engaged for a full 40 minutes and get on a roll. Play like they did vs Nova in game 2 or Auburn and the Rbacks and Zags better be careful, play like they did in Nova game 1 or WVU and Zags will steam roll them, if Arkansas doesn't. This is a tough 12/5 matchup, but thankfully they did not get Richmond, Michigan or VTech which was what I was afriad of prior to the bracket being announced. But goodness they have tons of potential, that can't be over stated or stated enough, hope they can live up to it.
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Covered it all!
 
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Get a Job said:
Those odds for Gonzaga seem shockingly high. I wonder where those odds stand in comparison to favorites of past tournaments.
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Gonzaga is just that much better than every other team this year

From another pay site:

Gonzaga 26.5%
Arizona 12.2%
Kansas 7.9%
Kentucky 6.8%
Auburn 6.4%
 
methodology said:
Gonzaga is just that much better than every other team this year

From another pay site:

Gonzaga 26.5%
Arizona 12.2%
Kansas 7.9%
Kentucky 6.8%
Auburn 6.4%
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@shizzle787 likes our chances against them.
 
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8893 said:
The pool I play most regularly gives you bonus points for the seed differential. So you get seven bonus points if you correctly choose a 12 over a 5. I think I got all three of them in 2019, which gave me a pretty nice bump.
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Nice. I think I’m like 0 for, well, for forever on my 5/12s, but like a delicious stack of buffalo wings the sirens call to try again every year is irresistible
 
methodology said:
Gonzaga is just that much better than every other team this year

From another pay site:

Gonzaga 26.5%
Arizona 12.2%
Kansas 7.9%
Kentucky 6.8%
Auburn 6.4%
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This article is similar.

Entering this year’s tournament, there’s only one team that surpasses the winners’ AdjEM average of 28.2: Gonzaga, which sits at 32.97. Should the Bulldogs finally cut down the nets, they would have the third-highest starting AdjEM of any national champion since 2002, behind only Virginia in 2019 and Kansas in 2008.

 
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August_West said:
LOL. This was a great idea. Can click on the votes and see who all the mojo epic fails are on here.

smh.
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Not really much different from daring to fill out a bracket without UConn as winner. I don't do that either.
 
Willbball said:
Both Providence and Uconn went 1-1 in the BET… last time Providence got smoked ( by Marquette) we went on a run! also keep in mind we destroyed Creighton by 21 ( let up at one point we were up by 28) and they beat us by 27, so what…good luck getting past New Mexico State!!
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With a strong sense of conference loyalty, I'll root for any other Big East team in every matchup unless UConn is the opponent, but the pretty clear vibe coming out of the BET is that Providence avoided 3 additional losses by not rescheduling Creighton, Seton Hall, and UConn w/Sanogo.

Your team's challenge is to dispel that recent impression. Good luck. Really.
 
Willbball said:
Don’t want credit but you really think you’re winning it all, really? Hurley Can’t handle the pressure and is your weakest link, dudes an infant and nobody here can deny that fact… he loses it too quickly… will be your downfall!
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You wouldn't know this of course, but one of the prerequisites to winning it all is believing that you're going to win it all.
 
HuskyHawk said:
You wouldn't know this of course, but one of the prerequisites to winning it all is believing that you're going to win it all.
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Ok sure, since you fans believe it, it will come true good god the players are the ones that need to produce and make it come true, they need to believe it and let me tell you, you’re not a thought in their mind that powers their belief, you think you are but no you’re not connected with the players that way… first off they believe they are good enough to make a living at the pro level and this is the platform that will get them there, second talent is important, do you realize this fact, you know, talent, and although Uconn has some real good players in Cole, Sanogo and Martin, the remaining team is just not talented enough to get by Arkansas! So to sum it up, your belief is great to make you feel good and rah, rah, rah on this board, but is not realistic!
 
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