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Message: [QUOTE="Tenspro2002, post: 4937834, member: 889"] Auburn had an extremely high variance. Their computer numbers were incredible, but they hadn't really beaten anyone. They had the highest ceiling and lowest floor out of all of the 2-3-4 seeds. When you're a favorite, you don't want a high-variance opponent. You want a predictably decent but reliably beatable opponent. Auburn was the opposite, and that was the concern. As it turned out, they were near their floor. And, yeah, having the ISU-Illinois winner as an Elite 8 opponent is probably the toughest that any #1 seed would have to contend with, both looked dangerous and one of them was going to lose. [/QUOTE]