No one- or two-seed that was unranked in the preseason AP poll has made a Final Four

[Matrim55]

Pretty incredible fun fact from Kenpom, who's writing for Defector here:

Tom Izzo And Rick Pitino Are Up Against One Of March's Weirdest Curses | Defector

I did not want to be writing about Tom Izzo and Rick Pitino this week. You can find glowing features on each of those septuagenarian coaching legends from the past few days at various media outlets. They don’t need me to carry water for them; the two have won a combined 1,400 games, three...

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And yes, there's a UConn link:

I would have a guilty conscience here if I didn’t disclose that there’s been some luck and cherry-picking in crafting this fun fact. Among teams fitting this criteria, eight have made it as far as the Elite Eight. One of those teams was 1990 UConn, who would have canceled this fun fact before it really got started were it not for Christian Laettner’s second-most famous tournament buzzer-beater. (Nadav Henefeld deserved better.)

 

[StllH8L8ner]

And yes, there's a UConn link: One of those teams was 1990 UConn, who would have canceled this fun fact before it really got started were it not for Christian Laettner’s second-most famous tournament buzzer-beater. (Nadav Henefeld deserved better.)

 

[HuskyHawk]

How many unranked teams have ever even been 1 or 2 seeds? I’m guessing not many.

 

[HooperScooper]

How many unranked teams have ever even been 1 or 2 seeds? I’m guessing not many.

More than you'd think. I posted this earlier in the week in the "Pitino Gonna Pitino" thread. It's 2 years old (supposedly Pomeroy doesn't tweet any more) but still holds true today.

 

[HooperScooper]

How many unranked teams have ever even been 1 or 2 seeds? I’m guessing not many.

Shouldn't you be in Providence right now?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Shouldn't you be in Providence right now?

Nah. If they win, maybe Saturday