02-23-2021, 11:14 AM
My glass is totally full. We've only lost 2 games this year in the best conference in the country, with all the road/Covid challenges, and with a very young team. What a great season. I fully expect a Final Four and think we have a very good chance of a national championship. If we are on the other side of the bracket with UConn, I predict we will play them in the finals. I cannot wait for this year's NCAA tourney and am thankful to the basketball gods that it looks like it's actually going to get played!
On a separate topic, which is harder - winning the P12 tourney this year or making it to the Final Four? Assuming we are a 1 seed, we would need to beat seeds 16, 8, 4, and 2, assuming no upsets. An 8 seed is somewhere around the 32nd-35th best team in the country and the 4 seed around the 16th-19th. The 2 seed? About the 8th-11th best team in the country, roughly like...Arizona or UCLA (or even Oregon). To win the P12 tourney, we'll need to beat 2 teams of a #2 seed caliber. Lots of other factors - neutral site, scouting, etc., but winning the P12 tourney is going to be tough. And what a statement if we win by double digits like we just did!
On a separate topic, which is harder - winning the P12 tourney this year or making it to the Final Four? Assuming we are a 1 seed, we would need to beat seeds 16, 8, 4, and 2, assuming no upsets. An 8 seed is somewhere around the 32nd-35th best team in the country and the 4 seed around the 16th-19th. The 2 seed? About the 8th-11th best team in the country, roughly like...Arizona or UCLA (or even Oregon). To win the P12 tourney, we'll need to beat 2 teams of a #2 seed caliber. Lots of other factors - neutral site, scouting, etc., but winning the P12 tourney is going to be tough. And what a statement if we win by double digits like we just did!