03-10-2021, 11:37 AM
Anybody have thoughts on how the lack of homecourt/regional advantage in rounds 1 and 2 and beyond might affect this year's results? Are more early round upsets likely, perhaps even for a #1 or #2 seed?
In 2019, all four #1 seeds, all four #2 seeds, only one #3 seed and three #4 seeds made the sweet sixteen. The final four had two #1s and two #2s. In 2018 all four #1 seeds made the final four.
I know it's a bit premature since the brackets haven't been announced, but, I'm curious what folks are expecting just due to the single neutral location.
In 2019, all four #1 seeds, all four #2 seeds, only one #3 seed and three #4 seeds made the sweet sixteen. The final four had two #1s and two #2s. In 2018 all four #1 seeds made the final four.
I know it's a bit premature since the brackets haven't been announced, but, I'm curious what folks are expecting just due to the single neutral location.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)