03-20-2023, 12:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-20-2023, 12:12 PM by OCcardinal.)
Aside from being a tough matchup for Stanford, Ole Miss is just a good team. I'm baffled why the Committee gave them an 8 seed. Ole Miss was the 4th place team in the SEC (which is 10-3 in the tournament so far), lost by only 2 to Utah, and took South Carolina to overtime. Of the 16 favorites in round 2, Stanford had the 4th toughest matchup per the net ranking:
Favored Seed Opponent (NET) Result
Texas 4 Louisville (20) TBD
Ohio St 3 N. Carolina (21) TBD
Duke 3 Colorado (23) TBD
Stanford 1 Ole Miss (25) L
LSU 2 Michigan (26) W
Maryland 2 Arizona (27) W
UCONN 2 Baylor (32) TBD
Iowa 2 Georgia 33 (W) TBD
VA Tech 1 S. Dakota St. (34) W
S. Carolina 1 USF (35) W
Villanova 4 FGCU (36) TBD
UCLA 4 Oklahoma (38) TBD
Notre Dame 3 Miss State (39) W
Utah 2 Princeton (40) W
Indiana 1 Miami (50) TBD
Tennessee 4 Toledo (67) TBD
Favored Seed Opponent (NET) Result
Texas 4 Louisville (20) TBD
Ohio St 3 N. Carolina (21) TBD
Duke 3 Colorado (23) TBD
Stanford 1 Ole Miss (25) L
LSU 2 Michigan (26) W
Maryland 2 Arizona (27) W
UCONN 2 Baylor (32) TBD
Iowa 2 Georgia 33 (W) TBD
VA Tech 1 S. Dakota St. (34) W
S. Carolina 1 USF (35) W
Villanova 4 FGCU (36) TBD
UCLA 4 Oklahoma (38) TBD
Notre Dame 3 Miss State (39) W
Utah 2 Princeton (40) W
Indiana 1 Miami (50) TBD
Tennessee 4 Toledo (67) TBD