4 seeds vs 1 seeds

[CorduroyG]

according to my calculations, since 1985 the 4 seed has played the 1 seed in the sweet 16 31 times with a record of 12-29. our boys from the cuse have been involved in 3 of those games. 4 seed in '94 we lost to missouri. 4 seed in 2000 we lost to michigan st. 1 seed last year we beat wisconsin. not that it matters but 5 seeds are 7-28 against 1 seeds in sweet 16, which includes a certain game in 2010 that i wont mention.

here are the 4 seeds to beat the 1 since '85

1988 kansas st over purdue
1989 unlv over arizona
1990 georgia tech over michigan st
1991 st johns over ohio st
1995 oklahoma st over wake forest
1995 virginia over kansas
1997 arizona over kansas
1999 ohio st over auburn
2005 louisville over washington
2006 lsu over duke
2011 kentucky over ohio st
2012 louisville over michigan st

 

[CorduroyG]

on a more positive note the last 6 times a 4 seed has beaten a 1 seed the 4 has gone on to the final four.

 

[pearl31]

whoa Auburn was a 1 seed that recently?!

 

[MikeSU02]

whoa Auburn was a 1 seed that recently?!

That was the year we lost in the 8/9 game to Okie St.

We would have played Auburn if we had won.

 

[Marsh01]

whoa Auburn was a 1 seed that recently?!

Chris Porter and his retro afro Auburn team. I so wanted to play them.

 

[Fly Rodder]

[optimism]Well, you should do this with 2 or 3 seeds, because Syracuse was underseeded. Not a 4. [/optimism]

In any event, looks to be 30% of 4s win, may as well bump it a few points because SU is playing on one of their home courts.

 

[690West]

That was the year we lost in the 8/9 game to Okie St.

We would have played Auburn if we had won.

Wow. Forgot about that. How far did auburn go?

 

[MikeSU02]

Wow. Forgot about that. How far did auburn go?

S16. The OSU team that beat them went to the FF, which later got vacated.

 

[KaiserUEO]

Wow. Forgot about that. How far did auburn go?

s16. scoonie penn and ohio st beat them en route to a vacated F4.

 

[690West]

s16. scoonie penn and ohio st beat them en route to a vacated F4.

Ahh , right