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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 251469, member: 837"]
I think you have the right idea but, as is the case with the A's, it's not so much the system. I mean, the A's were pitching heavy with lots of OBP and power -- that's a pretty good combo and exactly what won two WS titles for the Red Sox and basically every Yankees title ever. 
 
Cuse has won a title and been to three title games as a primarily zone team -- it's certainly possible to win in march with this system.
 
I think the bigger point is that people place sooooooooo much emphasis on a single-elimination tournament that often features curious or downright terrible seeding. So while JB has had a ton of success overall, people drastically underrate the randomness that plays out in March. It was just two years ago that a Duke team I would have bet my life savings on the Cuse beating won a national title. There are just so many variables and such a small sample size.
 
Is that being an apologist? I guess, but I just don't get why people get so excited about elite 8s and final 4s when basically the goal is to win the whole thing.
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