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[QUOTE="OrlandoCuse, post: 2527343, member: 115"]
The “First Four” games played in Dayton first started in 2010 when the field expanded to 68 teams. Two of the games are pit the lowest 16 seeds against each other so they can fight who will be the sacrificial lamb for a 1 seed.

The other two games pit the last four at large bids against each other. This is a virtual “bubble play-in” game. Most would think of these games as an afterthought. You don’t even get to partake in becoming an actual team on everyone’s bracket office pool games. Instead the teams are relegated to “the slash” (ASU/SYR). You don’t event have to pick Syracuse to win, you just have to pick ASU/SYR to beat TCU, so you get the best of both worlds!!  ;)

However, I did a little digging and it seems the play-in at-large teams actually do fairly well. Every year since inception, an at-large first four team went on to win their next game. The best performance from a first four team came from VCU in 2010, making it all the way to the Final Four. There were other decent runs: LaSalle made it to the Sweet 16 as a 13 seed.

All in all there’s hope. I’d love it if this team could pull off a couple wins. It would the cherry on top of a successful season, and build for a great 2018-19 season.
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