SWC75
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"Sure Syracuse is in the Elite 8. But look who they beat to get there: a 7 seed, a 15 seed and an 11 seed."
We're going to hear a lot about that this weekend. I wondered how that compared to the other Elite 8 teams. The combined seeds of the teams we beat were 7 + 15 +10 = 32. What would be the same number of the other Elite 8 teams? Then I thought about looking at the margin of victory of each team, (which i'd done after the second round). Then I realized that if I divided the margin of victory by the combined seed of the teams beaten, I'd have a number that would represent how well each team has played to get here. The lower the combined seed, the more difficult the road was and the higher than number would be. The greater the margin of victory, the more impressive the performance and the higher that number would be. Put them together and we'll see who we should be most- and least- impressed with.
Villanova has defeated combined 25 seeds by a total of 72 points: 2.88
Oregon: 58/28 = 2.07
Virginia 57/29 = 1.97
Kansas: 54/30 = 1.80
North Carolina: 45/30 = 1.50
Syracuse: 47/33 = 1.42
Oklahoma: 32/28 = 1.14
Notre Dame 13/32 = 0.41
There actually isn't that much difference in the combined seedings. And we don't seem to be the worst team to reach the Elite 8, at least by this measure.
We're going to hear a lot about that this weekend. I wondered how that compared to the other Elite 8 teams. The combined seeds of the teams we beat were 7 + 15 +10 = 32. What would be the same number of the other Elite 8 teams? Then I thought about looking at the margin of victory of each team, (which i'd done after the second round). Then I realized that if I divided the margin of victory by the combined seed of the teams beaten, I'd have a number that would represent how well each team has played to get here. The lower the combined seed, the more difficult the road was and the higher than number would be. The greater the margin of victory, the more impressive the performance and the higher that number would be. Put them together and we'll see who we should be most- and least- impressed with.
Villanova has defeated combined 25 seeds by a total of 72 points: 2.88
Oregon: 58/28 = 2.07
Virginia 57/29 = 1.97
Kansas: 54/30 = 1.80
North Carolina: 45/30 = 1.50
Syracuse: 47/33 = 1.42
Oklahoma: 32/28 = 1.14
Notre Dame 13/32 = 0.41
There actually isn't that much difference in the combined seedings. And we don't seem to be the worst team to reach the Elite 8, at least by this measure.
