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[QUOTE="721Comstock, post: 1699358, member: 5429"]
Let's hope you're correct.

Here's what SI's Luke Winn had to say on the subject:

[URL]http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/03/19/ncaa-tournament-march-madness-first-round-middle-tennessee-uni[/URL]

[INDENT]There was absolutely no way to see this coming. Middle Tennessee played two NCAA tournament teams in the regular season, and in those two games, its offensive efficiency was 76.4 (in a loss to VCU) and 83.4 (in a loss to South Dakota State). If you’re a newcomer to tempo-free stats, scoring 80-ish points per 100 possessions is abysmal. So what was the Blue Raiders’ efficiency against Michigan State, which had a top-25 defense? An unreal 132.3, the highest of any Spartans’ opponent this season. A Tom Izzo team that was widely forecasted for Houston got hit by a bolt of lightning on Friday, as Middle Tennessee shot 57.9% from three and 55.0% on its twos.

No. 15 seeds have won nine games in the expanded NCAA tournament era, and what the Blue Raiders did offensively is the second-best performance* of that nine, with only Norfolk State’s 2012 upset of Missouri featuring more improbably accurate shooting:

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So, let's hope they don't catch fire again, and play to more their normal level.

And let's hope our D is a big factor in making that the case, like it was against Dayton.

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