the hot team theory

[moqui]

Conventional wisdom says you look for a hot team heading into the NCAA tournament to fill out your brackets and select your Final Four

well . . .

Wichita State was 7-6 in its last 13 games, Syracuse was 8-8 in its last 16, and Michigan was 6-6 in its last 12

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Yup. It's nice being hot going in to the tourney, but it's better to be hot in the tourney.

 

[JarHeadJim]

What was the ville 15-1?

 

[CorduroyG]

all that stuff is so overrated. so is playing a tough non conference schedule to prepare you better for March. the tournament is all about matchups and getting hot in MARCH.

 

[moqui]

What was the ville 15-1?

don't stop me, I'm on a roll

 

[ImperialOrange]

What was the ville 15-1?

Haven't lost since Feb 9th. 14-0 since or 17-1 since Jan 28th

 

[sheaj]

Haven't lost since Feb 9th. 14-0 since or 17-1 since Jan 28th

or 33-5 since nov 11...

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

Haven't lost since Feb 9th. 14-0 since or 17-1 since Jan 28th

or 1.5-1.5 vs Cuse this year

 

[BuffOrange]

Well conventional is often stupid, kinda like "you need a strong running game".
The team that wins the tournament is always hot because it means they won 6 in a row. But yah, the games before the tournament don't mean much more than the ones in January. Even Uconn who is the go-to example for this theory got beat by Notre Dame at home in the last reg. season game, despite Hansborough fouling out with like 6 min's left.