Now we are talking about margin of victory. I don't think their style or pace makes them more susceptible to a blowout, do you? There are multiple factors that go into how a team does in a given tournament.
Use of an explanation point to tell someone they are copping out, when they simply just disagree is a bit aggressive. I'm fine with it. I would have thought nothing of it from most other posters. But don't cry about it when I hand your ass to you because your arguments are inconsistent and you have no understanding of statistics.
Saying my argument is just based on making excuses is a bit dismissive. Style of play may contribute. I am open to that. I just don't have blinders on that being the only possible primary reason.
Your cold, hard facts don't line up. Slowing the tempo down would seem to make blowouts less likely, no? I would consider there may be something else there.
We will see if they revert back towards the mean.
You still didn't answer how you think his teams have performed in the tournament relative to the talent level on the team.
Either their rankings/seedings have been inflated year after year after year or they have underachieved their talent level.
It's not just a "given" tournament. It's every tournament since Bennett has been there. If it was just one disappointing finish out of six, or maybe even two, I'd probably agree with you, but it's six out of six.
RE: margins- As I said earlier, even if they had lost to the better seeds (both of which were coin flip seeds), by five or ten or a little more due to FT shooting or a cold ending (clearly not a Kraft ending), it would be one thing, but they got blown out. On top of that, their offense in those games was horrible.
Slowing the ball down, in the shot clock era, doesn't necessarily end blowouts if your team plays like crap. They could miss all their shots and the other team get out on breaks and/or hit their shots.
You did not "hand me my ass". The core of my premise is indisputable by any use of statistics-The fewer the number of possessions. The more important each possession is. Thus, you have less margin of error.
Again, if only happened once or happened multiple times with some positive results, it would be different. There are no positive post season results in Bennett's tenure at UVA. The closest thing to one is losing in the Sweet 16 as a #1 seed to a good #4 seed. But that's still not good.
But it's likely you'll dismiss everything I said here.