In a battle of being “perfect”, my money is on. Bennett’s team.
Then how come they have underachieved in The Dance year after year?
In a battle of being “perfect”, my money is on. Bennett’s team.
Sample size? And I’m not only betting on tournament games. UVA gets people’s best shot during the year and holds its own.
He lost by 26 to a team that was basically considered their equal. If they had lost by even five or ten, it would have been different.
He's had six chances and has never played better than his seed and the only times he played to his seed he lost by over twenty points each time.
It's amazing how many excuses are being made.
Only to those who know nothing about preparing teams or being on a team.
So we are now taking margin into account? If only there were a way to quantify that.
RJ, you are very confrontational. You need to chill out. You come back with that response, yet bitch about how people treat you here.
Also, it is hard to overachieve when you have a high seed. How would you compare his tournament results to his recruiting/talent level?
when was the last time you were on a team or prepared for a team?
Like Syracuse, UVA plays a style that no one else plays. It's very difficult to prepare in two or three days to play a different way. In The Dance, you have a week before it starts and in between the first and second weekends.
I don't know what Cuse is "willing to run more off of their D than UVA does" means. Both teams play an unconventional defensive brand of basketball that is difficult to prepare for.
UVA has consistently outperformed Syracuse on defense for the past few years (they've been ranked in the top 7 in defense for six consecutive years) and has outperformed them on offense in five of the last six years.
Again, UVa's kenpom rating hasn't been out of whack with their human rating. When a team goes 17-1 in the ACC and wins the ACC tournament, they are going to be a #1 seed.
Bennett has underachived in the NCAAs, but it doesn't mean their pre-tourney rating wasn't justified.
Thanks for proving my point. That's a silly question.
BTW, the last time I was on a team was about 10-12 years ago. Also on my team was a former player from Northwestern and one from Hofstra (who were much younger than me).