🏀 GAME THREAD March Madness 2026: Michigan (-7.5) and UConn advance to Championship Game

 

[TerryP]

Although meaningless, and in the arena of 'At least', Bama played Michigan score wise, closer than all of the other teams. Could help in moving to a higher final ranking. FWIW.

Roll Tide.

The did the a half. SLU had a closer final score: the only one in single digits.

The game did show us a few things from where I'm sitting. I'll go on a little "rant" after lunch.

 

[im4uainva]

The did the a half. SLU had a closer final score: the only one in single digits.

The game did show us a few things from where I'm sitting. I'll go on a little "rant" after lunch.

I would not question you, sir, because you're pretty damn sharp, but just to make sure we're on the same page, I was referring to the NCAA tournament. SLU lost 95-72. Now, it is possible I'm missing something and if so, please correct me.

Roll Tide!

 

[TerryP]

I would not question you, sir, because you're pretty damn sharp, but just to make sure we're on the same page, I was referring to the NCAA tournament. SLU lost 95-72. Now, it is possible I'm missing something and if so, please correct me.

Roll Tide!

No. You should question me; ALL the time. Now you have me questioning myself; a good thing.

There was something that stuck out to me about UM vs SLU and it was an odd number, one less than 10, and it was the only single digit ... I'll see if I can put it together.

 

[TerryP]

I would not question you, sir, because you're pretty damn sharp, but just to make sure we're on the same page, I was referring to the NCAA tournament. SLU lost 95-72. Now, it is possible I'm missing something and if so, please correct me.

Roll Tide!

I've looked through my history that morning and it involves some 12 or so stat sites I looked at with UM and the tourney. I can't remember what it was: I just know it was there.

One of the "rabbit holes" had to do with shooting, scoring, and percentages. IE: UT gets smacked around by UM and it was the worst 3PT percentage they have had in the tourney: the only game under 40 percent. On the other hand, the team that gave them the fits so far (1st half lead as example) was Bama and UM had their best game from behind the arc: almost 50 percent.

I'm not thinking it revolves around this ... but the more I think, the more confused I am on what I was researching. I suspect it came from an obscure stat; kill ratios. Teams in the tourney that have seven or more consecutive runs where they've held their opponents scoreless on a possession, three times in a row, win 90 percent of their games. So, if you can stop a team three times in a row, and do it seven times in a game, you'll win 9 of 10. I'll have to look at play by play to see if I'm right here...

Between getting Texas and OU confused all week last week, getting something like this mixed up while watching games ... not surprising, AT ALL. I don't forget what I read. I DO forget where, often.