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mdm2005 · 05-13-2008, 10:37 PM

The point is they have multi-McDonald American type players and are consistently in the top five and rarely close the deal (win championships), hence, they underachieve given the talent they put on the floor/that sits on their bench.

ESPN did an analysis of teams with top seeds and found that Duke followed by UNC underachieved more as #1-3 seeds than any other schools in the country. My comments were greatly influenced by these findings.

05-13-2008, 10:37 PM	#181 (permalink)
mdm2005 RCMB Donor 1,000+ posts Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,925	The point is they have multi-McDonald American type players and are consistently in the top five and rarely close the deal (win championships), hence, they underachieve given the talent they put on the floor/that sits on their bench. ESPN did an analysis of teams with top seeds and found that Duke followed by UNC underachieved more as #1-3 seeds than any other schools in the country. My comments were greatly influenced by these findings. __________________ 2007-2008 MSU Basketball: 27- 9 => 1) #5 NCAA Seed 2) Another Sweet 16 3) The 2nd Winningest NCAA Tournament Program in the modern Era (24 wins and counting) !! Missouri (W) 86-83r;UCLA #1 (L) 68-63r;NC State #24 (W) 81-58;Bradley (W) 66-61r; BYU #22 (W) 68 - 61r; Texas #4 (W) 78-72n; Indiana #14 (W) 103-74;... http://michiganstate.rivals.com/bschedule.asp Last edited by mdm2005; 05-13-2008 at 10:42 PM.