Am I the only one who does not like NCAA Tournament Upsets?

[BillD1984]

This year, we're due for a ton of upsets.

Siena will probably be a 12 or 13 seed. I can easily see them beating a 4 or 5 seed.

 

[HD MM]

Siena will probably be a 12 or 13 seed. I can easily see them beating a 4 or 5 seed.

Very true. They could be this year's "Davidson".

 

[anders5189]

Siena will probably be a 12 or 13 seed. I can easily see them beating a 4 or 5 seed.

They killed Vanderbilt in the 1st round last year as a 13.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

We have had a few #15's win. Anybody remember who they were?

 

[HD MM]

We have had a few #15's win. Anybody remember who they were?

A quick Wikipedia tells me only four #15's have ever beaten #2 seeds....

• [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Spiders_men%27s_basketball"]Richmond Spiders men's basketball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:RichmondSpiders.png" class="image" title="Richmond Spiders athletic logo"><img alt="Richmond Spiders athletic logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/RichmondSpiders.png/150px-RichmondSpiders.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/3/3a/RichmondSpiders.png/150px-RichmondSpiders.png[/ame] over [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_men%27s_basketball"]Syracuse Orange men's basketball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:SyracuseOrange.svg" class="image" title="Syracuse Orange athletic logo"><img alt="Syracuse Orange athletic logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/SyracuseOrange.svg/150px-SyracuseOrange.svg.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/d/dc/SyracuseOrange.svg/150px-SyracuseOrange.svg.png[/ame] 73–69 in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament"]1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
• [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University"]Santa Clara University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="image"><img alt="Question book-new.svg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png[/ame] over [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball"]Arizona Wildcats men's basketball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:University_of_Arizona_Block_A.svg" class="image" title="Arizona Wildcats athletic logo"><img alt="Arizona Wildcats athletic logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/University_of_Arizona_Block_A.svg/150px-University_of_Arizona_Block_A.svg.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/e/e4/University_of_Arizona_Block_A.svg/150px-University_of_Arizona_Block_A.svg.png[/ame] 64–61 in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament"]1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:University_of_North_Carolina_Tarheels_Interlocking_NC_logo.svg" class="image"><img alt="University of North Carolina Tarheels Interlocking NC logo.svg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/University_of_North_Carolina_Tarheels_Interlocking_NC_logo.svg/50px-University_of_North_Carolina_Tarheels_Interlocking_NC_logo.svg.png"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/f/fd/University_of_North_Carolina_Tarheels_Interlocking_NC_logo.svg/50px-University_of_North_Carolina_Tarheels_Interlocking_NC_logo.svg.png[/ame]
• [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppin_State_University"]Coppin State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:CoppinSeal.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/CoppinSeal.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@en/2/23/CoppinSeal.jpg[/ame] over [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks"]South Carolina Gamecocks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:USCGamecocks.png" class="image"><img alt="USCGamecocks.png" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a9/USCGamecocks.png/100px-USCGamecocks.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/a/a9/USCGamecocks.png/100px-USCGamecocks.png[/ame] 78–65 in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament"]1997 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:1997FinalFourLogo.png" class="image" title="1997 Final Four logo"><img alt="1997 Final Four logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5e/1997FinalFourLogo.png/150px-1997FinalFourLogo.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/5/5e/1997FinalFourLogo.png/150px-1997FinalFourLogo.png[/ame]
• [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_University"]Hampton University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Hampton_University_logo.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Hampton_University_logo.png/200px-Hampton_University_logo.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/4/41/Hampton_University_logo.png/200px-Hampton_University_logo.png[/ame] over [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_State_Cyclones_men%27s_basketball"]Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Iowa_State_Cyclones_logo.svg" class="image" title="Iowa State Cyclones athletic logo"><img alt="Iowa State Cyclones athletic logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/Iowa_State_Cyclones_logo.svg/150px-Iowa_State_Cyclones_logo.svg.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/f/f9/Iowa_State_Cyclones_logo.svg/150px-Iowa_State_Cyclones_logo.svg.png[/ame] 58–57 in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament"]2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:2001FinalFour.png" class="image" title="2001 Final Four logo"><img alt="2001 Final Four logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/2001FinalFour.png/150px-2001FinalFour.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/9/94/2001FinalFour.png/150px-2001FinalFour.png[/ame]

 

[anders5189]

We have had a few #15's win. Anybody remember who they were?

Richmond was the first IIRC. They sent Syracuse packing in 91. I think South Carolina was a 2 that lost to Coppin St in 97 and Hampton beat Iowa St in 2001. Belmont came pretty to close to knocking off dook last year, but unlike horseshoes and hand grenades close doesn't count.

 

[BillD1984]

A quick Wikipedia tells me only four #15's have ever beaten #2 seeds....

• Richmond over Syracuse 73–69 in 1991
• Santa Clara over Arizona 64–61 in 1993
• Coppin State over South Carolina 78–65 in 1997
• Hampton over Iowa State 58–57 in 2001

Wow, I didn't realize there was that many!

 

[BillD1984]

They killed Vanderbilt in the 1st round last year as a 13.

That's right too, I forgot about that. Vanderbilt was a paper tiger for a #4 seed, but still, an upset's an upset.

 

[anders5189]

A quick Wikipedia tells me only four #15's have ever beaten #2 seeds....

• Richmond over Syracuse 73–69 in 1991
• Santa Clara over Arizona 64–61 in 1993
• Coppin State over South Carolina 78–65 in 1997
• Hampton over Iowa State 58–57 in 2001

Forgot about the Santa Clara upset. Of course in hindsight can you really be a 15 seed when have Steve Nash? That was one of the all time ambushes.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

I remember that game. First time that I saw Nash. My friends and I called them the "surfer dudes". Helluva upset. I'm telling you guys, this could be the year for a #1 to fall.

 

[HD MM]

I remember that game. First time that I saw Nash. My friends and I called them the "surfer dudes". Helluva upset. I'm telling you guys, this could be the year for a #1 to fall.

Hopefully it'll be UNC who falls. Now that would really throw the tourney upside down.

 

[SabresRule]

Hampton over Iowa State 58–57 in 2001

I had Iowa State winning it all that year. Ouch.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

I had Iowa State winning it all that year. Ouch.

So your "prognostic" skills are something you just developed? Iowa St.? Really?

 

[BillD1984]

So your "prognostic" skills are something you just developed? Iowa St.? Really?

LMAO!!!! :haha:haha:haha

 

[HD MM]

I had Iowa State winning it all that year. Ouch.

No wonder you hate upsets. You had a bad experience as a child. Your bracket was dashed by Hapton!

 

[Paul Wozniak]

No wonder you hate upsets. You had a bad experience as a child. Your bracket was dashed by Hapton!

Matt, you beat me to that one.

 

[hancox]

I had Iowa State winning it all that year. Ouch.

*I* picked Hampton as my yearly "upset special" that year.

I also picked Princeton over UCLA in 95-96.

 

[SabresRule]

HD, I have to ask this:

when your Buckeyes made it all the way to the title game in 2007, they almost lost in round 2 to Xavier if not for a miracle three.

All that hard work that Oden and the Thad Five did could have gone down the toilet to freaking Xavier.

Had Ron Lewis missed that three, you would have been pissed as I am- "We did all that work to lose to a team of muskateers?!"

 

[hancox]

All hogwash.

My team got taken down by GEORGE F'ING MASON in a regional final - and I STILL love the upsets!

Case closed.

 

[anders5189]

What Sabres is saying is one of the reasons that I love and hate the NCAA Tournament. To me it's the ultimate sporting event, but it is filled with heartbreak. There are still losses that I can't get over. Carolina's losses to Utah in the 98 FF and their loss to BC in 94 when we were #1 in the nation and had the FF in Charlotte are as painful as any I've seen. But in spite of all that, the tournament is fair. Every team has it's share of heartbreak. And when you compare college basketball to college football and their lunacy I'll take the NCAA Tournament even with the heartbreak any time.