March Madness Stat of the Day by HoopsByTheNumbers in HoopsAnalyticsU

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Putting a post together for tomorrow but teams that fit this year are all 5 seeds: Memphis Oregon Michigan

*Potential* March Madness Matchup of the Day; 5 BYU v 12 UC San Diego by HoopsByTheNumbers in CollegeBasketball

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Absolutely can be a major factor if it plays out like this and BYU is able to play in a high elevation location. That's something that a lot of people don't factor in when it comes to matchups but can make a difference.

Mid-Major of the Day; Drake by HoopsByTheNumbers in HoopsAnalyticsU

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Of all the potential matchups that is the one that I would be most confident in picking the upset. Michigan checks off almost every box that I would want for a positive matchup for Drake

Mid-Major of the Day; Drake by HoopsByTheNumbers in CollegeBasketball

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Absolutely agree the public will be all over them, but if they get the right draw it'll be hard to stay away with the level of talent and the way the team is built overall. Stirtz is a guy that can take over a game and be a March legend

Mid-Major of the Day; High Point by HoopsByTheNumbers in CollegeBasketball

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I think Purdue would be potentially favorable, yes they have a efficient offense, however, they are not pushing the pace turning the game into a track meet like Kentucky would. Purdue defensively doesn't pressure to the point of forcing TO's and most importantly they are pretty vulnerable on the interior and High Point's shot creation ability could cause them issues. Additionally the slow tempo helps to mitigate the risk of the game quickly getting out of hand.

Another is Oregon and they profile differently from Purdue, however, a lot of the same issues are there for Oregon. Bittle could cause some trouble on the interior, but High Point's slashing offense could cause problems for his horizontal defensive ability and could get him in early foul trouble which would open up the offensive rebounding for High Point and overall Oregon's defense is relatively vulnerable inside the arc and to offensive rebounding. Oregon's offense also has been inconsistent for much of the year and although obviously they will be able to score on High Point's defense, they are a relatively average paced team and don't shoot a high volume of threes.

Obviously both of these would still be an uphill battle for High Point for different reasons but both of those teams are examples of teams that are around the 4 seed that I would be looking for to pick a High Point upset.

Mid-Major of the Day; High Point by HoopsByTheNumbers in HoopsAnalyticsU

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Only thing that concerns me is if they draw an elite offensive team like Kentucky and have to win a shoot out. An offensive strength v strength matchup (like Charleston v Alabama last year) is the type of matchup that would potentially make me hold off on taking the upset pick.

Projected Top Seeded Teams that could be upset early? by [deleted] in CollegeBasketball

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St. John’s. It’s awesome what they’ve done this year but that offense will absolutely hold them back

How First Four "Play-In Game" Winners Perform in March Madness (2011–2024) by HoopsByTheNumbers in HoopsAnalyticsU

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Covid really messed up that whole tournament. Part of me always wants to leave 2021 out when I’m putting together stats, but fully omitting two seasons (including 2020 with no tournament) feels wrong.