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KG

(28,797 posts) Thu Mar 15, 2012, 04:20 PM Mar 2012

any chance a 16 seed winning a game this year?

that's the extent of my interest in the tourney anymore....

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any chance a 16 seed winning a game this year? (Original Post) KG Mar 2012 OP

Nate Silver said there's a 15% chance Renew Deal Mar 2012 #1

Funny you should mention that KamaAina Mar 2012 #2

'Cuse pulls it out 72-65 KamaAina Mar 2012 #3

What means 'Fab Melo'?? lastlib Mar 2012 #6

Fab is short for Fabricio JonLP24 Mar 2012 #7

Not with refs like in the Syracuse-UNCA game. Common Sense Party Mar 2012 #4

Amen to that. GeorgeGist Mar 2012 #5

Renew Deal

(85,349 posts)

1. Nate Silver said there's a 15% chance

Reply to KG (Original post)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 04:21 PM

Mar 2012

Which he considered very high

"Speaking of those No. 1 seeds, there is a higher-than-normal chance this year of one of them being beaten by a No. 16 seed for the first time in tournament history. Specifically, there is about a 15 percent chance that at least one of them will lose. The reason has less to do with the No. 1 seeds and more to do with the No. 16 seeds, who are pretty decent this year. The expansion of the play-in round last year meant that the very weakest No. 16 seeds will be weeded out before they play one of the big names, and a lot of the smaller conferences this year had at least one pretty good team."

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/fivethirtyeight-picks-the-n-c-a-a-bracket/

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

2. Funny you should mention that

Reply to KG (Original post)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 04:48 PM

Mar 2012

No. 1 Syracuse trails No. 16 UNC-Asheville at the half.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201203150553

Of course, even if UNC-A pulls off the shocker, it'll have a Barry Bonds-size *; 'Cuse was made a 1 seed before it lost star Fab Melo to "eligibility issues".

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. 'Cuse pulls it out 72-65

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 05:46 PM

Mar 2012

Sigh... and that was probably the best chance.

lastlib

(28,603 posts)

6. What means 'Fab Melo'??

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 10:23 AM

Mar 2012

Someone's nickname? or a rap artist? a la 'P. Diddyshit' or whatever?

sounds pretty stupid to me.....but what do I know?

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JonLP24

(29,979 posts)

7. Fab is short for Fabricio

Reply to lastlib (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:40 PM

Mar 2012

His first name.

Common Sense Party

(14,139 posts)

4. Not with refs like in the Syracuse-UNCA game.

Reply to KG (Original post)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 05:47 PM

Mar 2012

They definitely wanted Cuse to win.

GeorgeGist

(25,570 posts)

5. Amen to that.

Reply to Common Sense Party (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 06:10 PM

Mar 2012

Nonetheless, Boeheim is going down. Big time.

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