In Reply to: The big thing is to get off the 8-9 line. posted by mh on January 28, 2025 at 19:05:57
DeCourcy's generalization is for lesser programs.
UCLA has made the Sweet 16 50% of the time as an 8 seed (and it really should be 100%, we absolutely blew that game against the Fab 5.
We can also look at UNC as an 8 seed as part of that comp. They made the FF as an 8 (we should have killed them in the Sweet 16 as a 4, but our offense let us down). They also beat a #1 Stanford team as part of a deep run. Think also Kentucky beating a #1 Wichita St team in the second round as an 8 and going on to the title game.
Those stats aren't valid as a predictor for bluebloods, IMHO>