In Reply to: MBB: Big Ten Advanced Stats posted by mh on August 13, 2025 at 11:43:50
a deep run in the tournament because their stats were within one standard deviation of the average Elite-8 team stats...
And Michigan State deserved to go as far as they did because they played statistically good defense...
And Purdue overperformed because they lost to Houston in the Sweet-16...
And Maryland is praised for losing to eventual champion Florida, and having better defensive stats than MSU...
BUT UCLA, who had the best combination of stats by his own rubric, somehow deserved to be seeded #7 simply because they lost to Tennessee, when any basic statistical analysis clearly shows the Bruins were woefully underseeded.