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Posted by Cachorro on March 09, 2026 at 12:24:34

In Reply to: Men #34 in NET and #30 in WAB but #28 on KenPom, #27 by Torvik... posted by Born2BBruin on March 09, 2026 at 10:37:59

Not to discount your point — those numbers are impressive considering where things looked just a couple of weeks ago. That said, I’d argue that for this particular team, there isn’t much practical difference between a 7, 8, 9, or 10 seed.

The Bruins are very unlikely to move up to a 6, and they’re probably not falling to an 11 either — which means the path almost certainly has them facing a 1 or 2 seed in the second round if they advance.

Right now, the likely 1s and 2s still jockeying for position for that final No. 1 line include Duke, Arizona, Michigan, Florida, Houston, UConn, Michigan State, and Illinois.
Are we really catching a break by drawing UConn instead of Arizona, for example? I’m not so sure. As you know, they can’t match up with a conference opponent until the Sweet 16, but against any of those other teams, the Bruins would likely be significant underdogs.

That’s not to say they can’t win that game — March is March — but realistically, they’d have to play well above their heads.

You could make the argument that the real opportunity for a different path disappeared with the losses to Indiana and Cal.

That 5–6 seed route would have been a much nicer road and likely would have allowed us a chance to play into the second weekend. Still, I think we can agree that none of those teams on the 1 and 2 lines will be happy to be facing the Bruins in that second game. Let the chips fall where they may. Go Bruins!


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