Sorry...
Winning % by seed in the BTT games
1 - 67%
2 - 79%
3 - 38%
4 - 40%
5 - 33%
6 - 65%
7 - 38%
8 - 50%
9 - 33%
10 - 36%
11 - 23%
Gophers will get the 6th seed. At first glance I thought that the 6th seed was the money-spot due to the spike in winning percentage. But then took a step back and realized that 6 seeds always play 11th seeds in the first round so this is a case where percentages lie.
(However by this point I had already made the 'airball' post from above so I feel the need to finish out the thought)
However, the Gophers, if they get past the 11th seed will be playing the 3rd seed in the second round, notice that 3rd seeds have only won 38% of their games.
A 3 seed has only gotten to the championship game one...1998 Purdue. That year Purdue won two games in the tournament. Overall 3 seeds have one 6 games in 10 years...my rough math says that the 3 seed vs. 6 seed in the Big Ten Tournament is a 50/50 proposition.
How's that for some slow-Friday-at-the-office thinking?
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