Only one thing left to do

Shove everyone’s shite in

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'm pretty sure an 8 has never won the tourney.

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And??

No 8 seed has ever been this far underseeded.

It was in 2009. What are the chances it would be the same school?

I agree. I'm beginning to believe the Tigers wouldn't have made the tourney at all with their usual one-and-done SEC tourney pattern. It makes no sense being that low.

Villinova did in 1985;
No. 7 UConn beat #8 Kentucky in 2014

Eight seeds have made 6 Final Four appearances. That is MORE than 7, 9, 10, 11 seeds, the same amount as 6 seeds, and only 2 less than #5 seeds.

The burden of an 8 seed is that your first round game is against a team equally as good. 8 seeds only have a 52% winning % in the opening round. Then, if you win you are 99% likely to face a #1 seed. In those games 8 seeds have only won 20% of the time. But.....

If you can slay the dragon (1 seed) early something magical happens. 8 seeds have WINNING records vs. 4, 5, AND 2 seeds (the most likely opponents in the second week). To the contrary, 7, 10, and 11 seeds (while slightly more likely to get out of the first weekend) have LOSING records vs. 2, 3, and 1 seeds (the most likely opponents in the second week)

Finally, at least one seed has #1 seed has failed to make it out of the first weekend in FIVE of the last SEVEN tournaments. And it took a tip in rimming out in 2019 for it not to be 6 of the last seven