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0 Subject: Tally of Shorts vs. Longs

Posted by: Guru
- [32127115] Thu, Mar 16, 18:16

Here's a quick table showing how many times each unit appears as a short or a long. There are 691 total entries.

Cincy is the most popular short.
Temple and Mich. State are the most popular longs.

Seed Unit                Short  Long
 1   Duke                  124   189
 1   Stanford              166   123
 1   Michigan St.           61   306
 1   Arizona               354    44
 2   Temple                 66   315
 2   Cincinnati            428    54
 2   Iowa State             95   162
 2   St. Johns              90   230
 3   Okla. State           174    58
 3   Ohio State             96   271
 3   Maryland              177    85
 3   Oklahoma              157    42
 4   Illinois              190    65
 4   Tennessee             166    69
 4   Syracuse              237    37
 4   LSU                    94   164
 5   Florida                84   111
 5   Connecticut           101   166
 5   Kentucky              143    59
 5   Texas                  85    99
 6   Indiana               146    75
 6   Miami (Fla)           112    40
 6   UCLA                   68   192
 6   Purdue                102    44
 7   Oregon                 85    32
 7   Tulsa                  17   246
 7   Auburn                111    26
 7   Louisville             69     9
 8   Kansas                 46    50
 8   No. Carolina           34    48
 8   Utah                   15    31
 8   Wisconsin              20    60
 9   DePaul                 45    40
 9   Missouri               28    17
 9   St. Louis              34    30
 9   Fresno St.             19    81
 10  Seton Hall             41    74
 10  UNLV                   51    35
 10  Creighton              19    65
 10  Gonzaga                20   132
 11  Pepperdine             39    74
 11  Arkansas               16   124
 11  Ball State             23    20
 11  Dayton                 12    77
 12  Butler                 41    23
 12  Utah State             13    49
 12  St. Bonaventure        15    61
 12  Indiana St.            18    30
 13  Penn                   26    34
 13  La. Lafayette           9    16
 13  Samford                12    41
 13  SE Missouri St.         9    13
 14  Hofstra                26    28
 14  Appalachian St.         6     4
 14  Iona                   12     6
 14  Winthrop                9    15
 15  Lafayette              23     9
 15  UNC Wilmington          4    17
 15  Cent. Conn. St.         6     5
 15  No. Arizona             6     7
 16  Lamar                  31     7
 16  S. Carolina St.        10     4
 16  Valparaiso             11     4
 16  Jackson St.             8     2
 1   #1 seed basket        111    62
 2   #2 seed basket         99   116
 3   #3 seed basket        133    58
 4   #4 seed basket        186    35
 5   #5 seed basket        119    81
 6   #6 seed basket        104    49
 7   #7 seed basket        102    25
 8   #8 seed basket         39    36
 9   #9 seed basket         42    31
 10  #10 seed basket        46    71
 11  #11 seed basket        41    57
 12  #12 seed basket        55    65
 13  #13 seed basket        53    36
 14  #14 seed basket        62    21
 15  #15 seed basket        44    11
 16  #16 seed basket        45     5
 Big 10 (6 teams)       73   156
 Big 12 (6 teams)      134    73
 SEC (6 teams)         165    72
 Big East (5 teams)    101    63
 Conf USA (4 teams)    281    21
 Pac 10 (4 teams)      169    60
 ACC (3 teams)          92    55
 Atl 10 (3 teams)       59    79
 
1BillB
      ID: 260172910
      Thu, Mar 16, 22:21
Tulsa? 246 longs?? wow....
2steve houpt
      ID: 11017290
      Sat, Mar 25, 03:06
still 246 people happy.
3Ref
      ID: 81261214
      Sat, Mar 25, 08:17
tulsa was longed because of their potential matchup with cincy. if they played, say , temple in the 2nd round--it would have been much different.
4steve houpt
      ID: 11017290
      Sat, Mar 25, 09:40
That's one reason I longed them. Main reason was they were ranked 8th in many power ranking polls before the tourney and still seeded a #7. I may have still shorted Cincinnati, but not longed another #7 just because of a potential matchup with Cincinnati.
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