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Since 2004, Cal's NEVER Lost To A Team Seeded More Than 1 Spot Worse In NCAAT

dlh331

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I hope that makes sense. After these numbers, perhaps it will:

2006 Cal's #1 seeded team lose to #2

2007 Cal's #2 team lost to #1

2008 Cal's #1 team lost To #1

2009 Cal's #2 team lost to #3

2010 Cal's #1 team lost to #2

2011 Cal's #4 team lost to #3

2012 NCAA Champion

2014 Cal's #8 team lost to #7

2015 Cal's #1 team lost to #1

2016 Cal's #4 team lost to #5

2017 Cal's #2 team lost to #1

NO....NO...other coach can claim these type numbers over the last 12 years. Cal has never had a bad loss over this period. Not one.
 
yep, i mentioned this before...some weird debate about his coaching.

i think this is one of the most insane thing to be honest. IN NCAA tournament, against other great coach. Only time he losses is when the game is actually 50/50. And anything goes...

Other coaches have lost games that they should have won 65/35.

Self and K both lost one thats like 99/1. Which is terrible losses.
 
To put that into some perspective, while Cal has been at UK:

Duke lost to a 4 seed as a 1 in 2011, lost to a 15 seed as a 2 in 2012, lost to a 14 seed as a 3 in 2014, and lost to a 7 as a 2 this year.

Kansas lost to a 9 seed as a 1 in 2010, an 11 seed as a 1 in 2011, a 4 seed as a 1 in 2013, a 10 seed as a 2 in 2014, a 7 seed as a 2 in 2015, and a 3 seed as a 1 this year. (If UK had done this, people would be calling for Cal to be publicly executed).

UNC has avoided upsets, and in all honesty, Roy has been a great tournament coach since he went to UNC. But take a look at what he did (or, more precisely, didn't do) at Kansas from 89-2002. Which goes to show how NCAA Tournament success (or failure) can be incredibly random (unless you're Kansas, in which case it's pretty obvious that you're overrated entering the tourney and are going to get your ass kicked way before your seeding would suggest).
 
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