Tourney History: Michigan State is a solid tourney performer, with an overachieving +.378 PASE that ranks 10th out of 99 schools that have been to the tourney at least six times. If that seems lower than you expected, bear in mind that the Jud Heathcote years of the modern tourney era (which don’t include the Magic Johnson squads), were less than stellar. While Jud was a definite overachiever in the entertainment department—nobody pounds their ...
I did some research of my own and found that 2,4, and 7 seeded teams with coaches under 5'2" in height, in a tournament where their rivals make it in after more than 10 years of being out , and have at least 2 liquor store villains in the program's history lose in the first round 89 percent of the time. Can you include coaches height in next year's Bracket Master?... more »« less