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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
We have had way too many bad beats in the tournament.
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Nah, some people just choose to focus on the failures.
If you say the first round is a 1 and winning the NC is 7, the average exit for KU in the past 18 years is 3.666 and Duke is 3.7777.... and if you take out Self's two first round exits because he was transitioning off Roy's team (and Duke didn't have a new coach in that time), KU goes up to 4, which is the average of an Elite Eight exit.
Kansas / Duke
NC - 1 / 3
Runner Up - 2 / 0
Elite Eight - 5 / 2
Sweet Sixteen - 3 / 7
2nd Round - 3 / 2
First Round - 2 / 3
It obviously doesn't account for seeding, but if someone want to focus on being a 1 seed and losing to a 4 or whatever, then boo-hoo, maybe find a different sport.
I could have gone back further (this missed a couple of KU's 2nd round losses, but also another one of Duke's 1st round and 2nd round exit each... it missed another Duke NC, but also another Runner up and EE and SSs for KU..... doubt it would have moved an 18 year average much)....... Maybe UNC or UK make out better, despite their NIT seasons.
