16th seeds should be renamed "punching bags" (in Off-topic)


kevlar March 19 2009 6:35 PM EDT

1 North Carolina 101
16 Radford 58 Final

1 Connecticut 103
16 Chattanooga 47 Final

Wiki: Since the inception of the 64-team tournament in 1985, each seed-pairing has played a total of 96 first-round games.

The #1 seed has beaten the #16 seed all 96 times (100%).


{Wookie}-Jir.Vr- March 19 2009 6:42 PM EDT

haha that's funny

Warbringer March 19 2009 6:45 PM EDT

What do you expect from them?

kevlar March 19 2009 7:14 PM EDT

Wizard'sFirstRule March 25 2009 6:58 PM EDT

has anyone made lots of money by betting against them?

Wasp March 25 2009 7:02 PM EDT

Obviously not as they lost every game :P

Wizard'sFirstRule March 25 2009 7:04 PM EDT

I mean with the #1 seed and against the #16 seed

[P]Mitt March 30 2009 12:27 AM EDT

1989: Georgetown 50, Princeton 49

Don't count it out. Same thing happened that same year: Another 16 seed lost by 1 point in that tournament 72-73.

kevlar March 30 2009 12:34 AM EDT

^Now that is a game I would like to watch, wonder if they have or will play it on the "Classic" channel.

[P]Mitt March 30 2009 12:38 AM EDT

Talking about games I'd like to watch (completely):

Princeton 43 - UCLA 41

Princeton (13 seed) beat the defending national champions UCLA (4 seed) in the first round of the tournament.

Impossible can happen.

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