Comments on: Where is Cinderella? http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: fletch http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html/comment-page-1#comment-5060 fletch Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:44:02 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html#comment-5060 <p>mjh-</p> <p><br /> <i>Woulda/Coulda/Shoulda...</i></p> <p>Don't I know <a href="http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=274000055&confId=null" rel="nofollow">it</a>!</p> <p><br /> I 'woulda been a contendah' in the "coyote" pool if the RedHawks had won...</p> mjh-

Woulda/Coulda/Shoulda…

Don’t I know it!

I ‘woulda been a contendah’ in the “coyote” pool if the RedHawks had won…

]]> By: Mike http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html/comment-page-1#comment-5059 Mike Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:58:12 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html#comment-5059 <p>Re: "the continuing decrease in mid-majors receiving bids"</p> <p>The decrease in mid-majors receiving bids, combined possibly with a modest increase respect for mid-majors so they are better seeded when they get in, reduces the number of Cinderellas. Haven't looked carefully at the data, but this is my new favorite theory on the topic.</p> <p>Something like 5 of 16 teams still in are mid-majors, but all were seeded 7 or better so can't really claim Cinderella status.</p> <p>I think a lot of the old ladies at the big dance last year were upset at being upstaged by Cinderella GMU, and so fewer at-large invites were given out to mid-majors and a little extra respect was sent to those that got in.</p> Re: “the continuing decrease in mid-majors receiving bids”

The decrease in mid-majors receiving bids, combined possibly with a modest increase respect for mid-majors so they are better seeded when they get in, reduces the number of Cinderellas. Haven’t looked carefully at the data, but this is my new favorite theory on the topic.

Something like 5 of 16 teams still in are mid-majors, but all were seeded 7 or better so can’t really claim Cinderella status.

I think a lot of the old ladies at the big dance last year were upset at being upstaged by Cinderella GMU, and so fewer at-large invites were given out to mid-majors and a little extra respect was sent to those that got in.

]]> By: mjh http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html/comment-page-1#comment-5058 mjh Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:10:12 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html#comment-5058 <p>Woulda/Coulda/Shoulda been <a href="http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=274000004" rel="nofollow">three</a>.</p> Woulda/Coulda/Shoulda been three.

]]> By: Craig http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html/comment-page-1#comment-5057 Craig Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:36:54 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/03/where_is_cinder.html#comment-5057 <p>Upsets occur pretty randomly, though, so I don't think we can ascribe the lack of upsets to any specific reason. It just takes the right mix of luck, circumstance, and overconfidence on the part of the favorite. A bigger problem, I think, is the continuing decrease in mid-majors receiving bids, which instead go to marginal major conference teams.</p> Upsets occur pretty randomly, though, so I don’t think we can ascribe the lack of upsets to any specific reason. It just takes the right mix of luck, circumstance, and overconfidence on the part of the favorite. A bigger problem, I think, is the continuing decrease in mid-majors receiving bids, which instead go to marginal major conference teams.

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