Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Nobody's Invincible

Last year, for the first time, all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament.

Don't bet on it happening again. Here's a look at some of this year's #1 seeds' less shining moments:

Louisville (28-5): Ranked #1 in the AP and USA Today/ESPN polls. The Cardinals got baked at Notre Dame back on February 12th, 90-57.

North Carolina (28-4): #1 AP, #3 USA Today/ESPN. The Tar Heels stumbled against two unranked teams -- Boston College (at home!) and at Maryland.

Pittsburgh (28-4): #4 in both polls. They lost at Providence, and lost to West Virginia in the first round of the Big East tournament.

Connecticut (27-4): #5 AP, #6 USA Today/ESPN. Georgetown, which didn't even make it to the Big Dance, beat them at home; and UConn also lost in the first round of the Big East tournament, to Syracuse.

None of these teams were able to win their own conference tournaments...

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