At that point, the Wolf Pack had a 99.1% chance to advance to the second round of the men’s NCAA tournament, according to ESPN Analytics. That improved to 99.5% with 7:14 left in the game, which is right when Dayton started chipping away at Nevada’s lead. The Flyers then went on a 24-4 run to […]
Continue readingTake Purdue, which wasn’t ranked in the preseason AP poll last season. It went to the Phil Knight Legacy in Portland, Oregon, in November ranked at No. 24. One week later, the Boilermakers skyrocketed to No. 5 overall; only Houston had more first-place votes than Matt Painter’s team. They used that early momentum and wins […]
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