Villanova, Arizona, Texas Tech, Purdue, St Peter's, UCLA

all played 3 tourney games.

I doubt there's any correlation that's meaningful.

you also have to remember that there are relatively few teams who get the opportunity to play more than 2...so of course a lot of teams that play only 1 or 2 will advance.

[Post edited by Pylons at 03/21/2022 10:36AM]

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Posted: 03/21/2022 at 10:34AM

Duke, UNC, UM all sweet 16 after playing 2,1,1 games respectively in ACC -- DeputyD 03/21/2022 10:06AM

5 games in 8 days is tough, just like Tennessee had to do. Big part of it. ** -- TboneParkerVT 03/21/2022 11:04PM

You win what you can…one team wins both tourneys. 1 of 16 or 1 of 70 or -- JACHokies 03/21/2022 3:29PM

We did live life at a pretty frantic pace for a week. 4 games in 4 days, -- UEMcGill 03/21/2022 1:41PM

A lot going on -- crazylane 03/21/2022 2:48PM

Sometimes the shots don't fall and the opponents' shots do ** -- Tuckahokie 03/21/2022 11:14AM

TX vs VT 53% made 3-pointers. Against Purdue? 36% Sums it up right there! ** -- The Bear 03/21/2022 2:44PM

Yep. Jones shot 71% from 3 and Carr shot 60% -- HwoodHokie 03/21/2022 12:45PM

Reminds me of Syracuse in 2006 -- HwoodHokie 03/21/2022 11:04AM

The history of the big East is littered with conf -- GreenvilleVT 03/21/2022 10:53AM

I think it was Connecticut -- crazylane 03/21/2022 7:14PM

Cuse had a couple of 3&4 game tournament runs in the BE -- millmtnhokie 03/21/2022 10:58AM

I think they lost to Richmond in the first round -- GreenvilleVT 03/21/2022 11:35AM

Scratch that. They lost in the quarters of be tourney -- GreenvilleVT 03/21/2022 11:38AM

Duke played 3 (Syr, Mia, & VT); UNC 2 (UVA & VT) and Miami 2 (BC & Duke)** -- 86TechHokie 03/21/2022 10:47AM

I think the emotion of winning the acc tournament -- millmtnhokie 03/21/2022 10:46AM

It also had a lot to do with the style of play the officials allowed -- Vienna_Hokie 03/21/2022 3:14PM

Beard had 4 days to prepare a defense for us + his offense can from nowhere -- HOKIE75-79 03/21/2022 12:16PM

Purdue’s size was a problem for Texas. Aluma was robbed of minutes -- millmtnhokie 03/21/2022 1:03PM

Two keys for Purdue that VT did not have -- ShockWaveVT 03/21/2022 5:58PM

Sometimes guys make a higher percentage of shots than they normally would. -- HokieEngineer 03/21/2022 12:32PM

I think it’s really hard to win 4 or 5 games in row vs ~equal competition. ** -- marcbvtgm 03/21/2022 10:49AM

Villanova, Arizona, Texas Tech, Purdue, St Peter's, UCLA -- Pylons 03/21/2022 10:34AM

Villanova, Arizona, Texas Tech, Purdue, St Peter's, UCLA

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