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Praise for The Basketball Distribution:

"...confusing." - CBS
"...quite the pun master." - ESPN

Overrated/Underrated, continued.

I've been reading up on ESPN's "Giant Killer" stuff (I am using my 30-day trial for INsider) and they make some pretty good points. So I'll just auction off this information:

According to ESPN:
Florida State, Butler, and Xavier all have great potential to fall far.

and my, my, look who's predicted to knock off some giants:
San Diego St., VCU, Cleveland State

VCU, as we all know, owned Duke a couple years Back. And Cleveland State shocked the world (barely) this week as they clinched an automatic NCAA tournament bid by winning the Horizon League tournament, over highly-touted Butler.


While this is all well and good, none of these 3 giant killers are above the 50% stat that they often require to kill giants. So I'm just gonna delve into some more over and underrated territory.

I know I should be patient and wait for the brackets, but some important things are here:

Overrated:
Florida State:
Likely Seed: 5
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 12, 4
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #37 (10)

LSU:
Likely Seed: 6
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 11, 3
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #40 (10)

Utah St:
Likely Seed: 10
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 7
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #59 (15)

Dayton:
Likely Seed: 9
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 8
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #83 (21 aka 16)

Siena:
Likely Seed: 9
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 8
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #63 (16)

Underrated:

West Virginia (still):
Likely Seed: 6
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 6,3,2
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #8 (2)


Gonzaga:
Likely Seed: 4
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 5, 1, 2
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #4 (1)

Purdue:
Likely Seed: 5
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 12, 4, 1
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #16 (4)

San Diego St.:
Likely Seed: 11
Likely Opponents' Seeds: 6, 3
Kenpom Rating (Seed): #32 (8)

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