https://theathletic.com/4311144/2023/03/15/ncaa-tournament-win-eamonn-brennan/
One deep sleeper just for fun
Texas A&M: I picked Texas A&M to go to the Final Four. This will likely not happen. Indeed, because I picked Texas A&M to go to the Final Four, it is cosmically more likely to lose. That's just how it works. But for the last time, we'll remind you that since Jan. 1 when A&M put that atrocious nonconference slate behind there have been five teams better than A&M in the country, per Bart Torvik. A&M is 17-4 in that span, finished 15-3 in the SEC, beat Tennessee and Alabama and Missouri (twice), and established itself as the team the committee would definitely underseed because the entire season matters when it comes time to figure out your place in the bracket. And fair enough.
But seed doesn't matter beyond that. A&M has been playing like a top-10 team for a very long time. That guarantees nothing, but if you're looking for a long shot to throw a random bet on, you could do far worse than this.
History suggests A&M can't do it. But you never know someone has to buck the trend every now and then, just to keep things lively.
One deep sleeper just for fun
Texas A&M: I picked Texas A&M to go to the Final Four. This will likely not happen. Indeed, because I picked Texas A&M to go to the Final Four, it is cosmically more likely to lose. That's just how it works. But for the last time, we'll remind you that since Jan. 1 when A&M put that atrocious nonconference slate behind there have been five teams better than A&M in the country, per Bart Torvik. A&M is 17-4 in that span, finished 15-3 in the SEC, beat Tennessee and Alabama and Missouri (twice), and established itself as the team the committee would definitely underseed because the entire season matters when it comes time to figure out your place in the bracket. And fair enough.
But seed doesn't matter beyond that. A&M has been playing like a top-10 team for a very long time. That guarantees nothing, but if you're looking for a long shot to throw a random bet on, you could do far worse than this.
History suggests A&M can't do it. But you never know someone has to buck the trend every now and then, just to keep things lively.