2014 NCAA Tournament Dark Horse Predictions

[PaulNewman]

^^^^Exactly.

[Mr.Right]

You keep mentioning the SOS as though the SOS correlates with winning games, or, by itself, makes someone a favorite.  That's not my understanding.

NCAC, I may be confused but doesn't playing a harder schedule prepare you better for playing harder opponents in the NCAA.... If I am mistaken, please let me know......

So is a 4-10-2 team that played a .585 SOS more prepared for the NCAA tournament than a 11-3-3 team that played a .545 SOS?

SOS by itself mean little because tells you nothing about the team of interest and only something about their opponents.  Messiah has never had the SOS of the NESCAC or UAA schools, but they haven't seemed underprepared for the tournament.  Over the past decade, Dominican has made Sweet 16 and Elite 8 runs with SOS's only a little over .500; would Bates or Colby-Sawyer have done better with their SOS's over .550?

I agree with your argument but not sure why Colby-Sawyer is included in this argument. They are usually one of the worst teams in New England and in one of the weakest conferences in the country

[Flying Weasel]

Oops!  Meant Colby, not Colby-Sawyer.

[Nutmeg]

Tufts or Bowdoin......

Not bad, Flounder...to pick this at the beginning...if I could give karma I would!