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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord
AZ, no matter what, kills me every year. I pick them to go deep, they blow it in the 1st round. I pick them to die early, they make the final 4.
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Let me help you out here. Years of watching my dad pick his alma mater to do decent, only to watch it always destroy his bracket - well, just don't pick Arizona.
I'll post part of what I posted somewhere else this morning:
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Losing in the first round to double digit seeds is a tradition there.
Lute Olson
1992: lose to 14 seed (as a 3)
1993: lost to 15 seed (as a 2)
1995: lose to 12 seed (as a 5)
1999: lose to 13 seed (as a 4)
2004: lose to 08 seed (as a 9)
2007: lose to 09 seed (as a 8)
Sean Miller
2016: lose to 11 seed (as a 6)
2018: lose to 13 seed (as a 4)
Tommy Lloyd
2023: lose to 15 seed (as a 2)
The only single-digit seeds they haven't lost in the first round as are a 1 and 7. The 1 is only a matter of time.
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