(03-29-2013 09:40 AM)bullet Wrote:  Before you get too carried away:
Cincinnati 10 seed lost to 7 seed Creighton-MVC
Pitt 8 seed lost to 9 seed Wichita St.-MVC
Notre Dame 7 seed lost to 10 seed Iowa St.-Big 12
Villanova 9 seed lost to 8 seed UNC-ACC
Georgetown 2 seed lost to 15 seed FGCU-Atlantic Sun

Only 3 of 8 survived the first round. As a favorite, BE schools were 3-3 in the first round. The East semi-finals were the first BE wins against a higher seed. 1985 was a great year for the BE. This year, not particularly impressive yet.

But Villanova finished 7th in conference, while UNC finished 3rd in the ACC.
Cincinnati finished 9th to Creighton's 1st.
Meanwhile. Marquette (t-1st) croaked Miami (1st). Syracuse (5th!) croaked Indiana (1st). Georgetown was the only true slip-up, and FGCU has shown themselves to be an amazing team.