Is the NCAA tournament a “crapshoot”

[5DollarPitcher]

Definitions will not be provided. Answer the question as presented.

[DoctorV]

You must be bored today.

[Judge Smails]

Chicos thought it was a crapshoot. Therefore it is not a crapshoot

[#UnleashSean]

Are you ordering a KFC double down after all those 5 dollar pitchers?

[wadesworld]

Look at the Elite Eight and Final Four. There is 0 chance these are the 8 and 4 best teams in the country.

The format is the most entertaining format. It is not the way to determine the best team.

And I wouldn't change the format.

[MU82]

This poll will decide the matter, once and for all!

[WhiteTrash]

This poll will decide the matter, once and for all!

"The poll format is the most entertaining format. It is not the way to determine the best team if it is a crapshoot.

And I wouldn't change the format."

[MU82]

Yessir - the poll is a crapshoot!

[Johnny B]

It mostly is. It's not a all or nothing type question

[PointWarrior]

It's a hybrid crapshoot. 

As a high seed, the first two rounds are not a crapshoot.  You are a better team and should win.

Who you might play in the sweet 16 and elite 8 are a crapshoot due to the upsets and the loser high seeds that do not perform in round one and two.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

When Marquette loses, it definitely resembles a crap chute.

[panda]

We should be voting on things that really matter - like whether or not sultan is a badger fan

[bilsu]

I voted yes, because there are some things you cannot control.

[tower912]

When Marquette loses, it definitely resembles a crap chute.

There is certainly some crap being  shot.

[jesmu84]

The poll results certainly do define things

[FartyEightHours]

Just got to roll the dice and hope you don't get eye balls.

[5DollarPitcher]

The poll results certainly do define things

Seems about the right percentage of cole mopes on the board.

[Lennys Tap]

I voted yes, because there are some things you cannot control.

Every situation involves elements we can't control. There's randomness in everything. If that's your definition, literally every encounter, situation or contest is a crapshoot.

[mu_hilltopper]

All Scoop polls must contain the option "Arby's".

[MU82]

All Scoop polls must contain the option "Arby's".

Ten minutes after folks eat Arby's, they have to shoot over to the crapper.

[4everwarriors]

Topper, stay outta da knew Arby's in da Quon, hey?

[tower912]

The second  highest final 4 seed total in the seeded tournament era.

Much like the only constant is change, the only predictable thing about the tourney is that it can't be predicted.

[i71_dawg]

To some extent it is a "crapshoot"...,meaning that a school & coach could build a very talented team, get a top seed (1-4), and still get upset in the 1st or 2nd game of the tourney (see Purdue, Kansas, Arizona, MU, etc this year).

I did hear a great thought on this & quote the other day on one of the college basketball podcasts (might have been Field of 68) where they talked about Billy Donovan having his highly seeded Florida teams get upset in multiple tournaments in a row.  Donovan supposedly said to himself "if I just keep recruiting at a high level and building talented teams, eventually one or more of them will have a breakthrough in the tournament."

That's what I hope for Shaka and MUBB....just keep building the culture....bringing in players that buy into the culture and the system....having successful seasons in a tough Big East....making the tournament year after year....and we should break through then for multiple deep runs in March

[MU82]

To some extent it is a "crapshoot"...,meaning that a school & coach could build a very talented team, get a top seed (1-4), and still get upset in the 1st or 2nd game of the tourney (see Purdue, Kansas, Arizona, MU, etc this year).

I did hear a great thought on this & quote the other day on one of the college basketball podcasts (might have been Field of 68) where they talked about Billy Donovan having his highly seeded Florida teams get upset in multiple tournaments in a row.  Donovan supposedly said to himself "if I just keep recruiting at a high level and building talented teams, eventually one or more of them will have a breakthrough in the tournament."

That's what I hope for Shaka and MUBB....just keep building the culture....bringing in players that buy into the culture and the system....having successful seasons in a tough Big East....making the tournament year after year....and we should break through then for multiple deep runs in March

With a rational take like this, you have no right to visit Scoop!

[brewcity77]

I did hear a great thought on this & quote the other day on one of the college basketball podcasts (might have been Field of 68) where they talked about Billy Donovan having his highly seeded Florida teams get upset in multiple tournaments in a row.  Donovan supposedly said to himself "if I just keep recruiting at a high level and building talented teams, eventually one or more of them will have a breakthrough in the tournament."

Loved those comments.

It's a crapshoot in the sense that even in a normal year, there are 5-10 teams that could legitimately win it all, and in a year like this there are closer to 20 that could pull it off.

But the more often you have high level teams, the more likely you're one of those 5-10. Just keep giving yourself chances.